I can still turn the ball square, claims http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672 – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s legendary leg-spinner, Shane Warne, has expressed that he still has the ability to deliver the goods in international cricket but feels that he can no longer match the level of professionalism required at the highest stage of the sport.
Having impressed the national selectors at the first-class level, the 43-year-old cricketer made his way to the global arena in 1992. Warne, who had the ability spin the ball a long way, bamboozled even the best of batsmen in the business in the 1990s and 2000s, playing a huge role in Australia’s success in Tests as well as in One Day International (ODI) cricket.
The cricketer from Victoria was influential in Australia’s title triumph in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
After a wonderful international career, one of the greatest leg-spinners of all times retired from the ultimate level of the game in 2007 after an emphatic whitewash against England at home.
Warne believes that he can still bowl well against top-class batsmen but feels that he needs to spend more time with his family now.
“If you asked me 'Can I come out and play a Test match tomorrow?' I'd have absolutely no doubt I could rip them out of the rough and turn them square, all that sort of stuff,” the legendary leg-spinner expressed. “But playing international cricket is a huge commitment.”
The great cricketer played 145 Tests and 194 ODIs for the Kangaroos, taking more than a thousand wickets in international cricket.
Warne however, has been playing competitive cricket in recent years, taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as well the Big Bash T20 tournament in Australia, but feels that T20s and Test cricket are different ball games altogether.
“Playing Twenty20 is different. You're only bowling 24 deliveries, sometimes you might only bowl eight, sometimes 12. It depends on what the game needs. You don't have to be prepared as you do for a Test match, to bowl 60 overs in a match," Warne said.
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