‘Cyclone Shane may be Oz’s greatest Ashes enemy’

His failure to accept responsibility, his vanity, insecurity and fragile ego have made him a liability. He is loved and admired by most of his team mates for his gregarious nature off the field and phenomenal achievements on it, but the distraction and destruction of Cyclone Shane may yet prove Australia’s greatest Ashes enemy.

He is always the victim. Cricket’s most successful bowler believes he is constantly attacked by dark forces summoned to persecute him. Warne’s recent autobiography should have been titled ‘Whatever It Was, It Wasn’t My Fault’.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

Everyone’s fault but mine, says Warne — again. On previous form, Shane Warne’s first interview after his marriage split will see him trot out the usual litany of half-apologies and thinly veiled excuses.

ANDREW EVANS (South Australia legislator)

Cricket Australia should, having known his track record, ensured that he got counselling on a regular basis. They are partly to blame.

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (Peter Roebuck)

(Warne is) A cricketing genius who wants the best of both worlds, a man with the nerve of a bullfighter and the hide of an ox. Warne has been a fool. He has saved his worst for England, a land burdened with puritanical and prurient newspapers. He might as well have cut himself and gone out to swim amongst the sharks. — Reuters