Warne flays 145;arrogant146; Aussie mindset

Spin bowling great Shane Warne has attacked the 8220;arrogant mindset8221; of Australian cricket...

Spin bowling great Shane Warne has attacked the 8220;arrogant mindset8221; of Australian cricket, warning its No. 1 world status will eventually come under threat. In a wide-ranging interview with News Ltd. newspapers today, Warne spoke of a 8220;worrying culture8221; of arrogance among Australian administrators, ex-coaches and former players. He singled out former coach John Buchanan, saying he was 8220;a goose8221; who has 8220;verbal diarrhoea.8221;

8220;The only issue I have got with cricket at the moment is that Australian administrators, ex-players and ex-coaches a la John Buchanan, have got to stop the arrogant mindset that Australia are so much better than everyone else,8221; Warne said.

8220;Yes, Australia are the No 1 country in the world at present, but all this bull about our players going to other countries and playing 8230; what a lot of crap,8221; he said.

Warne said Australia would be tested in the next few years. 8220;Other countries will catch up and they will unearth someone, that8217;s just the cycle, as long as the foundations in these countries are strong,8221; he said.

8220;I disagree with John Buchanan all the time. I don8217;t think he has made one good point in a long time, actually. Everything that I have read that he says, he is living in pixieland. It just shows what we players had to put up with in John Buchanan. We had to listen to his verbal diarrhoea all the time. He is just a goose and has no idea and lacks common sense..,8221; Warne said.

Warne spoke highly of several members of the Indian cricket team currently touring Australia. He said master batsman Sachin Tendulkar should not to be written off because he was 8220;the best batsman I have played either with or against.8221;

He described Indian leg-spinner and captain Anil Kumble as 8220;one of the nicest blokes you will ever meet8221; but 8220;also one of the most competitive players going around.8221; Warne retired from Test cricket at the end of the 2006-07 season.

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I don8217;t think he Buchanan has made one good point in a long time8230; Everything that8230; he says, he is living in pixieland. It just shows what we players had to put up with8230; We had to listen to his verbal diarrhoea all the time. He is just a goose and has no idea and lacks common sense8230;Shane Warne