Warne’s mentor says he is going too fast, too flat

Shane Warne’s mentor Terry Jenner believes the ace leg-spinner was trying to bowl too flat and fast and would need to change his tactic...

Shane Warne’s mentor Terry Jenner believes the ace leg-spinner was trying to bowl too flat and fast and would need to change his tactics if he has to take wickets in the second Test at Chennai starting Thursday.

Jenner said Warne, who had a match haul of 4-193 in 60 overs against India in the Bangalore Test, needed to slow down in an attempt to regain the flight and drift which were his hallmarks.

“I thought he tried to bowl too quickly and that was not natural for him,” Jenner was quoted as saying by The Courier Mail here today. “It looked to me as if the effort of bowling so quickly took so much out of him, he became exhausted and that allowed the tailenders to get after him…. I would like to see him slow down a bit and go back to the way he used to get 500 Test wickets.”

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Jenner said every spinner has a speed limit above which the amount of turn he gets decreases. “When Shane started out he was up at the 87km/h mark which I felt was a bit quick. Knowing Shane, I’m sure he would have been fitting into the team plan.”

“I’m not there so I don’t know that plan but I would hate to see the all time great leg-spinner become a stock bowler. The problem when Shane tries to bowl too quickly is that his arm drops and he starts to bowl short, which is just not him. Also, he loses the most special quality he has: drift,” Jenner said.

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