View Full Version : Warne to retire from one-dayers?
wagstaff
22 Jan 2003, 11:58
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,5874749-23210,00.html
God damn it. I dont want him to go :(
St-KriS
22 Jan 2003, 12:50
Just read it at Baggygreen.com.au :(
Im guessing he just wants to prolong his test career and not burn out before he wants to go.
Originally posted by St-KriS
Im guessing he just wants to prolong his test career and not burn out before he wants to go.
Could be a good move - avoiding the burnout, but ODI cricket will never be the same. :(
bluechampion
22 Jan 2003, 13:25
It makes sense. After the World Cup there are only rinky-dink ODI tournaments to play. And he probably feels that he can be more easily replaced inthe ODI side (witness Brad Hogg). Also, blooding a young spinner at ODI level to take over from Warne when he gives the Tests away is an excellent idea.
Besides, what's he got left to achieve?
I'll miss him in the pyjama game, but this is a good thing for Australian cricket.
I hope so. Warnie's greatness in future years will be determined by the number of Test wickets he takes. One day figures are looked at, then forgotten.
If Australia wants Shane Warne to be knocking over batsmen in the Test arena in years to come then I feel he must sacrifice his place in the one day team.
I want Warnie playing Test cricket for another 5 years and beyond, he is certainly capable.
That's probably a good idea, his form over the last couple of years hasn't been what is used to be in one dayers so maybe it is time for him to go. He still has what it takes at test level but opposition batsmen are no longer troubled by him at One Day level and he is often very expensive for only a wicket a match.
lamby29
22 Jan 2003, 13:43
Geez he is only 33 and retiring. Let's hope he keeps playing test cricket for another 4-5 years.
dr nick
22 Jan 2003, 13:59
his retirement will further add to the great divide between the test team and the mickey mouse one day squads that are rotated in and out.
mattyc2422
22 Jan 2003, 14:26
Life without Warney, at least on ODI's will be tough to imagine, but it is inevitable soon enough. If his test career can be prolonged, it's a good move.
Step up Cam White!
Wicked Lester
23 Jan 2003, 07:00
It makes a pleasant contrast with some other players who have to be dragged kicking and screaming.
Fantastic way to groom a younger spinner for higher honours in the future.
Hoggy would be pretty pleased in the interim. Might get to play at intenrational level for a couple of years now.
mattyc2422
23 Jan 2003, 09:44
Originally posted by Wicked Lester
Hoggy would be pretty pleased in the interim. Might get to play at intenrational level for a couple of years now.
At least until Cam White is ready. :D
dogboy23
23 Jan 2003, 11:37
Originally posted by mattyc2422
At least until Cam White is ready. :D Got to play well for us before he can play for Australia.Hogg has been brilliant so far and deserves an extended run there.He is in the 2 or 3 best fielders in the team can take wickets and contain with the ball.Add to that the fact that he is a better batsman than the rest of our all rounders (despite his position in order) and we have a very handy cricketer.Brings a bit of experience to the plate too.
bperson745
23 Jan 2003, 12:22
In his column this morning [only needed to read him twice today to translate his words into digestable English], Roebuck muses that's Warne's retirement is just a big tactic to let him captain his country cricket squad in England. Roebuck says Warne will most certainly return to the ODIs ... when it suits him.
Link to Roebuck: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/22/1042911439717.html
Thoughts from others?
sandeano
23 Jan 2003, 12:33
Peter Roebuck....he is so effective on the wireless, but in the printed medium you have to work your way through more crap than a proctologist's index finger.
It's just good to see someone come out and say (if I get the subtext right), that most ODI's are hit and giggle, and the important things are tests, the World Cup, and playing for the Vics.
CharlieG
23 Jan 2003, 17:39
That's the first Roebuck article I've seen.... what crap!