Warne has challenges Duncan Fletcher's claim Thursday, December 07, 2006 03:32 [IST]
Melbourne: Spin Wizard Shane
Warne has challenged Duncan Fletcher's claim that England team had sorted him out and
asked the rival camp coach to come up with a plan to stop him from leading the
Australians to another Ashes victory.
"I'm sure Fletcher will come up with some you-beaut plan, a you-beaut
comment," Warne said.
"I know Fletcher has said he thought England are playing me really well.
If that is what he thinks, that's fine, but at the end of the day it is all
about winning," Warne was quoted as saying by the 'Herald Sun'.
Warne had a stunning second innings harvest of 4-49 from 32 overs to pluck
victory from nowhere in the second Test.
But after the loss Fletcher said he did not think the world's highest wicket
taker had a mental hold on England
and he was just another good spinner bowling well on wickets suiting him.
"I don't think he has (mental hold of England). It's like other good
spinners who have bowled well against us on wickets that suit them," he
said.
"I have never said we have played him comfortably in the sense we are
confident against him, but I felt we played him better than we have than in
recent years.
"He had to wait 54 overs for one wicket in the first innings. In the
second innings we struggled to score off him but he still had to bowl 32
overs," he added.
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