Shane Warne has hit out at England's attitude to the Stanford Series, claiming all they did was whinge while in the West Indies.
Aussie legend blasts Stanford attitude
Shane Warne has hit out at England's attitude to the Stanford Series, claiming all they did was whinge while in the West Indies.
The legendary leg-spinner says he was disappointed with the way Kevin Pietersen's men approached the winner-takes-all concept. He also believes Sir Allen Stanford is great for cricket.
In an interview with January's
Sky Sports Magazine, Warne said: "I thought England just didn't embrace it well enough; I thought they just missed the trick. They missed what it was.
"What it was was a game of entertainment, a one-off game for a million bucks that was life-changing for some players. All they did was whinge. Get with the program."
Warne thinks high-profile events such as the Super Series can only improve the world-wide appeal of cricket and that characters like Stanford are vital to its expansion.
"We want guys like him involved in cricket, they're going to attract new audiences, people from America."
Warne retired from first class cricket after the Aussies' Ashes success in 2006 but does not regret calling it a day before the advent of the Twenty20 for $20million clash.
"I've been very lucky with what I've achieved in cricket. I've been very fortunate to play in a wonderful era of Australian cricket, to beat every team home and away and to achieve some of the stuff individually I've achieved has been pretty fantastic really - much more than I expected."
And he is encouraging today's cricketers to cash in on the big pay days available.
"Good luck to everyone, good luck to the players, get as much as they can."
For more on Warne, including his view on the 2009 Ashes series, don't miss the January edition of Sky Sports Magazine.
