Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne has jumped all over a damning statistic involving ex-Australia team-mate and longtime sparring partner Steve Waugh.
There is no love lost between the pair of all-time Aussie greats, with Warne previously declaring Waugh the most selfish team-mate he ever played with.
CricInfo’s stats department on Thursday published a piece revealing the former Aussie captain was involved in more run outs than any other player in cricket history.
Waugh played a part in a staggering 104 run outs in 493 international matches in all formats.
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On 73 of those occasions Waugh’s batting partner had to head back to the pavilion, while Waugh was the victim 31 times.
A self-described cricket mega fan then went to the trouble of compiling a video highlighting all 73 of Waugh’s ‘victims’.
And Warne couldn't help himself, tweeting to his 3.5 million followers: “Wow! So S Waugh was involved in the most ever run outs in Test cricket (104) and ran his partner out 73 times – is that correct? Mmmmmmmmm.”
Wow ! So S Waugh was involved in the most ever run outs in test cricket (104) & ran his partner out 73 times - is that correct ? Mmmmmmmmm https://t.co/TpEnbnDG1q
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 15, 2020
Warne temporarily back tracked in a second tweet before delivering another hammer blow to the ‘most selfish’ Waugh with his next keystrokes.
“For the record AGAIN & I’ve said this 1,000 times – I do not hate S Waugh at all,” Warne tweeted.
“FYI – I picked him in my all time best Australian team recently.
“Steve was easily the most selfish cricketer I’ve ever played with and this stat.…….”.
For the record AGAIN & I’ve said this 1000 times - I do not hate S Waugh at all. FYI - I picked him in my all time best Australian team recently. Steve was easily the most selfish cricketer that I ever played with and this stat....... https://t.co/QMigV788L7
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 15, 2020
Wow !!!!! https://t.co/7p4tWvjp1h
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 15, 2020