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Article: England are urged to forget 'the myth of Warne'.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2005
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Byline: DAVID LLOYD
NASSER HUSSAIN has some good news for England ahead of Thursday's first npower Test against Australia - Shane Warne is now only a "pretty good bowler" who was at his best "about 10 years ago", writes David Lloyd.
And the man who captained his country to two Ashes series defeats, here in 2001 and Down Under during the winter of 2002-3, insists Michael Vaughan's team must make sure they play Warne on merit, not myth.
"We must be wary we don't end up playing Shane Warne the myth rather than Shane Warne the leg-spinner," writes Hussain, in the August issue of The Wisden Cricketer magazine.
Warne, who began his Ashes ...