aussie_ben91
School Cricketer
Yeah because it's really easy to bowl on flat pitches in Australia opposed to spinning paradises in the subcontient. :Warnie is not great bowler either. It is easy to get cheap wickets if you are bowling after McGrath, Lee and Gillespie have one all the damage and you are bowling at lower order players.
Also he took most of his wickets against England and SA both of which sides play spin pathetically. Imagine if he had to bowl against Australia when openors have given start of 150 runs rather than when opposition players are just playing to save the test and you can have as many fielders close by as possible.
Who cares if Murali's played more against India? It's only one match difference! It should also be noted that when Murali hasn't played India in India his been playing India in Sri Lanka whilst Warne has been playing India in Australia.But then that means murali has played almost 60 less test matches than warne and although murali would be on 550 wickets he'd still have a higher average. If he had played more against england and south africa he would've been higher than warne. You gotta remember than murali has played more against india, the best spin playing nation, while warne has played more against england and SA, the two worst nations against spin in the established teams. Lets not forget shane warne played with mcgrath, one of the best fast bowlers in the world, so a lot of the time warne probably got his wickets in the middle order who just got onto the pitch while murali took his wickets a lot of the time on established batsmen.
Warne also made his Test Debut against India in Australia when at the time Warne wasn't even quite sure why he was playing International cricket and didn't even know if he wanted to make a career out of it and had been dragged in from 1 or 2 state games and fewer grade cricket games into a team where he barely knew anyone. He got thumped around the park.
And judging by most people on this forum's point of view, it can't get any tougher then facing up to an Indian side on a flat track in Australia on debut especially given the situation he was put in.
Yeah cause Warne took drug to make him look less fat. The story checks out afterall the guy does wear eyeliner.I often dont like comparing the two but in terms of team effectiveness murali is more special because he was the heart and soul of their team while warne shared it with mcgrath. Not to mention far superior fielding. Its a lot of factors but to say murali is worse then warne is wrong. To say warne is worse is also wrong. Celebrate them just like celebrate ponting and steve waugh. Friendly discussion yes but dont have a verbal abuse and debate on a man who was deformed causing him to bowl the way he does now. God you guys make me sick when murali comes to pitch and start booing him. Shane warne took drugs mate. He shouldn't be playing because he cheated. Its the same sad argument.