Ditch Gilchrist to groom Clarke: Warne

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The ace leg-spinner is in favour of making Michael Clarke vice-captain of the Australian cricket team. More... Michael Clarke [Images] should be groomed to take over from Ricky Ponting [Images] as Australia's next cricket captain, according to retired spinner Shane Warne [Images]. Warne said the Australian selectors should ditch Adam Gilchrist [Images] as vice-captain and give the job to Clarke to help prepare him to eventually take over from Ponting. "To me the next logical step is to groom him. I believe the best way to do this would be to elevate him to the vice-captaincy in all forms of the game," Warne wrote in his weekly column for Sydney's Daily Telegraph on Thursday. "Gilly has done a wonderful job but won't be around for too much longer in all forms of the game. I reckon he will hang the gloves up and decide to play only one form, probably test matches. "That would mean Pup (Clarke) would learn about the other issues involved away from the field and attend meetings with Cricket Australia, have input with Ricky about selection - to be there in support if Ricky wants to bounce some ideas around." Clarke captained Australia for the first time in Tuesday's Twenty20 match against New Zealand [Images] in Perth and Warne said he was highly impressed by what he saw. "When you win the toss, hit the first ball you face for four and win the match in your first game as national skipper, you would have to think it's not a bad start," Warne said. "He has all the attributes and the image, flair, confidence in his own ability, respect for the game and respect from his teammates which has been earned. He knows himself, understands his own game and is hungry for success. "There is a long way to go until Ricky, who is the best batsman in the world right now, gives it away. And there is a lot that can happen between now and then. "But Mr Clarke is settled in his life at the moment. Off the field with Lara, and on the field, he's in a good space. Feeling fresh, prepared and happy, is what performing at top level sport-business is all about."

[DesiChap]

Warne's grudge against Gilchrist Warne's grudge against Gilchrist Comment by Malcolm Conn December 14, 2007

THE elephantine grip Shane Warne once used to hold a cricket ball is as strong as the elephantine grudge he continues to bear against Adam Gilchrist. In an increasingly childish and petulant display typical of some of his antics on and off the field, Warne's claim that Michael Clarke should replace Gilchrist as vice-captain was a continuation of his antipathy towards the West Australian wicketkeeper. While Warne may have dressed up his column in tabloids around the country to make it appear as though he was pushing Clarke as the leader of the future, it was another thinly veiled attack on Gilchrist. At least Warne offered half a disclaimer towards the end of his column when he admitted that Clarke was one of his best mates. Possibly the greatest bowler of all-time, Warne continues to blame others for his many failings. Unfortunately for Gilchrist, he was appointed vice-captain after the Australian Cricket Board sacked Warne following one too many sex scandals. Always self-indulgent, Warne somehow believes that Gilchrist is to blame for the demise of the leg-spinner's leadership position. Likewise, Warne has never forgiven Steve Waugh for dropping him during the 1999 West Indies tour but continuing to play Stuart MacGill when Warne was struggling to recover from major shoulder surgery. This explains why Gilchrist and Waugh, two of the finest cricketers of all-time, were ranked a lowly 20th and 26th, respectively, in Warne's recent column of the top 50 cricketers he had played with or against. A recently published history of the Australian Cricket Board documents highlight official concerns about the possibility of Warne becoming captain before Steve Waugh was appointed to replace Mark Taylor as Test skipper in 1999. Those concerns proved well founded after Warne was banned for 12 months on a drugs charge for taking an illegal diuretic. Ricky Ponting agreed that Clarke was in line to inherit the vice-captaincy, but resisted any suggestion that Gilchrist should be dumped as deputy to give Clarke the job. "I haven't read much about what he (Warne) had to say," Ponting said. "Obviously Warney and Pup (Clarke) are very close and very good mates. "I think (the vice-captaincy) will happen. If he (Clarke) stays in the side and stays playing the way he has for the last 12 months, he's really growing into a leader around the group, and that's what you need. "I tell all the young guys that come into the team to start thinking like a leader, trying to think like a captain on the field. "That really helps with your development as a leader. The day will come when Michael gets his opportunity, it might not be right now." There was even little support for Clarke's immediate promotion from his home state of New South Wales. Coach Matthew Mott said Clarke's rare appearances at domestic level made it hard to consider him as captain of his state. "Simon Katich is on a five-year deal and we believe he's the best captain," Mott said. "We have a leadership type group and Michael always had input to that but we're very happy with the leadership we've got. "He's going to get opportunities at Australian level or Australia A level and we think you don't need the C beside your name to show you're a leader." http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22921881-23212,00.html

[bharat297]

Yeah Warne does not like Steve Waugh or Adam Gilchrist as they both beat him to the vice-captaincy and captaincy jobs after the Taylor era, when most people thought Warne was a shoe-in. The reason they didnt pick Warne was because of his off-field image.

[Desi Cartman]

I love this .. all my life I have been hearing/reading aussies accuse players of the Teams from the sub continent to be after more POWER and now we have Warne complaining ... Symonds , Gilli and even Hussey saying "I wanna captain" :finger:

[talksport]

Looks like there is lot of infighting within Autralia...

[chanakya]

^^ Hardly matters because once on the field they play as a team. Thats what someone pointed out makes champions. To leave personal feelings aside and work together as a team

[Online]

Warne is a haraami - miserable man