Warne retaliates to Smith!
Smith should concentrate on his own game: Warne
JOHANNESBURG: Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne wasted little time renewing his verbal joust with South Africa captain Graeme Smith after flying into Johannesburg ahead of the three-Test series between the nations.
Warne told reporters that Smith had ‘made a fool of himself’ in Australia two months ago and advised the 25-year-old to pay more attention to his own game than passing comments at the opposition.
"I’m not sure how I’ll handle Graeme Smith yet," Warne said. "It was the worst performance by a South African team in Australia.
They lost the Test series 2-0 and it was probably only a bit of luck, and a good innings from Jacques Rudolph, that stopped them losing 3-0," told Warne.
"They didn’t make the finals of the one-dayers. And all Graeme Smith did was say some ridiculous stuff," he added. Smith had said in Australia that Warne was a ‘frustrated captain’ and that he put incumbent skipper Ricky Ponting under pressure, particularly when it was tight.
"Smith said it was to take the pressure off his team but, well, he didn’t make 50 in the series. He should have worried about himself," he said. "I don’t have any big statements to make.
We’ll just go out and keep performing like we have. They’ve never beaten us, and I hope we can continue that," he added.
