Warne advises Australia to get nasty by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	SK Warne
Event:	Australia in British Isles 2009

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DateLine: 2nd August 2009

 

Australian spin great Shane Warne has asked his country's team to shrug off their friendly approach and get nasty against England by sledging if they want to avoid another Ashes loss.

 

The leggie feels that Australian pacers have lost the edge in the third Test against England and the only way out is by stepping up the aggression and bombard the hosts with verbal volleys.

 

"I think the Australians are lacking aggression, a bit of in your face, a snarl, some nasty stuff," Warne was quoted as saying in Daily Telegraph.

 

"I just want to see them get a bit more aggressive, it's all a bit too friendly. They don't seem to want to be saying anything to the batsmen, getting in their face or pumping their chests out," he said.

 

Warne said that the Aussies do their best when they were "in face of their opposition" and observed that in the ongoing Ashes English bowlers were hostile instead of inexperienced cricketers from Down Under.

 

"Australian teams play at their best when they are in the face of their opposition. But these inexperienced cricketers don't know when to do that.

 

"Onions and Anderson bowled with a long stare, a hostile spell, and there was aggression. There hasn't been that from Australia," he added.