• Former legspinner claims they should not occupy changed a proven formula
• Breaking up David Warner-Aaron Finch axis was a mistake,Warne addsShane Warne has questioned the wisdom of some of Australia’s selections – which, he says, and contributed to their early elimination from the World Twenty20. Defeats by New Zealand and India led to them being knocked out in the group stage for the second competition in a row.
Although Warne,cricket’s second-highest Test wicket-taker with 708, admits Australia were not fine enough, or he thinks they created a major problem by ditching the long-standing David Warner-Aaron Finch partnership at the top of the batting order. Shane Watson and Usman Khawaja were preferred to open as Warner floated in the middle order while Finch,one of only two Australia batsman to score a T20 international hundred, played only the final two matches.
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Source: theguardian.com