Shane Warne has said that the former coach of the Australian cricket team, John Buchanan, didn’t know how to coach a team.
Buchanan coached the Australian cricket team for 8 years and during his tenure, the Australian team achieved a lot. They won the World Cup in 2003 and 2007. They won a test series in India after 36 years in 2004 and they also won their first ever Champions Trophy title during that period.
However, Warne believes that Australia’s successes during that period had nothing to do with Buchanan’s presence in the camp. It was such a strong Australian team that it hadn’t needed a coach.
Talking to an Indian news channel, Warne said, “The coaches are needed at junior levels. The international players don’t need someone to tell them how to play a cover drive or how to bowl an out swinger.”
“The Australian team of that era would have had the same amount of success even without a coach because that team had amazing potential. The players like Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martin didn’t need to be told anything. They just knew what they had to do.”
Warne announced his retirement from international cricket in 2007 and just after a few months, John Buchanan also resigned from his post. Buchanan is currently working as a coaching director for New Zealand cricket board.
When Warne was asked about the current Australian coach Mickey Arthur, Warne said, “Australia hasn’t played well during his tenure, but, I don’t think he deserves to be blamed for that. We are not winning because we are lacking potential. The coach can do very little about it.”
Mickey Arthur was criticized by a lot of former Australian players when he had decided to ban 4 players from playing in the third test match against India because of not completing a task given by him.