Warne 'finding ways' to beat England
Shane Warne has adopted the slogan "finding a way" for Australia's crucial fourth Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday
Cricinfo staff
19-Aug-2005
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Shane Warne has adopted the slogan "finding a way" for Australia's crucial fourth Test at Trent Bridge starting on Thursday. Warne, who is the leading wicket-taker in the series with 20, is desperate to discover a method to sweep past England after they have run over his side in the past two Tests.
Heading into Trent Bridge with the contest at one-all, Warne told the Herald Sun his opponents currently had the form and mental advantage, but Australia could lift. "You've just got to find a way," he told the paper. "Find a way to get back in to the game, find a way to build a partnership, find a way to bowling partnerships, find a way to catch a ball, find a way to stop it. All those little things that add up to putting in a good performance."
Warne said Australia had given England a boost by dropping catches, mis-fielding and not hitting the same areas when bowling, and he expects improvement, especially in the first 30 overs of each innings. "You're only as good as your next game," he said. "You're only one innings away or one game away from being back in form. So in this next Test it takes Gilly to come out and smash a 100, Hayden at the top of the order get 100, one or two of these guys to come out and take 'em on."
On his final Ashes tour, Warne, who split from his wife Simone before the first Test, said his three children were his inspiration. "They're the ones that I can just feel inside me, they're the ones stirring me on," he said. "I have some pretty sad and pretty ordinary days and I have to go out there and do my job." Warne has done magnificently on the field with his wickets coming at an average of 20.90, and he also has 204 runs at 34.00 to be third on Australia's list.