Warne the magician
Shane Warne has proved it takes more than money to buy instant success even in the IPL, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian
Jamie Alter
25-Feb-2013
Shane Warne has proved it takes more than money to buy instant success even in the IPL, says Mike Selvey in the Guardian. Old-fashioned he may be, but Warne's the king of all he surveys, says Selvey, and its not entirely surprising that he successfully employed a team coach to coax solid team performances out of his title-winning Rajasthan Royals.
Warne's latest incarnation, leading the Rajasthan Royals to success in the Indian Premier League, has put paid to the notion that anyone with a bottomless pit of money can buy their way to instant success. Warne's team were certainly not composed of bumpkin cricketers punching above their weight, and they had some big players. They might have come cheaper than some of their rivals but they were by no means cheap.
Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo