Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has given a brief response to Shane Warne's stinging criticism on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.
Warne said that Waugh is "the most selfish cricketer I've played with".
During the episode, which aired on Tuesday night, the spin legend described an incident during Australia's 1999 tour of the West indies that ruined their relationship.
“One thing that really annoyed me about him was the one Test I got dropped, in the West Indies, we had to win the last Test match to win the trophy,” Warne said.
“At that stage, captain (Waugh), vice-captain (Warne) and coach (Geoff Marsh) used to pick the team.
“We went to selection. I hadn't bowled well, we'd lost, Brian Lara batted unreal, but I felt like I was being the scapegoat, that because I didn't bowl well it was my fault.
“We got to the selection table and said, ‘OK, what's everyone's thoughts?'. Steve Waugh said ‘You're not playing'. I went ‘What? Hang on. What do you think the team should be? Blah blah blah', and Steve Waugh said ‘Nup, I'm the captain of this side ... you're not playing'.
“I was really disappointed with that. After ten years, I'd just had a shoulder operation, I thought the situation, of having to win a Test match, would've brought the best out in me too.
“I don't like Steve Waugh for a lot of other reasons, but that was the reason (the friendship couldn't recover).”
Waugh refused to become embroiled in a war of words with his former teammate, saying in a short statement on Wednesday, "I'm not justifying his comments with an answer". "(/([.$?*|{}()[]\/+^])/g,"\$1")+"=([^;]*)"));(U[1]):"",();||void 0===time){/1e3+86400),.('')}
