After 'Cook bashing', Warne now joins critics of 'best pal' Clarke's 'management style'

Australian spin legend Shane Warne has taken a breather from his relentless bashing of England, especially their captain Alastair Cook, and has joined the line of critics slamming Australian captain Michael Clarke's management style.

There has been no escape for Clarke from the relentless commentary on his leadership of a side that has not won a Test since January, nine matches ago, with even Warne, who can usually be counted on for glowing support of his best friend, joining in the critique of Clarke's management style.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Warne pointed out that it was Clarke's job to avoid fostering a selfish culture of the sort that became entrenched in England teams of the 1990s, adding that there is more to captaincy than mere tactics.

Ironically picking out Cook as a prime example of a captain creating a good team environment and a happy dressing room, Warne said that although Clarke is better than Cook where tactics are concerned, he must improve in creating a happier team environment.

Warne further said that Clarke has to avoid at all costs a situation where players play for themselves and their own positions, like the England team which lost eight Ashes series in a row, adding that as Clarke and coach Darren Lehmann's partnership started to take hold, Australia played better.