'He’s a mole': How Shane Warne helped Pakistan take down Steve Smith
An Australian cricket icon has labelled Shane Warne a "mole" after learning of his role in Pakistan's big wicket of batting superstar Steve Smith, on day three of the first Test at the Gabba.
Yasir Shah proved once again to be Smith's undoing - dismissing the former Aussie captain for a seventh time in Tests.
It was a small consolation for Pakistan on a day three dominated by the Aussies.
However, it's now been revealed there may have been more to Shah's feat than meets the eye.
Commentating for Fox Sports, former Australia spinner Kerry O'Keeffe remarked how the visitors bowlers, particularly Shah, needed to bowl straighter at the Aussie batsmen.
The analysis seemed to jog the memory of fellow commentator Michael Vaughan, who recalled a meeting Warne had with the Pakistanis the previous night.
“Last night Shane (Warne) was walking out of the hotel when the Pakistan bus arrived," Vaughan said.
"After a selfie with them all, Shane in the middle of them all, he had a nice conversation with Yasir Shar and he just said, ‘Tell them to bowl a little bit straighter’.”
“He’s a mole,” O’Keeffe said of Warne in reply to Vaughan’s suggestion.
Former England captain Vaughan actually drew a confession out of Warne earlier in the day, when the Spin King explained his work with Australia's opponents.
“I’ve been lucky enough to work with him a little bit and we keep in touch whenever he’s (Shah) playing around the world,” Warne said.
“I just had a chat and spoke to him about the things I spoke about this morning, bowling a bit straighter, getting your field right and challenging the front pad and the stumps rather than bowling wide of off stump.”
The plan worked wonders against Smith - who for the first time in this career was the lowest run-scorer on the Aussie scoresheet.
It wasn't all good news for Shah, however, with the leg-spinner finishing with figures of 4-205 on a day three that the Aussies absolutely dominated.
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