Shane Warne takes latest potshot at Steve Waugh over run out video

A one-hour montage of Steve Waugh run outs has reignited a long-running feud between two of Australia’s greatest cricketers.

A one-hour montage of Steve Waugh run outs was posted to YouTube on Friday evening, and Shane Warne couldn’t resist taking another dig at his former captain.

Cricket great Shane Warne has reignited his feud with Steve Waugh, once again calling his former captain the “most selfish cricketer” he ever played with.

A study from ESPNcricinfo’s statisticians found Waugh was involved in more run outs than any other player in the history of international cricket. During 493 Tests and ODI matches, the batsman was a part of 104 run outs throughout his 19-year career.

In comparison, Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who played 664 international matches, was only involved in 98 run outs.

Steve Waugh diving for crease at the 2001 Boxing Day Test.

However, what cricket fans found most interesting from ESPNcricinfo’s study was how regularly Waugh’s partners fell victim to errors between the wicket. Of the 104 run outs, Waugh’s teammate was dismissed on 73 occasions, approximately 70% of the time.

Waugh has run out more partners than any other cricketer in history, comfortably ahead of second-best Shivnarine Chanderpaul with 56.

MOST PARTNERS RUN OUT IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

Steve Waugh (AUS) – 73

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) – 56

Sachin Tendulkar (IND) – 55

Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) – 55

Aravinda de Silva (SL) – 51

Inevitably, the internet blew up at the revelation, with many Twitter users calling on cult hero Rob Moody to create a compilation of Waugh’s dismissals.

And because Moody is the ultimate cricket fanatic, he quickly created a one-hour montage of all 73 run outs, posting the epic video to YouTube on Friday evening.

Just when i think i need a metal break from editing cricket videos, a new champion appears out of nowhere.....

The cricket world really/obviously/absolutely does need a magnificent video of all 73 times Steve Waugh ran out his batting partner.

Leave it with me.... https://t.co/SnkCNKfvG9

— Rob Moody (@robelinda2) May 14, 2020

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“I’ve been working and working and working and going a bit nuts last 24 hours to make this Steve Waugh video running out his batting partners 73 times. It’s almost done,” Moody tweeted on Friday.

“OMG he was just awful at calling. Just, awful.”

The video already boasts over 24,000 views in less than 24 hours.

This is going to make a lot of very simple people very angry, and for that, I applaud you.

— Adam Collins (@collinsadam) May 15, 2020

Warne took an immediate interest in the montage, and couldn’t help pointing out the selfishness of his former teammate and captain.

“Wow! So Waugh was involved in the most ever run outs in Test cricket (104) and ran his partner out 73 times – is that correct? Mmmmmmmmm,” Warne posted to Twitter.

“For the record again and I’ve said this 1000 times – I do not hate S Waugh at all. FYI, I picked him in my all time best Australian team recently.

“Steve was easily the most selfish cricketer that I ever played with and this stat …”

Steve Waugh and Shane Warne at Adelaide Oval.

Warne’s rivalry with Waugh has dragged on for several decades. The former Australia skipper dropped the leg spinner from the Test side during the 1999 tour of the West Indies, which Warne recounted in his 2018 autobiography.

“Disappointed is not a strong enough word,” Warne wrote.

“I lost a bit of respect for him after that. I believe he should have backed me – as I always believe the art of captaincy is to support your players and back them every time. This gains the respect from the players and makes them play for you. He didn’t, it’s history, but I never found it easy with him after that.”

Although Waugh’s record between the wickets is less than ideal, Sir Donald Bradman and legendary paceman Dennis Lillee were even more guilty of stranding partners during their Test careers, as pointed out by statistician Brett Graham.

Run outs have been in the news a bit recently.

5 Aussies have been involved in 5 or more runouts in their Test career, where their partner was the man out at least 85% of the time:

100% - D.Lillee
87.5% - N.O'Neill
85.7% - D.Bradman
85.7% - G.Marsh
85.1% - S.Waugh@wwos

— Brett Graham (@brett_graham) May 16, 2020