<p>Spin great Shane Warne on Wednesday called on Australia coach Mickey Arthur to be replaced by former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming days after branding the nation’s cricket chiefs “muppets”.<br /> <br /></p>.<p>The outspoken leg-spinner, who said he was “frustrated on many levels at present”, praised Fleming as “the best opposition captain we played against” on his website www.shanewarne.com. <br /><br />“I believe he brings a lot to the table, a calmness, an intelligent understanding of the game and a very good cricket brain. He’s a good communicator too as well as a good leader of men,’’ Warne added. <br /><br />Warne, 43, who also wants former Test wicket-keeper Rod Marsh as chairman of selectors, said the current Australian set-up was not working as the players gear up for two Ashes series against England over the next year. <br /><br />In a post entitled “Where is Australian cricket at? Part 1” on his website, Warne said: “The next 12 months is the biggest 12 months of cricket for the Australian cricket team in a long, long time. <br /><br />“If we do nothing now, we will be where we were 30 years ago. There needs to be urgent action and a new strategy/plan put in place,’’ he explained. <br /><br />In Twitter comments on Monday, Warne blasted Cricket Australia’s policy of rotating players, which has attracted stinging criticism from other greats of the game. <br /><br />“I think CA really need to look at the people who are making decisions on all facets of cricket in Australia, we r seriously becoming a joke!” Warne said. <br /><br />“We have the best batsmen / captain in the world in @MClarke23 (Test captain Michael Clarke) - He needs current cricket people to help him out not muppets,” he added.</p>
<p>Spin great Shane Warne on Wednesday called on Australia coach Mickey Arthur to be replaced by former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming days after branding the nation’s cricket chiefs “muppets”.<br /> <br /></p>.<p>The outspoken leg-spinner, who said he was “frustrated on many levels at present”, praised Fleming as “the best opposition captain we played against” on his website www.shanewarne.com. <br /><br />“I believe he brings a lot to the table, a calmness, an intelligent understanding of the game and a very good cricket brain. He’s a good communicator too as well as a good leader of men,’’ Warne added. <br /><br />Warne, 43, who also wants former Test wicket-keeper Rod Marsh as chairman of selectors, said the current Australian set-up was not working as the players gear up for two Ashes series against England over the next year. <br /><br />In a post entitled “Where is Australian cricket at? Part 1” on his website, Warne said: “The next 12 months is the biggest 12 months of cricket for the Australian cricket team in a long, long time. <br /><br />“If we do nothing now, we will be where we were 30 years ago. There needs to be urgent action and a new strategy/plan put in place,’’ he explained. <br /><br />In Twitter comments on Monday, Warne blasted Cricket Australia’s policy of rotating players, which has attracted stinging criticism from other greats of the game. <br /><br />“I think CA really need to look at the people who are making decisions on all facets of cricket in Australia, we r seriously becoming a joke!” Warne said. <br /><br />“We have the best batsmen / captain in the world in @MClarke23 (Test captain Michael Clarke) - He needs current cricket people to help him out not muppets,” he added.</p>