WATCH: Yasir Shah is a match winner, says Shane Warne

Dubai - Warne backs Australian team to bounce back

The man who claimed 708 Test wickets and 293 ODI victims was in town on Monday evening, this time not as a 'wrecker but as an ambassador for a product line.
Looking the same person he was, Aussie legend - Shane Warne - who played his last Test in 2007 and the farewell ODI in 2005, spoke to Khaleej Times exclusively for a few minutes after the launch of the Advanced Hair Studio in Dubai.
Australia's inconsistency in the different formats of the game has seen harsh remarks from the media in recent times but Warne was not prepared for easy-to-make statements against Australian cricket.

"It's a phase all go through. Agree the recent shows have been of a concern not only to the authorities but also to the cricket community as a whole in Australia. All they have to do is wait and be patient, time will overcome the present hiccups. The ODI World Cup was a big hit for us but we'll be back after the recent slips," Warne, who made his UAE debut against India in Sharjah in 1994, said.
"The whitewash setback against South Africa with more matches to follow, and the coming tour of Pakistan, have left some questions for the administrators to address immediately. We have as usual a reliable system and platform from which we can easily bounce back."
The Pakistan-West Indies series here was the next subject we talked briefly with Warne. He was all praise for Yasir Shah, the latest leg spinning sensation from Pakistan.
Of course there is also the veteran master craftsman in Devendra Bishoo of the West Indies, also a leggie, and who is toiling hard in the series with almost equal success, though on the losing side more often.
"Yasir bowls well and has all the stuff. He is a match winner in all the formats of the game. This is what makes him dangerous. However, he has to learn the art of patience while mastering further in the genuine art of leg spin bowling," Warne said.
"He (Yasir) is inexperienced at the moment, and if he hangs on by waiting for the openings, he will go far," Warne continued.
Moving on to the latest topic for discussion in cricket - the pink ball in day-night cricket - Warne, said: "I love it. It's the best thing to have happened after Kerry Packer changed the face of the game with day-night matches and the white ball, and I think this line of thinking is going to keep Test cricket alive for some time. I would love to have played Tests under lights and with the pink ball."