LinkSIR Garfield Sobers says Shane Warne was overrated.
The West Indies legend makes his claim in a book released today in England titled In a League of Their Own: 100 Cricket Legends Select Their World XI.
Sobers nominates India's Subhash Gupte as the finest leg-spinner of all.
"Someone who is called great from today's game is Shane Warne, but I have got my reservations about Shane," Sobers writes.
"I think people get carried away with this man's ability as he hardly ever bowled a good googly.
"To me, Shane Warne is a great turner of the ball. I like his aggressive attitude, I love the way he attacks batsmen and I give him 100 per cent for that as not enough spinners bowl with that approach, but in my estimation Subhash Gupte was a better leg-spinner."
Sobers also has a dig at former England opener Geoff Boycott: "Geoffrey was a great player in his own style. He played within his limitations and didn't take too many chances with good balls or even half-good balls.
"Great players have to take good balls and turn them in to bad balls, but Geoff never seemed to be able to do that."
Looks like Sobers trying to sell some books...
