SA vs Eng: Shane Warne mocks England's 'football drills' after Rory Burns gets injured

England's dependable top-order batsman Rory Burns has been ruled out of remaining Test matches of South Africa tour. incident happened ahead of second Test match at Cape Town as South Africans lead 1-0. current series has already been a problematic one for English squad as 11 players from squad have contracted some sort of illness since getting to South Africa.

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Shane Warne slams pre-match workouts

incident happened when Rory Burns was training with his England teammates and indulging in a game of football. Burns made a kick after which he sustained dam in his ankle ligaments and was ruled out of remaining Test matches. Burns' injury is third football-related injury that has taken place in English camp in last 18 months. All se injuries have taken place during football training drills that are done before matches. Zak Crawley has replaced Burns in line-up for second Test.

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Australian cricket legend Shane Warne talked about this incident on Fox Sports and slammed overemphasis that teams put on pre-match workouts. According to Warne, growing support staff in cricket is a cause of rising concern and is only an unnecessary show of sophistication. Warne expressed his heavy disbelief in pre-match training rituals and emphasised that players should relax more and focus more on ir game than warm-up routines. 

Instead of this approach, Warne suggested that players reach ground a little late, sleep a little more, have some fun in swimming pool and stay in a relaxed state of mind in general. He insisted that a few stretches are fine to get into game but elaborate warm-ups are completely unnecessary. England and South Africa are currently playing second Test at Cape Town. England skipper Joe Root won toss and chose to bat first.

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