Shane Warne has accused his once captain and teammate Steve Waugh as the "Most Selfish Player" he came across while playing for Australia. The relationship between the game's greatest spinner and one of the best leaders ever, has never been good and this just further reveals how Warne never found comfort in Waugh's presence. 

In his much-anticipated autography, No Spin, Warne has talked about his not so pleasant experiences with the man and revealed how, under Waugh's captaincy on the 1999 tour of West Indies, he was dropped from the team for the fourth Test. 

"He became a completely different person when he took over as captain, It wasn't that he dropped me. I have no issue about being dropped if I'm not performing; if you don't perform, out you go." Warne wrote, "But there was more to it than my performances - I think it was jealousy."

"He started to niggle away, telling me to look at my diet and spend more time on deciding what sort of person I wanted to be in my life, how to conduct myself - that sort of stuff. I said, 'Mate - worry about yourself.'" he added. 

To reflect back in time, Warne was actually going through a very difficult series, as he managed to pick up just two wickets at an average of 134.00 in the first three Tests, with the great Brian Lara simply dominating him. 

This is when Waugh decided to drop him for the all-important fourth Test, with the series level 1-1. 

Warne further wrote, "I was the vice-captain and bowling pretty ordinary and Tugga (Waugh) opened the selection meeting between the two of us and Geoff Marsh, the coach, by saying, 'Warney, I don't think you should play this next Test."

"Silence. 'Er, right,' I said. 'Why?' 'I don't think you're bowling very well, mate.' 'Yes... fair call,' I admitted. 'My shoulder [after surgery] is taking longer than I thought but it's close now." he also noted, "The feel is slowly coming back and then the rhythm will come, mate. I'm not worried.'"

The incident went by but the things between two of Australia's greatest, were never the same again. 

"Disappointed is not a strong enough word, When the crunch came Tugga didn't support me," wrote Warne, "and I felt so totally let down by someone who I had supported big time and was also a good friend. I conducted myself badly, to be honest. I wasn't that supportive of the team, which I regret."

"Looking back, this was probably a combination of the shoulder issue still eating away at me and the pure anger bubbling inside at Steve's lack of trust." he added, "During the first three Tests, at various times some of the bowlers came to me, grumbling about Tugga's captaincy and field placements and stuff. I said I was backing him to the hilt and if they had a problem with the captain they should go see him direct. Perhaps because of this, I was deeply disappointed that he didn't back me in return."

(Inputs from Cricket Next)