In an extract from his book "No Spin" published in The Times, former Australia player Shane Warne has revealed some telling tales from his time in the Australian team.

Shane Warne has revealed in his new book that he felt "embarrassed" with the idea of "worshipping the baggy green".

"All that worship of the baggy green - some of the guys went with it, like Lang [Justin Langer], Haydos [Matthew Hayden] and Gilly [Adam Gilchrist], but it wasn't for me," Warne wrote in autobiography to be released on October 4.

“They loved it but, to be honest, they made me want to puke with it half the time. I mean, wearing it at Wimbledon! Who wears a green cricket cap to Wimbledon? It was just embarrassing! Mark Waugh felt the same. I don't need a baggy green to prove what playing for Australia means to me or to the people who watch us," he added.

The extract also reveals the level to which the relationship between Shane Warne and his captain Steve Waugh deteriorated during the Australia tours of West Indies and Sri Lanka in 1999.

(inputs from indiatoday.in)