Shane Warne calls for selectors to pull young spinners out of shorter formats of the game Shane Warne has released part four of his manifesto into the state of Australian cricket. SELECTORS should pull Australia's best spinners out of the shorter forms of the game and have them playing nothing but first-class cricket until they are ready for the Test arena, according to Shane Warne. The Test great released part four of his manifesto into Australian cricket today and probably his most important, given the focus was on spin bowling. Warne said Cricket Australia should identify the top four spinners in the country, put them on decent contracts and restrict them from playing Twenty20 and 50-over cricket, because they are a "hindrance" in a young tweaker's development. He said the onus should also be on the player to opt against chasing the quick buck and concentrate instead on a potential Test career. "With so many dollars involved in the various Twenty20 competitions around the world, it's not an easy situation," Warne wrote. This is where the responsibility falls upon the player - if the young spinner wants to play Test cricket for Australia, then maybe they have to back themselves to learn how to bowl before taking up the options available to them around the world in the shorter forms of the game. Warne placed a strong emphasis on selectors picking the right type of spinners: wicket-takers and not simply bowlers who can keep the runs down. "The attitude should always be about taking wickets and not about economy rates: 4/100 off 25 overs is a good result and better than 2/60 off 25 overs," he said. My guidelines on what to look for in a young spinner is pretty simple: someone who can spin the ball. Any fast bowler that can swing or make the ball move has a chance to take wickets; if they bowl straight they will struggle. The same criteria applies for spin bowling: straight = struggle, spin the ball = wickets. Lyon axing a 'tactical blunder' Warne also suggested state captains give spinners more of a bowl in Shield cricket, no matter the conditions, and said the expectation that they take wickets while also being economical was not realistic. In one of his more left-field ideas, Warne said the size of the stumps should be looked into. "As everything is in favour of the batsmen, make the stumps a bit wider and a bit taller - this will help in the battle between bat and ball as there will be more bowled and LBWs," he wrote.