Posted 11:01 AM by Gene

Somewhere, in another center of the universe...

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh says star leg spinner Shane Warne is insecure, hits out at Ian Chappell and takes aim at the national selectors in his keenly awaited autobiography.

Prime Minister John Howard will launch Waugh's Out Of My Comfort Zone in Sydney on Sunday with publishers Penguin reportedly paying $1.3 million in the biggest advance paid for an Australian book.

Waugh, who retired as Australian skipper in January last year after 168 Test matches and 10,927 runs, confirms reports from the 1999 World Cup that Warne had problems with his captaincy.

Waugh also reveals Warne, Test cricket's leading wicket-taker, to be a fierce but insecure competitor.

The next time we get into a temper tantrum over something we might remember a story like this, which may as well have run in Greek or Swahili, and realize most of what we rant over isn't worth the proverbial hill of beans.