Shane Warne has stepped up his stinging critique of Rod Marsh, saying the chairman of selectors has panicked and made silly decisions in the Ashes.
Peter Siddle replaced Josh Hazlewood for the fifth Ashes Test, with Warne dumbfounded that Pat Cummins was left on the sidelines.
Marsh and fellow selector Darren Lehmann are yet to outline the reasons for picking Siddle ahead of Cummins.
Warne suggested Lehmann and captain Michael Clarke both disagreed with Marsh over the contentious call.
"By all accounts, the word on the street it was his call," Warne said while calling the game for Sky Sports.
"The captain and coach and everyone wanted Pat Cummins to play.
"But Rod Marsh as chairman of selectors flexed his muscles and said `I want to play Peter Siddle.'"
Warne added Marsh "got it wrong" by banking on Siddle's experience in the dead rubber instead of recalling Cummins for his first Test since a stellar debut in 2011.
"That's just common sense for Pat Cummins to play this Test," Warne said.
"They've made some silly decisions.
"Sometimes that happens when you're losing, the panic starts."
Siddle was close to playing the fourth Test but selectors opted to go with the unchanged pace attack of Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc.
Mitch Marsh was dropped for that decisive clash at Trent Bridge, where Australia relinquished the urn after being rolled for 60 in the first session.
Warne was also critical of the allrounder's axing.
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