Never one of the most dedicated trainers in the game, Warne said Sheffield Shield was being influenced by people who did not understand the game.

"There are a few things creeping into Shield cricket I don't like, and (one) is pulling people out of games," he told SEN radio.

"I don't like that. You either play or you don't. I think the sports science in all sports these days, we've got to make sure that’s not running the show. That should be a secondary matter.

"I don't like people getting pulled out because they might get injured."

Warne pointed to Mitchell Starc’s return to the Test and one-day arena after suffering a leg injury in September as proof pulling players out and resting them isn’t necessarily the way to go.

"He got better and better as the Test matches went on because he kept bowling and bowling rather than ‘that’s six overs in the nets, that’s enough, stop now’ or getting pulled out of Shield games," he said.

"The biggest thing for me is there’s too many people telling the players what to do and they’re not thinking for themselves

"You go into a dressing room now, whether it be Shield cricket or whatever, there's 10-15 people around the players telling them what to do.”