Talk of Shane Warne coming out of retirement to rescue Australia’s stumbling Ashes battle is “fanciful”, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland. Australia’s comprehensive innings and 71-run defeat by England in Adelaide last week sparked media calls for the recall of the retired 41-year-old spin bowling great.Sutherland, however, said octagenarian television commentator Richie Benaud, who last bowled a ball on the test stage in 1964, was as likely to pull on the baggy green cap again.
“Shane retired from Test cricket almost exactly four years ago and, by his own admission, he hasn’t touched a cricket bat or ball since the (Indian Premier League) IPL early this year,” Sutherland told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.“CA hasn’t spoken to him about playing and, while the selectors work independently of CA management, I am not aware of them having any purpose of talking to Shane.England coach Andy Flower laughed off suggestions Warne could make a shock Ashes comeback as Australia become increasingly anxious to find a way to win back the prized urn.
Warne has been romantically linked to English model and occasional film star Liz Hurley and also announced that he had again split with his wife Simone, with whom he has three children. Speaking ahead of the third Test at the WACA ground in Perth, starting on Thursday, Flower laughed off any thought of Warne resuming his 145-Test career after almost four years out of the game.“I am not surprised that it won’t go away,” he said of the Warne conjecture with a broad grin. “But it is not going to happen.”
“Shane retired from Test cricket almost exactly four years ago and, by his own admission, he hasn’t touched a cricket bat or ball since the (Indian Premier League) IPL early this year,” Sutherland told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.“CA hasn’t spoken to him about playing and, while the selectors work independently of CA management, I am not aware of them having any purpose of talking to Shane.England coach Andy Flower laughed off suggestions Warne could make a shock Ashes comeback as Australia become increasingly anxious to find a way to win back the prized urn.
Warne has been romantically linked to English model and occasional film star Liz Hurley and also announced that he had again split with his wife Simone, with whom he has three children. Speaking ahead of the third Test at the WACA ground in Perth, starting on Thursday, Flower laughed off any thought of Warne resuming his 145-Test career after almost four years out of the game.“I am not surprised that it won’t go away,” he said of the Warne conjecture with a broad grin. “But it is not going to happen.”
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