Warne TV, over and out

Shane Warne has been axed by the Australian broadcaster Channel Nine - a contract worth $300,000 per year - due to his off-field conduct. According to Cricinfo Warne had been an employee of Nine for more than a decade, but the company's management inserted a clause in his last contract allowing them to terminate it if his behaviour was unsatisfactory. It is believed that boss Kerry Paker himself wanted Warne to go.