Doing enough

Well Warney hasn't really set the world on fire in Bangladesh yet he has been his usual tight good self. After a sore shoulder in the first test he has actually bowled quite well taking 6 wickets at 31. But its the batting which has let him down. After Jason Gilispie's efforts yesterday, he must be spewin. Still well done Dizzy, stick it up em, the selectors that is.

Humbled

Every picture tells 1000 sories, or something like that.

Shane Warne up to second spot

Leg-spinning wizard Shane Warne's six-wicket haul in the second innings of the Durban Test has lifted him one notch to second spot in the latest LG ICC Test bowling rankings.

Warne, whose mesmerising spell on the final day led the South Africans to a series defeat, upstaged fellow Australian Glenn McGrath, who gave the tour a miss to be with his ailing wife.

Warne rules out one-day comeback for World Cup

Australian leg spinner Shane Warne will not end his retirement from one-day internationals to play in the 2007 World Cup.

"Absolutely no, I don't have any plan for a one-day comeback," he told a news conference.

Warne and other Aussies smashed

The Australians were given their second cricket lesson inside 12 months by the lowly Bangladeshes today on a flat lifeless pitch. Finishing day 1 on 5 for 355, they not only scored their highest days test score but also blunted the best the Aussies had to offer including Shane Warne. Warne was smashed going for over 5.5 in his 20 overs finishing with 0 for 112. Hopefully the Aussies best is yet to come and no doubt the Warne factor will click into gear soon, but after day 1 takes your hat off Bangladesh.

For the record

As the Aussies arrived in Bangladesh today to the cheers of locals wanting to see the world champs, Shae Warne was contemplating his first test against the hosts.

In fact an interesting statistic is that Shane Warne has only played one test against both Zimbabwe and Bangladesh for 6 wickets out of his total of 674. On the other hand Muttiah Muralitharan against these same 2 nations has played a total of 20 tests out of his 103 tests played (about 19%) and taken against them 137 wickets out of his career total of 611 (nearly 23%)

What does this all mean? I'll let you be the judge of that one...

Lara; Warne's the best

Interviewed recently on his thoughts on Tendulkar Lara had this to say on the toughest bowlers he had faced, "As a batsman I should always feel that any bowler is difficult. However, Wasim Akram was the best pace bowler and Shane Warne the best spinner that I have played against."

Hook, line and sinker

Test cricket's spin wizard Shane Warne says the Australian side threw out the bait to see what South African cricket captain Graeme Smith would do - and he swallowed it hook, line and sinker!

Referring to the war of words between the two of them in the media, Warne likened it to catching fish: "It's like when you want to catch a big fish. You throw out the bait and wait. We did not have to wait long for him to shoot his mouth off, but the problem was that his reaction also influenced his team.

Speaking at a Hospice dinner in Johannesburg, Warne said South Africa had to decide what kind of captain they wanted.

"When necessary, a captain has to be able to kick a team-mate in the behind or put his arm round someone and say "you're a valuable member of the team - come and show everyone what you can do."

Click on to read more of Warney's interview and thoughts on the hapless Mr Smith.

Simone, shame, sex and slimming

Australia's greatest living sportsman battles to explain his maddeningly self-destructive behaviour and why he's put his two greatest passions - cricket and family - in so much peril. Read the Shane Warne interview he recently gave to Jana Wendt for The Bulletin.

If only Warne was from Welkom

As the dark encroached, and Mark Boucher led a brave rearguard action, hope flickered that South Africa could somehow survive; always an unlikely prospect, however, when the opposition count Shane Warne amongst their number. Read on for this entertaining article from IAfrica.com.

Aussies wrap up series

Another series, another whitewash, and this time in South Africa as the hosts suffered their first clean sweep loss for over 100 years. As for Warney seaming pitches didn't suit him but he still managed 15 victims at 27.33. Didn't have much impact in the first Test with three wickets, but bowled Australia to the series win at Durban with 2 for 80 and 6 for 86, and caused more problems in the third to keep his side in the game. The South Africans say they can cope with him but they struggled again. Don't worry about Bangladesh, he has never played them before, just roll on next summer and the Ashes.

Wicket count 674 and full steam ahead.

Warne to 670

Warney finished the first day of the 3rd test with 1/49 taking his series tally to 11 and total wicket haul to 670. We will probably have to wait till the Ashes for the 700 mark to be broken, and then the flood gates will open.

Tutu bowled over by Warne

South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu was 'bowled over' when Australian bowling wizard, Shane Warne, put in a bid of 95,000 rands at an auction here in aid of an institution named after the world-renowned anti-apartheid activist.

Warney spins Aussies to series win

Shane Warne once again weaved his magic under dark clouds of the African sky as he for the 35th time took a 5 wicket haul finishing with 6/86, as Australia dominated again to lead 2-0 in the best of 3 tests against South Africia in Durban.