Cricket: Warne to play in Big Bash

Warne, 42, retired from competitive cricket after this year’s Indian Premier League.

MELBOURNE:
Spin legend Shane Warne will turn out for Melbourne Stars in the upcoming Big Bash League, giving a huge boost to the Cricket Australia-organised Twenty20 competition. Warne, 42, retired from competitive cricket after this year’s Indian Premier League, but is now set to make a comeback. Warne’s manager, James Erskine, indicated that he would be prepared to take a year off from his commentary duties with Channel Nine.


Published in The Express Tribune, November 4th,  2011.