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Warne leaves 1st class cricket
Reuters / Agence France Presse
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 29 - 03 - 2008

spinner Shane Warne announced he was retiring from first class cricket on Thursday and leaving Hampshire to concentrate on his business interests, family and the new Indian Premier League (IPL).
Warne, 38, who was scheduled to lead Hampshire again in the English county championship this year, told the club's website he was retiring from the first class game.
“I am retiring from all first class cricket but will participate in the IPL with the Jaipur franchise as captain and coach,” he said. “This was not an easy decision to make but due to some exciting business opportunities, and wanting to spend more time with my children, I had to make this call.”
Warne was bought for $450,000 by the Royals in last month's IPL player auction.
Warne, who took 708 wickets in 145 Tests, was one of the Wisden Almanac's five cricketers of the 20th century and was largely responsible for the revival of wrist spin as a potent weapon in international cricket.
An accomplished showman with his bleach blond hair and command of center stage when at the bowling crease, Warne was supremely skilled, fiercely competitive and a shrewd tactician.
He made his debut for Hampshire in 2000 and took 276 first class wickets at an average of 25.59 while scoring 2,040 runs.
“I know this will be a major disappointment to many fans of both Hampshire and Shane but, after much discussion and soul-searching, it has become clear to both of us that Shane can no longer make the commitment required to continue to lead Hampshire,” Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove said.Hayden all for traditions
Outspoken Australian opener Matthew Hayden has vowed to uphold what he calls the purity of Australia's baggy green cap in honor of the late cricket icon Bill Brown.
Hayden made the comments as a guest speaker at a celebration in Sydney Thursday of the life of former Australian opener Brown, a member of Don Bradman's 1948 Invincibles, who died last week aged 95.
“It (cricket today) has I think tended to lose its purity that this (Brown's) great era of cricket has produced,” he told the gathering. “I would have to put my hand up as well in delivering that and keeping those traditions in the game. That's a position I take very seriously. I need to continue on and keep making sure that's strong in Australian cricket.” __


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