Shane Warne Rules out Test Comeback


PTI

Melbourne, Jun 4: Australian spin legend Shane Warne has dismissed any possibility of making a comeback to Test cricket after his hugely successful Indian Premier League sojourn, saying he has no desire left to play "full-time cricket" again.

The possibility of Warne's return to the longer version of the game has been a matter of speculation after Stuart MacGill announced his shock decision to hang up his boots after the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Antigua.

Warne, who on Tuesday night returned home after leading the Rajasthan Royals to inaugural IPL title, however, made it clear that he no longer harbours donning Australia colours in Tests.

"I've got no interest at all at this stage. I'm very happily retired, I'm comfortable where I'm at at the moment," Warne, who played his last Test in January last year, was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press.

"I won't be playing full-time cricket but I've got a couple of sixes tournaments throughout the next 12 months, then IPL next April. That'll be it for me," he added.

Warne clarified that his earlier comments on the matter has been misinterpreted by the media.

"I actually said I was happily retired and if Stuart MacGill broke his leg - which he hasn't, he's retired - and there was no other spinner in Australia and if (captain) Ricky (Ponting) asked me (to come back), I'd consider it," Warne said.

"If that's coming back out of retirement, I'm not sure. I don't think it is," he said.

  

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