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Shane Warne Rajasthan Royals


Australian leg-spinning great Shane Warne continues to dominate the cricket in the Indian Premier League - his Rajasthan Royals sit on top of the IPL table with nine wins from 11 matches.

The Rajasthan Royals have become the first team to qualify for the May 30-31 semi-finals with their six wicket win over Kolkata in their latest match. Before the series began, the Royals were labelled the underdogs in the competition and the only team to have a player/coach (Warne) but the spin wizard has proved that he has lost none of the wizardry that made him the world's greatest leg-spinner since retiring from international cricket in early 2007.


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Warne has expressed a desire to let the lesser known players from his side prove their worth in the matches to come while also getting one up on the teams likely to make the finals.

"We got Chennai, Mohali and Mumbai who are 2, 3 and 4 (on the current IPL points table) so it's a good opportunity as we will be facing one of those sides in the finals. The next three games are a big challenge for us. We're going to try and get one up on those teams that we might have to play in the finals," said Shane Warne.

The Royals' next match is against the Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on May 24. [iplt20.com]



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England be Warne-d! (LINK)

May 20th 2008 20:47
Shane Warne is making the news for all the right reasons these days. His captaincy has been much talked about in the ongoing IPL, he is one of the top bowlers and his mentoring of the Indian youngsters have all left him in a very good stead.

So when Shane Warne speaks about making a comeback in Test matches, one better take him seriously. Despite Stuart MacGills's return to form in the side game that Australia played against the Jamaicans. And one can visualise one very nervous team out there after havng heard this news; England


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Harbhajan Singh unmasked!

May 11th 2008 07:17
Ricky Ponting minces no words, whether on field or off the field. And when asked for his opinion on the latest Harbhajan Singh, Ponting's reply was as simple and blunt as it could get,
The incident was him dealing with a guy that he has probably played 20 Tests with. Harbhajan has been unmasked


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Shane Warne IPL
Warne is mobbed by teammates after scoring the winnings runs for Rajasthan Royals over the Deccan Chargers.


The much hyped Indian Premier League Twenty 20 tournament is well under way and has been offering us plenty of pulsating cricket action despite all the matches played in the wee hours of the morning AEST


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Shane Warne
Shane Warne relaxing in Hampshire colours


Earlier this year, it was reported that Australia's legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne was cutting back on his commitment to English county cricket side Hampshire due to his involvement with the World Series of Poker events
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The second round of the IPL player auction has come and gone with not too many surprises. The two big named Australians to go under the hammer were James Hopes and Shane Watson - both Allrounders, both from Queensland. Hopes brilliant innings in the second final of the Commonwealth Bank series must have upped his currency in the auction. For me the surprise wasn't his US$ 300,000 price but the team that got him - he joins Brett Lee at Mohali. The team I expected to get Hopes was the team that got fellow Queensland Allrounder Shane Watson - the Jaipur Rajasthan Royals headed by Shane Warne. They spent the least on the first player auction and had more money left to spend but opted not for Hopes. Instead they went for the only English player in the draft - Dimitri Mascarenhas.

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Replacing the irreplacable

March 8th 2008 23:18
Australia in a spin trying to find the next Shane Warne
Say what you like about the man but one thing remains true about Shane Warne - he was the absolute master of his craft. He took the art of legspin bowling to a new previously unseen level and showed how a bowler could dictate terms and really be the difference in a cricket match (either test or one day).

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Just when you thought the whole idea of the IPL player auction couldn't get more crazy...

it has. The actual auction has taken place and is full of such bizarre contradictions and extravagent spending that you would think that there is no poverty in India and that the streets are paved with gold


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IPL player auction

February 21st 2008 14:21
So it's come to this

In what has to be a move for the detriment of the game cricketers are today being auctioned off to the new Indian Premier League - made up franchises, with made up uniforms playing a made up game to make cricket look and feel like football. The net result is going to be an end to international cricket


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It's rumoured the cashed up IPL and ICL are offering contracts worth up to $1,000,000 to some of the world's finest. It's no wonder some of the biggest names in the game have signed on the dotted line. If the money wasn't incentive enough, knowing that a Twenty20 tournament lasts only a few weeks, makes the proposition even more alluring.

Both organizations have recruited heavily. The IPL especially. They claim to have a player pool of 78 with international experience. And they're paying handsomely for that experience, offering attractive sign-on fees


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Hampshire County Cricket Club


The Hampshire County Cricket club will be without Australia cricket legend Shane Warne for the start of the season due to...poker commitments


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