By Jim Morton
November 22nd 2009 @ 12:49am
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Warne worried about being embarrassed
Rather than lap up the cricketing spotlight again, Shane Warne just hopes he won’t be a prime time viewing embarrassment on Sunday night.
Warne will go head-to-head with great mate Michael Clarke when he captains the Australian Cricket Association All Stars against Clarke’s Australian XI in a Twenty20 friendly at the Gabba.
The leg-spinning great will join [...]
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Dave1 said | November 24th 2009 @ 6:18pm | Report comment
He needn’t have worried. He definitely wasn’t embarrassed.