Is shane warne playing the ashes??

[tiger_man]

does anyone know he is playing.??

over here in australia, he is receiving massive media bashing over the scandals, and his wife seperated him...

they portray him as some kind of sicko, womanizer.....etc...

very bad publicity.... :

[mwrkhan]

I believe he is. His contract as a commentator with channel 7 (9?) has not been renewed.

[Spitfire_x86]

He's a disgrace for the Aussie team. His career should've ended with the drug scandal.

[newbie]

I remember a Bangla newspaper that labelled Warne "drug-paapi" (as in sinner). I found that phrase really funny for some reason

[oracle]

Surprised if he is dropped. He should play if they still want to dream. Look what happened to them when they dropped Symonds.

[tiger_man]

last time i saw the scorecard....saw stuart macgill...that means he should be out.....

his contract with channel 9 (something like 300 000 dollars) was terminated as he is bringing bad publicity......

[Akib]

I doubt he will be out. Aussies need a spinner like him.

[Locutus]

He will play. Aussies need him.

[Rob]

They are just giving MacGill a run out today.

If England can take a positive from one thing, Warne has been all over the place for Hampshire this season has been gotten after successfully more often than not.

He will say that it will be a different story come the Ashes but I am not overly sure.

(Having said this he will probably take 15 wickets at Lords )

[tiger_man]

its hard to be good player and evade controversy....look at all the famous players of the past....

hard to find few who have managed to live a career without any controversy....imran khan, wasim akram, warne ofcourse, maradona, ronaldo.....bla bla bla....