Shane Warne's Poker Dream
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09 January 2008 /
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SHANE Warne is going to the World Series poker championship in Las Vegas.
Sadly, for Hampshire cricket fans - yes you, Doris and Lester Biggins - Shane will not be available for the club's Twenty20 Cup campaign.
Says Shane: "Now that I am retired from international cricket - in fact all cricket in Australia - I am gradually moving into other areas."
More cameo appearances on Neighbours? More adverts for nylon hair?
Says Warne: "There is a deal in the pipeline with a poker company that will involve playing in certain events through the year. I can fit what I do around the cricket."
But what of the cricket?
"The World Series takes place in Las Vegas at the same time as the Twenty20 Cup," he says. "I definitely want to go to Las Vegas and I have not played Twenty20 for the past few seasons. It has always come at an ideal time to take a break. I am 38 and, after 20 or so years in the game, I need a rest at some point during a six-month campaign."
A rest...in cricket? Isn't that what English players call fielding?
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