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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | Warne gunning for Lanka tour 23.11 IST 11th Feb 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
No sooner than making a brilliant comeback from a one-year drug suspension spin wizard Shane Warne announced he was pushing for selection for the upcoming Sri Lankan tour."I am not desperate but I am aiming to get into the team for Sri Lanka," Warne said after claiming 2/24 in his return match for a Victoria second XI against Queensland Cricket Academy in Melbourne today. The 34-year-old Warne, the most successful Australian bowler with 491 Test wickets, was playing in his first match after completing a one-year ban for testing positive for banned diuretics just before the World Cup last year. After rain had prevented him from bowling on the first day and early sessions of second day, Warne finally got to bowl 12 overs an hour before close of play today. "I am passionate about cricket and it is fantastic to be back playing. When something you love so much is taken away, you realise how important it is," he told Channel Nine's Current Affairs programme this evening. Warne, one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Century, looked relaxed and cheerful. An intense fitness programme combined with daily yoga during the exile had kept him in perfect shape. |
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