Shane Warne set to retire from international cricket???

JacksonHeightsOwn

im sure batsmen across the world are delighted with this news, as will stuart Macgill

but im a bit disappointed, sure he`s the thorn in the english teams side but the fella can still do it, he certainly hasnt lost any of his ability, and his batting isnt the worst either

a sad day for cricket if true

what do you lads think?

DMC

Lucrative contract with Channel 9 + making it up with the wife = retirement.

Legend.

My concern would be that Murali will overtake him in the record books, 700 test wickets deserves to stand for 10 years, imo.

JacksonHeightsOwn

yeah, but lets be honesteven if he goes on for another 4 2 years, isnt murali younger than him, so he`s gonna surpass him anyway, pity though, he`s so good he deserves the record for a while

rumour has it McGrath will quit as well, i can understand that, he`s hardly been his bullying best this series has he

mike65

McGrath said on SSN that he was'nt about to make any announcment.

I can understand Warne calling it a day he's prone to putting the pounds on and it gets hard to shift them as middle age looms, that plus the money from C9 He's going out on top.

Mike.

decies

Will miss warnie and haveing the pleasure of seeing him play in antigua.
Players of his calibare dont come around very often.
Where do you stand on the murali or warne who is better debate ?
I just feel that murali got most of his wickets on sub continent spin friendly wickets but i may be wrong with those facts......

Royale with Cheese

It's official now

Goodbye Warney. His retirement, coupled with the rest of the core of the Australian side (Mcgrath first, then a few of the core batsmen in a few years) that has dominated cricket for a decade is going to make things very interesting. Macgill's almost 36 so he's not gonna be able to take Warne's place for very long, if it all.

RuggieBear

decies wrote:

Will miss warnie and haveing the pleasure of seeing him play in antigua.
Players of his calibare dont come around very often.
Where do you stand on the murali or warne who is better debate ?
I just feel that murali got most of his wickets on sub continent spin friendly wickets but i may be wrong with those facts......

But then Warne got to play against a lot of series against some very weak English batsman

TrueDub

Definitely a sad moment for cricket, as the best ever spin bowler bows out at the top of his game. While some of his off-field antics have let him down, without a doubt he's one of the best bowlers to watch - he'll be missed, definitely.

As regards Murali, I prefer Warne.

county

TrueDub wrote:

Definitely a sad moment for cricket, as the best ever spin bowler bows out at the top of his game. While some of his off-field antics have let him down, without a doubt he's one of the best bowlers to watch - he'll be missed, definitely.

agree with that,a sad day for cricket

dereko1969

yep a sad day but i'm delighted to have been fortunate to see him bowl in the last ashes series, i was at lords and had a great view from behind his arm and the amount of turn he got was amazing, a great great player. he's going to have to stop starting every sentence with 'look' if he's going to be a good commentator though....

DMC

He'll be a better one than Nick Knight!

It will be interesting to see when will Channel 9 pick him up, I'd have thought he'd have been tapped up already, but, I remember he was sacked before by Channel 9, so maybe they are giving him a little time before he does.

And its not as if Channel 9 hasn't got enough commentators at present, but there will be a changing of the guard quite soon, despite having jobs for life from Kerry Packer. Benaud and Lawry will go in a couple of years, one would feel. Greig and Chappell will be shuffling on soon too. So Ian Healy and Mark Taylor have bedded in now, and with Mark Nicholas and Michael Slater there too, Shane Warne's may well be in the right place at the right time.

mike65

McGrath announces retirement! After the world cup.

Mike.