SYDNEY: Spin legend Shane Warne has been enticed out of retirement and
will make a comeback with the Melbourne Stars in Australia's Big Bash
Twenty20 League, a report said Friday.The 42-year-old apparently
brought the curtain down on his stellar, two-decade cricket career at
the Indian Premier League in May. But Fairfax media said he would be
unveiled as the Melbourne Stars' marquee signing.Both the Sydney
Morning Herald and Melbourne Age reported that a lucrative package was
enough to see him sign up for the fledgling eight-team tournament from
December 30 to February 5.Warne, who is from Melbourne, has been in the city this week with his British actress fiancee Liz Hurley.The
champion leg-spinner has not played top-flight cricket in Australia
since helping the country to a 5-0 Ashes whitewash over England in
January 2007.Several overseas players have signed up with the
eight franchises that will contest the tournament, including South
Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Collingwood of England, and Pakistani
Shahid Afridi.
