Warne's ambition to become German

Shane Warne never ceazes to amaze with his ability to generate headlines but this is one completely out of left field: Shane Warne considers German citizenship. What's that about, you ask? Has Warne met a foxy German minx persuading him to move onto the mainland?

No, he's doing it for his county Hampshire. Due to a new regulation limiting the number of international players in county cricket, he can't play unless he's a local. Apparently, Germans are local citizens (didn't we fight a few world wars to prevent that?) Now this is all good and great but if Warnie is so keen to play cricket, we have an entire country down here that would be more than happy to have him playing for us. And guess what. He's already got citizenship here!

Posted by JC on Sat 18 Aug

6 comments

What the hell is Warne doing?!

Posted by Aussie on 2007-08-18 11:50:14

Does that means the poms will now be singing "We wish you were German!"??

:)

Posted by Timbo on 2007-08-18 17:34:49

Apparently, he doesn't want to be called "Adolf Warne".

Who'd a thunk it?

Posted by The Atheist on 2007-08-20 20:24:18

Hey, this is nothing. I just want to say that I've heard that the Aussies have got a new uniform for the Twenty20 World Cup. I thought you were gonna blog about it, JC. Meh...

Posted by Aussie on 2007-08-31 17:33:18

As I understand it Warne would still be used by Hampshire as their one OS player, however if he qualifies as a local then they can get a second OS player such as Stuart Clarke.

btw Aussie, here's a link for our hideous new T20 strip: http://beerandsport.blogspot.com/2007/08/baggygreens-release-hideous-new-strip.html

Posted by Moses on 2007-09-27 09:43:17

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