Warne contemplating one-day return

Cricket: Shane Warne is contemplating a return to one-day international cricket in order to play in the 2007 World Cup.

Cricket: Shane Warne is contemplating a return to one-day international cricket in order to play in the 2007 World Cup.

Australia's star leg-spinner retired from the limited overs game in 2003 but is thought to be keen on playing in the West Indies next year.

The changes to one-day cricket, in particular the introduction of the super-sub rule, have alerted the 36-year-old, although he insists the Test match arena remains his priority.

"I think now that it's been regulated, there's a super-sub, there's a lot more things to think about and consider," he said.

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"You never say never, and it's not for another eight or nine months that I have to make a decision on whether I'm going to make myself available.

"If they don't pick me they don't pick me. It would be nice to play in the World Cup, but it depends on what I want to do with my Test future.

"I think my Test cricket's proven to be as good as it's ever been, so if that means I can't play one-day cricket any more and it will extend my Test career then maybe that's the way it has to stay."

In 194 ODI appearances, Warne took 293 wickets, while in his 135 Test matches the spinner has claimed a world-record 659 victims.