Warne on course (3 November 1998)
SHANE WARNE, the Australian leg-spinner, has shown no ill-effects from playing in a club match at the weekend and is aiming to return to top-class cricket in a one-day cup match for Victoria against New South Wales on Sunday
03-Nov-1998
3 November 1998
Warne on course
By Nelson Clare in Melbourne
SHANE WARNE, the Australian leg-spinner, has shown no ill-effects
from playing in a club match at the weekend and is aiming to
return to top-class cricket in a one-day cup match for Victoria
against New South Wales on Sunday.
He is recovering well from major shoulder surgery last May and
said that his weekend game was the first he had played in 18
months without pain.
Warne took a wicket three balls into his return to bowling in a
club match and will continue his rehabilitation with a second
outing for St Kilda today.
Shaun Graf, the Victorian Cricket Association's operations
manager, said: "Everything is on target. He's feeling fine and
there's no discomfort. He bowled with no pain so that's a bonus
for him."
Warne, who has taken 313 Test wickets for Australia, is hoping to
have recovered sufficient form in time for the opening Ashes
Test, starting in Brisbane on Nov 20.
Tony Cottey will today sign a five-year contract with Sussex
after rejecting Glamorgan's offer of a new two-year deal.
Cottey, 32, has been with the Welsh county for 15 years and has
scored more than 10,000 first-class runs.
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)