SPIN king Shane Warne is considering a shock comeback with Big Bash League team Melbourne Stars.
Warne has sat out the past two summers but the Herald Sun believes he is open to a second return with the green team following the withdrawal of former Test captain Michael Clarke.
A deal would still need to be done with team management to make the bombshell a reality.
After last season’s semi-final failure the Stars lured Clarke to replace Cameron White as captain, but Clarke walked away this month.
The Stars are close to announcing their replacement captain.
Warne captained the Stars for their first two seasons and played a major role in close friend and world cricket’s No. 1 gun for hire Kevin Pietersen signing a two-year contract last July.
English firebrand Pietersen is locked in as the club’s marquee batsman for the upcoming BBL05 season and would partner Warne in a marketing dream for the booming Twenty20 competition.
Warne, 46, was contacted on Monday but would not comment.
The Stars played a straight bat.
“There has been no formal approach made to Shane Warne to return to the Stars for BBL05 in a playing or captaining capacity,” a spokeswoman said.
Shane Warne has been a friend of the Melbourne Stars since inception, but at this stage has no formal role with the club.”
Stars president Eddie McGuire was unavailable for comment.
The legendary leg-spinner and greatest name in Australian cricket yesterday told his Instagram followers he was embarking on a health kick.
“Starting a 5 day juice cleanse today as well as a 10 day intense fitness plan plus thinking of growing a beard,” Warne wrote.
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