MELBOURNE, Dec 15 AAP - Champion Australian leg spinner Shane Warne suffered a dislocated shoulder here tonight in the one-day cricket match against England.
The joint was put back in the dressing room, but he had not yet gone to hospital.
An Australian Cricket Board spokesman confirmed the nature of the injury.
He added Warne would see a shoulder specialist and undergo diagnostic scans to determine the extent of the damage.
“More will be known in due course,” the spokesman said.
Warne hurt his right shoulder after diving to field a ball off his own bowling in the 28th over of England’s innings.
Television footage showed him clutching his bowling shoulder in agony and he was stretchered from the field a few minutes later.
There were immediate fears he could be ruled out for the World Cup tournament in six weeks in South Africa.
He missed much of the 1998-99 season after needing a reconstruction of the shoulder.
Warne also was out of action for several months during the 2000-01 season when he broke the spinning finger in his right hand in a fielding accident.
Warne, Test cricket’s second-highest wicket taker with 491, underwent a strict fitness and diet regime this year to prolong his career.
I dont think Aus team is this fragile k eik bowler ager nahee khaila tu they cant win. This is the difference b/w this and other teams k 1-2 players difference doesnt effects the team much.
they r not like the Sri Lankens … when they lost Murali in Sharjah and went on to be thrashed by pak …
the job of Warnie will be taken ober by McGrath, Gillespie, Lee and Bichel so there will be no need of a 5th bowler … so one can really say “DEMOLITION IN PROGRESS” …
Bad news for Pak … they can’t come up wit the excuse of “Well they had the best leg spinner of all times in their side” …
CONVICTIONS are a greater threat to the TRUTH than LIES
