With the Rajasthan Royals' loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders in a refreshingly low-scoring Twenty20 clash on Wednesday night, the cricketing career of Shane Warne appears to have drawn to a close. Again.
Is he wishing he quit while he was ahead in IPL1 2008, or counting the Thanks-for-coming receipts from IPL2 2009? Silly question (and even sillier grammar from me) about he who quit county cricket to play poker.
I still have this nagging feeling, though. Despite the fact that he is ineligible for selection because he didn't play Sheffield Shield in 2008-09, I can't get out of my head the possibility that Warnie will play in this year's Ashes. The fact that the National Socialist Party, or whatever NSP stands for, chose just one specialist spinner, and an offie (Nathan Hauritz) at that, keeps my delusions alive...