Australian TV says Warne out of World Cup
Reuters - 11 February 2003
SYDNEY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Australian television stations reported on Tuesday that leg spinner Shane Warne had pulled out of the World Cup after apparently taking a banned substance inadvertently while recovering from a shoulder injury.
Warne, one of Wisden's five greatest players of the 20th century, returned to the Australian squad for the World Cup after making a much faster than anticipated recovery from a dislocated shoulder in December.
"Shane Warne is returning home from the World Cup after inadvertently taking a banned drug," Channel Seven television reported on Tuesday.
"It's believed it was medicine for his injured shoulder. He will not play the first match tonight against Pakistan," it said in a newsbreak.
The Australian Cricket Board in Johannesburg was not available to confirm the reports but said it would be holding a news conference with Warne at 0700 GMT.
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