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Wednesday, Jul 13, 2005

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Channel 9 axes Shane Warne

Sydney: Shane Warne's off-field sexploits have reportedly cost him his lucrative commentating job with Australian broadcaster Channel 9. Kerry Packer terminated an A$300,000-worth contract with the world's highest wicket-taker after learning of his involvement with a 25-year-old British student, according to reports in News Limited newspapers here.

Warne, who leads the all-time bowlers' list with 583 Test wickets, has been involved in several controversies before, including the one in which he was reported to have sent a series of lewd text messages to a British nurse two years ago.

Channel 9, which had stood by the player voted by Wisden as one of the Five Cricketers of the Century, seems to have finally lost patience and told him good bye, reports said. Packer personally phoned Warne to tell him of the decision to axe the leg-spin bowler from his television network after consulting with senior executives, according to the newspapers. — PTI

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