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Warne ruled out of Mumbai Test

Shane Warne will miss the fourth Test against India after breaking his right thumb during an eve-of-match net session at Mumbai

Wisden Cricinfo staff
02-Nov-2004


Shane Warne: X-ray revealed a broken thumb © Getty Images
Shane Warne will miss the fourth Test against India after breaking his right thumb during an eve-of-match net session at Mumbai today.
Warne at first appeared to be untroubled, but soon looked in some discomfort and was taken to a local hospital for a precautionary X-ray where the break was revealed. It is thought that either Nathan Hauritz, the offspinner, or the legspinner Cameron White will take his place.
"Shane experienced increased levels of pain throughout the afternoon, so we had the thumb X-rayed," explained Errol Alcott, Australia's physiotherapist. "The scans have detected a fracture in his right thumb, and given the amount of cricket on the horizon, we feel that it is in his best interests to get home now and rest. We can't predict a return date for Shane, but we will review him in the lead-up to the first Test in Brisbane."
"This series has been one of the true highlights of my career, so I'm really disappointed that I won't be able to finish it off on the right note," Warne admitted. "It would have been a great thrill to be on hand when we received the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the end of this Test, but I'm satisfied with the knowledge that I helped contribute to our series win."
India (probable) 1 Gautam Gambhir, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Rahul Dravid (capt), 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Mohammad Kaif, 7 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 8 Anil Kumble, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashish Nehra.
Australia (probable) 1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Justin Langer, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Damien Martyn, 5 Simon Katich, 6 Michael Clarke, 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 8 Cameron White, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Michael Kasprowicz, 11 Jason Gillespie.