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Series on Warne's mind Cricket

Afp, Sydney
English cricket fans will be hoping that Shane Warne is spinning one of his wrong'uns when he vows his tumultuous personal life won't prevent him from again torturing England in this Ashes series.
After all, the legendary Australian leg-spinner has been bamboozling England's batsmen ever since bowling the 'ball of the century' to dismiss Mike Gatting at Old Trafford on the 1993 tour.
In his three tours to England, the 35-year-old marvel has snared 89 wickets in 17 Tests. Overall, he has taken 132 English wickets in 26 Tests at an average of 23.03.
So revered is Warne in England
that his is only the third portrait of an Australian cricketer to hang in the venerable Long Room at Lord's along with late greats Donald Bradman and Keith Miller.
The 'Sheikh of Tweak' is Test cricket's leading wicket-taker with 583 at 25.51 in 123 Tests and is almost certainly on his fourth and last Ashes tour.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack acclaimed Warne among their five cricketers of the 20th Century.
Awarne is in the midst of traumatic marriage break-up blamed on several highly-publicised affairs with women which reportedly occurred since he moved to England to play for Hampshire three months ago.
His wife, Simone, and three children have since returned to Melbourne, but Warne has assured
Australian fans he won't allow his personal life to impact on his performance during the Ashes.
The fall-out has been damaging back home.
Kerry Packer's Channel Nine ripped up his lucrative 11-year contract with the broadcaster because of his off-field indiscretions while one columnist demanded that he "should never again by allowed to debase the Australian colours by wearing them."
"It's obviously been a tough time for me, I don't think that's any secret," Warne said in the lead-up to the series.
"My major focus is on the Ashes series. One of my strengths as a cricketer over the years has been the ability to overcome any obstacles. Whatever's been put in front of me, I think I've always responded pretty well.
"My focus at the moment is on the Ashes."
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting will be hoping that Warne can maintain resolve.
"As far as it being a distraction when the Tests come around, hopefully it's not," Ponting said. "It's obviously going to be a tough thing for Shane to deal with and cope with but hopefully he can do that as well as he canleading into the Test matches."
Off-field controversies have been constant bedfellows for the talismanic bowler, dubbed 'Hollywood' for a succession of headlines for all the wrong reasons.
In 1995, Warne was fined along with team-mate Mark Waugh for his alleged involvement with a bookmaker.
While playing for Hampshire in 2000, a British tabloid told of how Warne hadleft "dirty messages" on the answerphone of a nurse he had met in a Leicester nightclub.
South African woman Helen Cohen Alon also claimed in August 2003 that she was offered 28,000 US dollars by an associate of Warne to
keep quiet about their relationship in a series of threatening phone calls and text messages.
Warne hit rock-bottom after being given a 12-month suspension for taking a banned diuretic just before the 2003 World Cup.
Warne returned in March 2004 and in 16 subsequent Tests captured 92 wickets, more than anybody else in the period.
Never short on confidence, Warne declares Australia are firm favourites to retain the Ashes.
England have not beaten the Australians in a Test series since 1987 and that's how Warne wants to keep it.
"Over a period of time we win more times than we lose," Warne said.
"It will take a big effort by England to change that."
When Warne smashed Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan's world wicket-taking record in India last October, Cricket Australia said in a tribute: "Shane's ability to dismiss all types of batsmen in a variety of conditions makes him one of the greatest bowlers in cricket's history.
"In addition to his feats on the ground, Shane has played a pivotal
role in revolutionising the art of legspin bowling, which has inspired a new generation of children to the craft."