Cricket- Warne Gets 12 Months.

Shane Warne has been found guilty of taking a banned substance and has been subsequently suspended from all forms of cricket. The effects this will have on his long-term career are interesting.

Firstly, he was going to retire from One Day Cricket after the World Cup anyway, so it hasn't really affected him there, although he would've loved to bow out of this form of the game as part of a winning World Cup team.

He cannot play ANY first-class cricket. That means he cannot play for his home state, Victoria or his County side in England, where he plays in the Australian off-season.

Will he play Test cricket after he has served his suspension? I believe he will. I also believe that the sentence he has been given is fair. I think that he honestly made a mistake by taking the pill without checking the contents. Still, with the level of professionalism in sport today, and also the fact that he had plenty of medical staff around the Australian team that he could've consulted, means that carelessness should not and correctly has not been tolerated.

our skiing person used a vicks nasal inhaler and had his medal stripped from him

the worlds gone mad

well Warnie isn't too happy with the result...

he says that he is going to appeal it....and he has 7 days to do so.

Just as a side thing...did anyone see how many lawyers he had?? That would have cost a fortune!!! He had a QC, Barrister, and 3 lawyers

It's a sad affair, but I'm afraid that there are so many drugs out there that it gets hard for the sports governing bodies to test for them. There are always new drugs being created, and the drug testers are always one step behind. You get athletes being banned when they have not taken any performance enhancing drugs and athletes taking drugs and getting away with it.

I believe Warne is innocent but you can never be sure. It's a shame to see the best spin bowler for the last 20 years be out of the game for a whole 12 months.

I think he got off lightly. He should have got 2 years just for stupidity! Not to mention the harm he has done to Australian sport. I agree with the Barmy Army on this one - Warne is a w_nker!