Warne reconsiders appeal against doping ban

Melbourne, Feb 24: Australia leg spinner Shane Warne said on Monday he was reconsidering his planned appeal against the 12-month doping ban which has rocked world cricket.

"The appeal situation is something that I have to think about," Warne, who flew home from the World Cup without playing a match, wrote in Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun.

"Do I want to go through all this again and put my mum, wife, kids and the rest of the family through another couple of weeks of heartache, anticipation and anxiety?

"This is something I am giving a lot of thought to because I have seven days to decide. I have a lot of angry and disappointing thoughts at the moment but I do have to start thinking clearly."
The 33-year-old was banned for 12 months on Saturday under the Australian Cricket Board's anti-doping policy in the biggest doping scandal to hit cricket. Warne took a fluid-reducing pill last month which contained two banned diuretics. Diuretics can be used as making agents for other drugs. Bureau Report