Warne could consider Test return

“If Australia really needed me and there was no one else around, and Ricky thought I could do the job, you would weigh up the options,” Warne told the Herald Sun. “If Stuey MacGill fell over and broke his leg, and there were no other spinners around, and Ricky came out and said, ‘Mate, can you please help us out for this one-off tour? We need you’, that is something I would weigh up,” he said.

Warne was confident he could still walk into the side as the No 1 spinner, and added, “I would still love to be playing international cricket, and miss it because I devoted 20 years to first-class cricket.”

“It is a big part of my life. The reason I retired was to spend time with my kids. I was also sick of international touring here and there and everywhere, other commitments, and team meetings. If you could just turn up and play Test cricket, that would be cool. I would definitely consider that. At this stage, it is a fairytale.”

Injuries kept MacGill out for majority of 2007-08, while Brad Hogg never really impressed, and has now also quit international cricket, while the domestic cupboard isn’t overflowing with spin talent. MacGill has been recalled for the current tour of West Indies while Beau Casson, the New South Wales left-arm wrist spinner, has been handed his first senior call-up. But Warne said if Ricky Ponting became desperate ahead of next year’s Ashes in England, he would seriously consider coming out of retirement.