Warne 'flattered' by comeback calls

Shane Warne has labelled calls for his return to Test cricket in a bid to boost Australia's flagging Ashes hope as "very flattering".

Warne, 41, has not played Test cricket since retiring in 2007. Australia's all-time leading Test wicket-taker, with 708 in 145 matches, Warne has hinted at a comeback. Calls for his return intensified after Ashes-holders England crushed Australia by an innings and 71 runs in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Warne played a straight bat to those overtures in his column for Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper here on Wednesday, saying: "There has been a bit written in Australia and people have been asking me about making a comeback.

All I can say is that it is very flattering to hear those words." AFP