Somewhere in the "England to blow dead bears in 2009" thread, I made the comment that I would not be at all surprised if Warney came out of retirement for the next Ashes if Australia struggled to find a decent spinner.

This came off Cricinfo this morning:

'Shane Warne has not ruled out a dramatic return to international cricket for the next Ashes series if Australia's problems with trying to fill his spin position continue. Warne retired from internationals following the final Test against England in Sydney last January, and earlier this year ended his first-class career by withdrawing from his Hampshire deal...

"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.'

For those of you from the old forum, say you heard it here first!