Farewell with a Disciplinary Action

SHANE Warne may face disciplinary action and a possible fine for dissent in his farewell Test after speaking sharply to umpire Aleem Dar. Warne snapped at the Pakistani umpire after having an appeal for LBW turned down when he was bowling to England captain Andrew Flintoff. Shane Warne, who bowled 19 overs without taking a wicket on the first day, appealed loudly for LBW to the second ball he delivered on the second day.

The ball appeared to pitch outside Flintoff's leg stump and Umpire Dar turned it down. Stump microphones then picked up the voice of Dar asking Warne not to follow through in his line of vision because he was blocking his view of the batsman.

Warne shot back: "You worry about getting it right at the other end, Aleem, and don't worry about where my foot's landing."

The words Warne chose show he has a long memory. In a Test match against New Zealand at the Gabba in 2004 Warne was frustrated when Dar called wide several times to balls Warne pitched outside leg stump on a turning wicket. When he queried the calls, Dar told him: "You look after your job and I'll worry about mine." The pair also had on-field exchanges over LBW appeals during the Lord's Test of the 2005 Ashes series.

Flintoff was on 76 at the time of Warne's appeal today and threatening to make his first century of the series. But on 89 and running out of partners the England captain charged at Stuart Clark and edged a catch to wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist. It meant the three Australian pace bowlers, Clark, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee each had three wickets while Warne was in danger of going unrewarded on the Australian pitch that most favours spin bowling.

Warne however took the final England wicket, wrapping up the England innings for 291 when he had Monty Panesar LBW for a duck. It was his 707th Test wicket, which, added to his 293 one-day wickets, made Warne the second bowler after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan to take 1000 wickets in international cricket.

The umpire who raised his finger was Aleem Dar. If Dar decides to report Warne to match officials over their earlier exchange the bowler faces a disciplinary hearing and a possible fine.
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