England in Love with Warney

England just cannot get enough of Australian cricket star Shane Warne. In the early days he was public enemy number 1 in England but he has risen to hero status topping it off tomorrow when he will deliver the FA Cup final ball to referee Alan Wiley in Cardiff.

Warne will travel by helicopter from London to Cardiff before handing over the ball in the centre circle of the Millennium Stadium before the FA Cup final between Liverpool and West Ham United.

"I'm told I'm the first Aussie in history to deliver the ball and being the 125th FA Cup it makes it even more special," Warne said in a statement.

Warne has been served everything up on a platter in the UK with his own newspaper column, A-list parties, "the inflatable middle stump", captain of County cricket side Hampshire and his own leg spin youth academy. I've worked it out though, they are trying to keep Shane from returning to Australia at the end of this year to win back the Ashes.

Nice try Poms. Tough luck our Shane's blood flows green and gold.

You will never be respected as a top cricket side when you have a butler as your spin bowler, Giles come on!