Warne given new contract

Thursday 24 April 2003 00:00 BST

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The banned leg-spinner Shane Warne has been awarded a new, 12-month central contract by the Australian Cricket Board. The 33-year-old was included in the ACB's 25-strong élite party despite being two months into a one-year drug ban, imposed for taking banned diuretics on the eve of the World Cup.

The new ACB contracts begin on 1 July, but Warne's will not come into effect until his ban expires on 10 February 2004.

Sri Lanka's Hashan Tillakaratne has retired from one-day international cricket, having been appointed Test captain.

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