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NEWS ICC Super Series - World XI vs Australia>Shane Warne still hopes to save his marriage 29th Sept 2005 18.28 IST By Agencies Australian leg spin genius Shane Keith Warne arrived back from his English country cricket commitments today still determined to save his marriage. Warne and his wife, Simone, announced their separation on June 25 after Warne's alleged involvement in several highly publicised sex scandals.
Warne said that during the recent Ashes tour he had experienced some of the worst times of his life. "It's not an easy situation to be in. It's something I haven't experienced before in my life," Warne said in Melbourne. "I tried to concentrate as hard as I could when I was at the cricket ground but away from that there were some tough times." Warne said the Australian media hounded him more than the notorious British press, and urged them to give him privacy. "Hopefully you guys will respect that and leave us alone, not following us and camping outside our house but I doubt it," he said. "I doubt whether you guys will, so that will probably make it harder." Warne, 36, said he could be coming to the end of his dazzling international career, saying the constant travel was beginning to wear on him. "I enjoyed living in England but I have to weigh up the whole package, the travel and so on," said Warne, Test cricket's all-time leading wicket-taker. He will play for St. Kilda in Melbourne grade cricket this weekend before competing in next month's one-off Super Series Test match against a World XI in Sydney. He agreed with Australia captain Ricky Ponting that Australia had not lost its standing as the best team in the world because it had lost the Ashes series. "There are two ways of looking at it, like a heavy weight title fight if Bangladesh beat Australia in a One-Day game they'd be the best side in the world," Warne said. "You can't really look at it like that. It's over a period of time in home and away games when you play against most countries, that's when you become the best in the world." Also View In-Depth Coverage: ICC Super Series - World XI vs Australia Team Page: Australia Team Page: World XI | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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