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CRICKET Howzzat! Barely had the dust settled on the World Cup opening ceremony when Shane Warne was sent back home after testing positive for a banned substance on February 11. The Australian Cricket Board, now renamed Cricket Australia, said the star leg-spinner had tested positive for the drugs hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride. They are both diuretics normally used to aid temporary weight loss. But they can also serve as masking agents for performance-enhancing drugs, and that is why they are banned in cricket. Warne, 33, said he was 'shocked and devastated' after being told by Australia's Sport Drugs Agency about his failed test. 'I have never taken performance-enhancing drugs, and I do not condone their use.' He had already announced he would retire from the one-day game after the World Cup and wanted to continue his Test career. He could return to Test cricket in February. Text: Faisal Shariff
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