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Warne to face disciplinary action

Shane Warne could face disciplinary action from the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) over claims that he made unwanted phone calls to a British woman.

Sydney newspapers reported Monday that the Australian Test vice-captain would be questioned face-to-face by ACB chief executive Malcolm Speed, who is due to fly to London for an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting.

The reports said Warne, who is playing county cricket in England for Hampshire, could face disciplinary action by the ACB if found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute.

Nurse Donna Wright, 22, told the Daily Mirror newspaper in London that Warne harrassed her with a series of unwanted and "disgusting" messages to her mobile telephone.

She said Warne called her when she spurned his advances in a Leicester nightclub, the Mirror reported.

The newspaper said Wright met Warne on a night out and didn't know who he was.

"I had no idea who he was," she said. "I'm not a cricket fan and I had never heard of him.

"He was really unattractive. He was podgy and very tanned. He had dyed blond hair and I could see the roots. He seemed to permanently have a cigarette hanging out of his mouth."

Wright said she left the club but when she got home, she found Warne had slipped his hotel key into her pocket accompanied by his mobile telephone number.

She said she sent a text message to him asking what she should do with his key.

"That was the worst mistake I ever made," she said.

She said Warne, who is married, began to leave sexually explicit messages on her telephone.

"He was very forceful," she said. "He was very direct, it was as though I would just do whatever he wanted. He was the Mr Big and assumed I would jump at the mere mention of his name. ... It seemed weird and a bit desperate."

When questioned at training in Southampton Sunday, Warne said: "There are two sides to every story, and I have nothing to say."