Warne bids farewell to Lord's
Tuesday July 7 2009 01:02 PM
The Press Association, 7th July 2009
Shane Warne celebrated his last match at Lord's by leading the Rajasthan Royals to a 46-run victory over Middlesex Panthers in the inaugural British Asian Cup.
Warne drew a large cheer from the 20,000 crowd each time he entered the attack with his solitary breakthrough - a stumping of Dawid Malan - a popular wicket among fans and team-mates.
All the attention may have been focused on Warne but Dimitri Mascarenhas emerged as the star as the Royals posted 162 for five in their rain-affected innings, smashing 32 off 16 balls.
The England all-rounder then took two wickets for just 24 runs as last year's Indian Premier League winners easily dealt with the reigning English Twenty20 champions in the first meeting between sides from the competitions.
Middlesex could only manage 116 for seven in reply, Malan's 34 from as many balls and Neil Dexter's 26 from 24 among their few highlights in a one-sided contest.