Stuart Clark quits cricket

The 35-year-old will instead focus on his new role as general manager of the Sydney Sixers in a new eight-team, city-based Twenty20 domestic competition starting this summer. He will continue playing club cricket for Sydney University.
“I am going to continue playing club cricket as I still love playing the game, but more importantly I believe I can still help develop Australia’s future talent,” said Clark, who played 24 Tests, taking 94 wickets at 23.86.
“Playing cricket has given me many opportunities in life and I feel by continuing to play club cricket I am giving something back to the game.
“The Sydney Sixers is now my professional focus, however,” Clark, who captained New South Wales in Simon Katich’s absence last summer, also played in 39 one-dayers, taking 53 wickets at 27,86.
Meanwhile, the Indian cricket board has slapped a US$50 000 fine on Australian bowling legend Shane Warne for his part in a bust-up with a local administrator after an IPL game, a statement said yesterday.
Warne, captain of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League, was involved in an angry exchange with Sanjay Dixit, secretary of the Rajasthan state cricket association, following his team’s defeat at home last week.
The leg-spinner later apologised for “any distress” his action may have caused but the Rajasthan association still lodged a complaint with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), owners of the money-spinning IPL. Warne and Dixit were summoned for a hearing in Mumbai on Tuesday before a disciplinary commission comprising IPL chairman Chirayu Amin and former player Ravi Shastri.
In a statement, the BCCI said the disciplinary commission “regards the public criticism of Mr Dixit as being a serious breach by Mr Warne of his IPL playing contract”.
“However, at the same time, the commission also recognises that Mr Warne has apologised to Mr Dixit, and that the incident occurred just after the match.”
It concluded: “The commission has decided to impose a fine of US$50 000 upon Mr Warne.” – AFP.