Warne to coach Australia spinners ahead of T20 World Cup


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  • Thursday, 23 Jan 2014

Australia's Shane Warne catches a ball during a training session before Thursday's third Ashes test cricket match against England at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Philip Brown

(Reuters) - Shane Warne will work with the Australia squad as a specialist spin bowling coach in the lead-up to the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh in March, the country's cricket board said on Thursday.

The former Australian leg-spinner will work with head coach Darren Lehmann as a consultant during the short-time assignment, Cricket Australia said in a statement.

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