Warne hopeful on hand injury

Shane Warne claims he has a "95% chance" of lining up for the Melbourne Stars in their opening Big Bash League match on Saturday.

Spinning legend confident of being fit for Big Bash opener

Shane Warne claims he has a "95% chance" of lining up for the Melbourne Stars in their opening Big Bash League match against the Sydney Thunder on Saturday night. Warne badly burnt his bowling hand while cooking breakfast on Monday morning and it was still heavily bandaged on Tuesday when he appeared in front of the media. The 42-year-old spinner will see a surgeon on Wednesday and, despite much of the damage occurring on his spinning fingers, he remains confident of playing in the much-anticipated opening match.

Positive

"The hand is going along fine, should be fine for Saturday," he said. "Basically they just drained all the blisters and then cut them all open so they won't fill up again. "There's just a couple of awkward ones on the spinning fingers, but hopefully in four days it should be fine. "Ninety-five percent chance (of playing). I suppose just in case it gets infected because if that happens then I'll be in a bit of trouble."