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June
13, 2000
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- The Australian Cricket Board won't take action against Shane Warne for an alleged sexual harassment incident with a British nurse, saying they will let it rest as a private matter "at this stage."
A board spokesman said today that chief executive Malcolm Speed could meet with Warne next week when he flies to London for an International Cricket Council meeting. But there was no immediate talk of disciplinary action against the record-breaking leg-spinner and Australian vice-captain following his latest controversy.
Donna Wright, 22, told the Daily Mirror newspaper in London that Warne harassed her with a series of unwanted and "disgusting" messages to her cellular telephone.
Warne is playing county cricket in England at Hampshire.
In March, Warne became Australia's most successful Test bowler when he claimed his 356th wicket during a tour of New Zealand.
But he ran into trouble on the tour when he was accused of swearing at a teen-age boy during a limited-overs international in Wellington. Warne was annoyed when the youth took a photograph of him smoking on the players' balcony during a rain delay.
Warne admitted in 1994 he accepted 4,500 U.S. from a bookmaker to give information on weather and pitch conditions. He was fined 6,000 U.S. for the incident, along with teammate Mark Waugh.
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