Melbourne, Dec 18 : Legendary spinner Shane Warne should be made an honorary South African citizen after providing the secret information about dethroning Australia's top batting order.

Warne has always been a deep thinker on the game and couldn't help himself when Graeme Smith asked for his counsel during the Indian Premier League this year, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The leg-spin king is far from being a traitor - in retirement he can say and do what he wants - but it is obvious Smith listened breathlessly to every Warne word and some of his advice has worked spectacularly.

Warne is renowned for being generous with his knowledge and has helped spin bowlers from all over the world, even when they are in competition with Australia.

Melbourne, Dec. 17 : The top-order batsmen for Australia and South Africa will hold the key for who will be the victor, as both sides have good new-ball bowlers, says former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne.

In an article for the Daily Telegraph, Warne says that this is where the series will be won or lost, and added that South Africa versus Australia battles have always had hype, but the Proteas have never lived up to the billing and have not been able to deliver.

Perth, Dec. 17 : In an explosive claim leading into the first South Africa-Australia Test at the WACA Ground in Perth, South African captain Graeme Smith says Warne has told him how he should go about bringing down Australia''s batting champions Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden.

Writing an exclusive column in The Daily Telegraph, Smith reveals he used his stint at the Rajasthan Royals under Warne''s captaincy to gain inside information on Australia''s batsmen.

Melbourne, Dec 12 : Australian spin legend Shane Warne played an unlikely cupid for a man who has turned his eventful life into a hit stage musical.

Warne put his own spin on things when cabaret star Eddie Perfect proposed on Tuesday to his girlfriend of two-and-half-years, Lucy Cochran, the Herald Sun reported.

Perfect, who stars as the cricketer in "Shane Warne the Musical", popped the question by showing Cochran a series of photos of their cat, Moloko, with one-word signs around its neck.

Melbourne, Dec. 10: Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has said that the musical about him, which attracted rave reviews, has left him with a warm and proud feeling.

Revealing his thoughts on the musical for the Herald Sun, which he saw recently, Warne said that at the first instance, he was angry and wondered how anyone could possibly do this.

Melbourne, Dec. 5 : A musical on Australia’s record breaking leg spinner Shane Warne may not have pleased him, but has certainly tickled the funny bone of everyone else watching it.

According to news. com. au, The Musical, currently showing here, has been described by those watching it as “wild, funny, outrageous, and by the end, surprisingly moving account of the champion spin bowler''s life so far.”