Australian leg spinner Shane Warne took a wicket with his second ball on Saturday in his long-awaited comeback to top-level cricket following a 12-month doping ban.
Warne, who trapped Daniel Marsh leg before wicket for five, claimed one for 48 off 10 overs for Victoria in an interstate one-day match against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Tasmania bowled Victoria out for 218 in 49.2 overs and completed a three-wicket victory with 18 balls to spare.
Warne, Test cricket's second highest wicket-taker, ended his suspension on February 10 and played in a four-day second XI game for Victoria against Queensland earlier this week, picking up match figures of five for 152.
The 34-year-old spinner will play in a four-day match for Victoria against Tasmania at the MCG starting on Monday.
The interstate match will be Warne's only first-class outing before Australia name their squad on Friday for next month's Test tour of Sri Lanka.
Warne was banned in February last year after testing positive for a diuretic, which can be used to mask other drugs.
One of Wisden's five cricketers of the 20th century, Warne is Australia's leading wicket-taker in Tests with 491 victims.
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