<p>Warne, 42, retired from competitive cricket after this year's Indian Premier League, but will now make a comeback at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where he took his 700th Test wicket during the Boxing Day Test in 2006.<br /><br />"I'm really excited about playing competitively again and delighted to be joining the Melbourne Stars," he told at a press conference at the MCG.<br /><br />"I'm back in training next week turning my arm over."<br />Warne, however, has not played top-flight international cricket for Australia since helping his country to a clean sweep of the Ashes in January 2007.<br /><br />Even though he had signed a contract for the 2011-2012 season only, Warne did not rule out the possibility of extending his association with the Melbourne side.<br /><br />"I'm a young 42 at the moment, so I'll see how it goes this year," he said.<br />"This is something fresh, this is something new and we're all learning straight away. Let's see how it goes this year and we'll take it from there," he added.<br /><br />Warne's first match for the Melbourne Stars in the new competition will be against the Sydney Thunder at the MCG on December 17.<br /><br />Apart from Australian domestic players, several overseas cricketers, including South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Collingwood of England, and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, have signed up for the eight-team franchise-based tournament.</p>
<p>Warne, 42, retired from competitive cricket after this year's Indian Premier League, but will now make a comeback at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), where he took his 700th Test wicket during the Boxing Day Test in 2006.<br /><br />"I'm really excited about playing competitively again and delighted to be joining the Melbourne Stars," he told at a press conference at the MCG.<br /><br />"I'm back in training next week turning my arm over."<br />Warne, however, has not played top-flight international cricket for Australia since helping his country to a clean sweep of the Ashes in January 2007.<br /><br />Even though he had signed a contract for the 2011-2012 season only, Warne did not rule out the possibility of extending his association with the Melbourne side.<br /><br />"I'm a young 42 at the moment, so I'll see how it goes this year," he said.<br />"This is something fresh, this is something new and we're all learning straight away. Let's see how it goes this year and we'll take it from there," he added.<br /><br />Warne's first match for the Melbourne Stars in the new competition will be against the Sydney Thunder at the MCG on December 17.<br /><br />Apart from Australian domestic players, several overseas cricketers, including South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Collingwood of England, and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, have signed up for the eight-team franchise-based tournament.</p>