Hampshire County Cricket Club rain. In 2007 Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove announced plans for the redevelopment of the Rose Bowl to bring Test cricket to the ground. Prior to the 2008 County Championship season Australian legend and club captain Shane Warne reiterated his commitment to the club. But shortly before the start of the season Warne announced his retirement from first-class cricket. Former captain Shaun Udal also announced his retirement, having played for Hampshire since 1989, though he later joined Middlesex. Dimitri Mascarenhas was named Warne's replacement as captain for the 2008 season. In 2008, Hampshire struggled and were near the foot of the
Shane Warne January 2015. In 2009 Warne started an underwear line called Spinners. In February 2016 Warne stated, while appearing on "I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here", that he does not believe in the scientific theory of evolution, and that he thinks humans have descended from "aliens". Warne has three children — Brooke, Summer and Jackson — with his ex-wife Simone Callahan. He has complete heterochromia, from which one of his eyes is blue, and the other green. Since retirement, Warne had been doing "work for the Shane Warne Foundation... [which] assists seriously ill and underprivileged children." Since launching in 2004,