Ponting may need hair treatment: Warne

January 2006

Shane Warne believes Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting might need to seek treatment for his thinning hair.

Warne modelled his luxuriant blond locks at a Sydney hair treatment salon and said it had not escaped his notice that the captain was getting a little thin on top.

"Have a look closely at the next one-dayer ... maybe we're driving him to it," Warne said.

Warne, at 36 the oldest man in the Australian team, said he might have to recruit some of his younger team mates following the success of the laser treatment he's been having.

"A few of them might need to come and see me. A few of them have already come to see me.

"Punter, he's very high on the list," Warne said.

Warne, who first noticed he was losing his hair during a tour to India in October 2004, declared himself delighted with the results of his treatment.

"You can see ... the results for me in the last six months have been phenomenal."

He said it makes him feel younger and may even extend his cricket career. "Who knows?"

"I think hair has been one of my trademarks over the years.

"I didn't want to go bald and I wanted to do something about it. I got it in time so I could re-grow my own hair.

"I can still do Mohawks. I can do all different sorts of hair styles, which is good."

But he'll draw the line at the matching the two-toned creation favoured by his Hampshire team-mate and Ashes rival Kevin Pietersen.

"(He) definitely needs to come and see us. Have a look at his style - it looks like a skunk. I'm sure we could fix him up."