Shamed Aussie cricket star Shane Warne is set to spin his own brand of wisdom at a Cape Town breakfast.
About 450 guests will shell out R320 a plate to hear Warne's thoughts on the February drugs scandal which rocked world cricket, as well as what the future holds for the banned spin bowling legend.
Ross Frazer, owner of Corporate Sport, said that there was "no ulterior motive" for Warne's appearance at the breakfast, and that the event was planned more than a year ago.
"He will be telling guests about the South African set-up... he is a very good public speaker."
Frazer said Warne had given a number of talks for his company, and had "packed them out".
Nikki Benfield of sponsors Accenture said: "Shane Warne was secured many months prior to the start of the 2003 World Cup Cricket to provide his views on the tournament.
"He is attending the breakfast in Cape Town in that capacity."
Companies also have the option of paying R2 793 for a table of 10 which includes a "cricket gift".
Autographed cards will be available at each table, and prizes include an Australian shirt and a cricket ball signed by Warne.
Master of ceremonies at the Holiday Inn breakfast is retired SA cricketer Fanie de Villiers.
The event is part of a series of sports breakfasts which have featured rugby stars John Eales and Nick Mallett, as well cricketer Viv Richards.
- The Australian government is pushing for an independent tribunal to preside over anti-doping hearings after last month's controversial decision to hand Warne a ban of only 12 months, Reuters reports.
Warne, one of cricket almanac Wisden's five players of the century, faced an Australian Cricket Board (ACB) anti-doping committee hearing after testing positive for a banned diuretic.
The 33-year-old leg spinner's suspension provoked international criticism led by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chairman Dick Pound, who expressed surprise and dismay that Warne did not receive the ACB's minimum two-year ban.
"In Australia at present the handling of positive test results is left in the hands of individual sports," Australia's Federal Sports Minister Senator Rod Kemp said on Thursday.
ACB spokesperson Peter Young said that while his organisation's anti-doping committee was fully independent, the public perception might be the opposite.
"In principle there is a lot of attraction about the (government's) proposal," Young said.
"People might think the ACB are judge and jury but we're not.
Justice has to be done and has to be seen to be done."
Tough new laws to combat drug cheats in sport were set in place on March 5 at an anti-doping summit in Copenhagen.
A major feature of the new guidelines means athletes guilty of serious doping offences will be hit by a mandatory two-year ban barring "exceptional circumstances".
Pound also said last month Australia needed to be tough on drugs after Commonwealth Games shooter Phillip Adams of Australia was only given a warning for using a banned diuretic last year.
The Ben Tune doping case also caused red faces down under.
Last year the Australian Rugby Union board admitted that Queensland and Wallaby winger Tune had taken the banned substance probenecid to treat a knee infection in 2001.
Tune's doping case was first revealed in a Brisbane newspaper before the ARU released a statement saying they were wrong in not making details known to the International Rugby Board at the time.
The story provoked outrage from sections of the rugby community, particularly from southern hemisphere rivals South Africa.
Tune played two Super 12 matches for Queensland in 2001 before the Reds discovered the medical oversight and stood him down for four matches.