SHANE Warne is due to face an England and Wales Cricket Board discipline commission that may result in him becoming the first county cricketer to receive a one-match ban.
But Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove has dismissed the allegation, which relates to an incident during the county's Pro40 defeat against arch-rivals Sussex at Hove on August 12, as "unsubstantiated".
Warne already has six penalty points under the ECB's disciplinary code following his reaction to being given out lbw against Kent at Canterbury in May (an automatic suspension awaits the first player to receive nine penalty points within a two-year period).
The latest allegation made against Warne was not included in the umpires' report by Roy Palmer and Nigel Llong after a match in which Sussex captain Chris Adams, the Hampshire skipper's great rival, led his side to a dramatic win.
But it has been considered serious enough for Warne to have to attend an ECB hearing on Tuesday.
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