LIZ Hurley couldn't wait to congratulate Shane Warne after he captained the Rajasthan Royals to victory.

Hurley rushed to embrace Warne after the IPL Twenty20 match victory over Kochi Tuskers Keralaat the Swai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur yesterday.

Warne may no longer be pulling on the whites for Australia, but it seems his legendary spin skills are not going to waste.

Hurley, 45 hinted that Warne, 41, was giving cricket lessons to her son Damien.



"Well, it's better than me giving him lessons," she said when asked if Warne was instructing her son.

The twitter-loving former model, actor and business tycoon, also revealed a love of Aussie blokes, even going so far as hiring an Australian nanny to look after her son.

"I love Australians," she said. "They're very out-doorsey. They're jolly, they make me laugh - their accents amuse me."

Speculation over the status of Warne and Hurley's relationship has raged since the pair were spied kissing last year at an English race meeting.

The pair have been regularly tweeting each other ever since, with the media frenzy peaking during Hurley's stay at Warnes Brighton home in February.

Warne's apparent affection for Hurley was cemented the presentation of a blue-fronted Amazonian parrot named Ping Pong last Christmas.

The bird now has its own twitter account - just like it's owners.