Cricket: Second innings for Warne

Shane Warne and Liz Hurley. Photo / Supplied

When it comes to his love affair with Liz Hurley, cricket star Shane Warne is still not out.

The pair appear to have rekindled their troubled relationship, with new photographs showing them in a passionate embrace in Los Angeles during a weekend getaway.

News.com.au said Warne had been able to win the British actress back, despite his wayward texting.

"I've been here on business - some of it monkey," Hurley wrote on social networking site Twitter, on January 14, of her visit to LA. Later, she said: "A great weekend. Best in a long, long time."

A prolific user of the site, Warne was mysteriously absent for several days before returning to Australia early last week.

"I was in LA last weekend," Warne tweeted on Friday. "Had a great time and lots of fun ... It's a fun city but not like amazing Melbourne!"

The photos sparked an international bidding war by media.