MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Australian star Shane Warne and West Indian international Marlon Samuels were yesterday charged with misconduct after an ugly, foul-mouthed clash during a Twenty20 match in Melbourne.

Spin legend Warne, captaining the Melbourne Stars against city rivals Renegades in the domestic Big Bash tournament yesterday, was furious that Samuels pulled back David Hussey when the batsman was turning for a second run.

And when Samuels was batting later in the game, Warne confronted the West Indian with profanity.

Cricket Australia on Monday (yesterday) charged both players with multiple breaches of its code of behaviour.

Warne was accused of serious dissent at an umpire’s decision, throwing the ball at a player in an inappropriate or dangerous manner, using obscene language and deliberate physical contact.

Samuels faces two breaches — deliberate physical contact and unbecoming behaviour.

Stars’ batsman Cameron White was also charged with dissent in a game the Renegades won by nine wickets in front of a record Australian domestic Twenty20 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground of 46,581.

Post-match, Warne denied trying to hit Samuels with the ball and passed off their altercation as a “heat of the moment thing”.

“I’m more disappointed with the loss to be fair,” Warne said.

The date for the hearings is yet to be announced.