Shane Warne made a glorious return to international cricket at Galle, taking 5 for 116 and leading Australia's revival on the third day of the first Test. This is what he had to say after the day's play:

A triumphant return to international cricket for Shane Warne© Getty Images Enlarge

On Australia's performance in the field on the second day: I thought they played pretty well yesterday and we didn't bowl as well as we could but I thought to keep them down to 270 in the day was pretty good really considering the pace of the outfield. We toiled away and at times we didn't have much luck but today it was very important that we kept the runs down and got those last four wickets.

On the Australian fightback on the third day:To get those four wickets and to then bat the way we did to finish the day 32 ahead leaves us in a pretty good position. The run-out with [Matthew] Hayden and [Ricky] Ponting was disappointing but if you had said that we were going to be 30-odd ahead with just two wickets down this morning we would have taken that for sure.

On his bowling form: I was a little bit disappointed with the way I bowled yesterday. I struggled for rhythm and was not as consistent as I normally am. I was a little anxious and I had a good think about it last night and I was really happy with the way they came out today, more like the way I normally bowl.

On the likely fourth-innings target for Sri Lanka: Anything to bowl at will be good. Anything over 100 might be tough to get. If we bat well and bat a good part or the full day tomorrow I think it is going to be real tough for Sri Lanka. The pitch is obviously only going to get worse. You might get a few more keeping very low and a bit more turn.

On the prospect of reaching the landmark of 500 Test wickets: Hopefully it will happen sometime on this tour but that is not my motivation for playing. I am just happy to be bowling and like all bowlers you just want to take as many wickets as you can.