Warne's bald-cure ad pulled

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Australian cricket great Shane Warne has found himself at the middle of a storm of controversy surrounding his latest campaign for a hair replacement company.

Advertisements featuring Warne and former England captain Graham Gooch have been banned by an advertising watchdog over their misleading content, reports Eurosport.

Advanced Hair Studio's advertisements have for years been centred on Warne and Gooch's strand-by-strand replacement success, but the new ad implied that laser hair treatments produced the same results.

The ad - featuring Warne with the line "I stopped worrying about my hair when I heeded the Warne-ing signs and saw Advanced Hair Studio" - was ruled misleading by the Advertising Standards Agency.

There has been no word about the hairy matter from Warne, who last week led an All Stars team against the Australia XI in a Twenty20 match at the Gabba.