Shane Warne wooed Liz Hurley back with Ping Pong the parrot

Spin bowler Shane Warne gifted lover Liz Hurley a lovebird called Ping Pong in order to woo her back.

The Aussie cricket legend is thought to have had the parrot delivered to Hurley in LA last week.

And she is now planning to teach the blue-fronted Amazonian bird, Ping Pong, to sing Waltzing Matilda, reports the Daily Star.

She told the Aussie: "Trying to teach her to sing Rule Britannia. Maybe I'll attempt Waltzing Matilda too so she can serenade you....."

The romance first the headlines at the end of last year when they were caught kissing outside a London hotel.