Warne tested positive for a banned diuretic
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The Australian Cricket Board has indicated it would be reluctant to let Shane Warne play village cricket in England while he serves his one-year drugs ban.
The Australia spinner has been offered a playing contract by Kent pub Lashings for the coming season.
Both the England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council would be powerless to stop Warne playing for Lashings.
But the ACB said it would need to examine the proposal as Warne is still under contract to his country.
"Regardless of what cricket is proposed, whether it's official or unofficial, we need to see it before it can be approved under the terms of Warne's playing contract," said ACB public affairs manager Peter Young.
"On the face of it, a privately-owned club does not seem appropriate, but we haven't seen the details.
"The eventual program that Shane and [ACB cricket operations general manager] Michael Brown agree to must be approved by the board."
Warne was sent home before the start of the World Cup after testing positive for a banned diuretic and was later given a 12-month suspension by the ACB.
The ACB will meet from 11-13 April to consider recommendations from its executive board about aspects of his ban.
Lashings have been made famous by signing well-known cricketers, including Sir Viv Richards, Shoaib Akhtar and Brian Lara, to play exhibition games.
They have already snapped up Australian batsman Mark Waugh for the summer and have since offered a contract to former Zimbabwe bowler Henry Olonga.
Warne's brother and agent, Jason, is currently in talks with club chairman David Folb.
Folb said: "This club can never condone the misuse of drugs in any walk of life.
"However, his contribution to world cricket outweighs by some margin the more recent misdemeanour and this is the reason behind our approach."
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He shouldn't be allowed to make money from cricket while he is banned