Shane Warne

Shane Warne

Player information
Surname	Shane Keith Warne
Born	September 13, 1969 (age 50) Upper Ferntree Gully , Victoria , Australia
Nickname	Warnie, King of Spin, Sheik of Tweak
height	1.83 m
Batting style	Right-handed, lower order
Bowling style	Right-arm leg break
Player role	Leg spin bowler
International games
National team	Australia
Test debut (cap 350)	January 2, 1992 v  India
Last test	2nd January 2007 v  England
ODI debut (cap 110)	March 24, 1993 v  New Zealand
Last ODI	January 10, 2005 v Asia XI
ODI shirt no.	23
National teams
Years	team
1990 / 91-2006 / 07	Victoria (squad no.23)
2000-2007	Hampshire (squad no.23)
2008-2011	Rajasthan Royals (squad no.23)
2011 / 12–2012 / 13	Melbourne Stars (squad no.23)
Career statistics
Game form	Testing	ODIs	FC	LA
Games	145	194	301	311
Runs (total)	3,154	1,018	6,919	1,879
Batting average	17.32	13.05	19.43	11.81
100s / 50s	0/12	0/1	2/26	0/1
Highscore	99	55	107 *	55
Balls	40,704	10,642	74,830	16,419
Wickets	708	293	1,319	473
Bowling Average	25.41	25.73	26.11	24.61
5 wickets in innings	37	1	69	3
10 wickets in play	10	n / A	12	n / A
Best bowling performance	8/71	5/33	8/71	6/42
Catches / stumpings	125 / -	80 / -	264 / -	126 / -
Source: Cricket Archives , March 29, 2008

Shane Keith Warne (nickname: Warney) (born September 13, 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Melbourne , Victoria ) is a former Australian cricketer and is widely regarded as the greatest leg spin bowler to date. As the first cricketer in the history of the sport, he scored more than 700 international test wickets. Furthermore, he was selected in 2000 by an international jury of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack among the five greatest cricketers of the 20th century.

Career

Shane Warne was also considered a "useful" batsman , but his average of 17.32 in tests and 13.05 in One-Day Internationals (ODI) does not justify the status of a real all-rounder . Warne played a total of 145 test matches and 198 ODIs for Australia . He made his debut in test cricket against India in 1992 and made his debut at an ODI in March 1993 against New Zealand . He played his last ODI in January 2005 in a charity game in favor of the victims of the 2004 tsunami. On December 22, 2006, Shane Warne announced his retirement from international cricket. In his last test series, the Ashes series against England in 2006/2007, he was the first player to break the 700 test wicket mark with his spin bowling . In the same series, Warne also scored his 1000th wicket in an international game (ODIs and tests added together). After Muttiah Muralitharan, he was the second bowler to break this sound barrier. After the Ashes, he retired from international cricket. Shane Warne took part with the Australian team in three cricket world championships ( 1996 , 1999 , 2003 ), of which he and his team won two (1999 and 2003).

Others

Warne also attracted attention with a number of scandals. He was involved in a betting scandal in 1998 and had a positive doping test at the 2003 World Cricket Championship. Marriage disputes also frequently brought him to the Australian tabloids . In December 2010, he announced the separation from his wife, the reason is said to be the British model Elizabeth Hurley , who also announced the separation from her husband Arun Nayar. Warne was engaged to her for 3 years before they split in 2013.

In the spring of 2016, Warne was a participant in the Australian reality show I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! .

Web links

Commons : Shane Warne  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry at cricinfo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Five cricketers of the century ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 12, 2016.