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Shane Warne
AO
Warne in February 2015
Personal information
Full name
Shane Keith Warne
Born
(1969-09-13)13 September 1969 Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Died
4 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 52) Ko Samui, Thailand
Nickname
Warnie,[1] The King, King of Spin
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm leg break
Role
Bowler
International information
National side
Australia (1992–2007)
Test debut (cap 350)
2 January 1992 v India
Last Test
2 January 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 110)
24 March 1993 v New Zealand
Last ODI
10 January 2005 v Asia XI
ODI shirt no.
23
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1990/91–2006/07
Victoria (squad no. 23)
2000–2007
Hampshire (squad no. 23)
2008–2012
Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 23)
2011/12–2012/13
Melbourne Stars (squad no. 23)
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
145
194
301
311
Runs scored
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
Top score
99
55
107*
55
Balls bowled
40,705
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 match
10
0
12
0
Best bowling
8/71
5/33
8/71
6/42
Catches/stumpings
125/–
80/–
264/–
126/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner
1999 England-Wales -Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands
Runner-up
1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 March 2008
This article is part of a series about
Shane Warne
Australian International Cricketer
Five-wicket hauls
Ball of the Century
Shane Warne Foundation
State Memorial Service
In Media
Shane Warne: The Musical
Warnie (miniseries)
Shane Warne Cricket '99
Honours and Achievements
Warne–Muralitharan Trophy
Test Team of the Year
2004
2005
2006
Wisden Leading Cricketer
1993
1997
2004
Controversies
John the bookmaker controversy
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Shane Keith WarneAO (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022), nicknamed Warnie, was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Widely considered to be one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia. Warne also played for and coached the Rajasthan Royals, including captaining the team to victory in the inaugural season of the IPL.
He made 145 Test appearances, taking 708 wickets, and set the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, a record he held until 2007. Warne was a useful lower-order batsman who scored more than 3,000 Test runs, with a highest score of 99. Warne was a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup. He retired from international cricket at the end of Australia's 2006–07 Ashes series victory over England.
Warne revolutionised cricket thinking with his mastery of leg spin, then regarded as a dying art. After retirement, he regularly worked as a cricket commentator and for charities and endorsed commercial products.
During his career, Warne was involved in off-field scandals including a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance, a colourful personal life and interactions with gambling figures.
Warne died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 52, while on holiday in Thailand. After his death, many tributes and memorials were made to Warne, both in his home city of Melbourne and elsewhere in the cricketing world. Warne was posthumously appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for his service to cricket.
^Kelly, Lidia; Kuhakan, Jiraporn (5 March 2022). "Shocked Australia mourns cricketing great 'Warnie'". Reuters.com.
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a final cost of $150 million. It was renamed the ShaneWarne Stand after Victorian bowler ShaneWarne in 2022 shortly after his death. The 1928 Members'...
their second title by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final. ShaneWarne was declared Man of the Match. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat...
45 from the first nine overs without the loss of a wicket. However, ShaneWarne dismissed Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten before long and eventually...
greatest batsman of all time. His cricketing successes have been claimed by ShaneWarne, among others, to make Bradman the "greatest sportsperson" in history...
Melbourne's largest community festival, alongside retired Australian cricketer ShaneWarne. Considered a distinguished alumna of the University of Melbourne, Pallavi...
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poorly and his body language was criticised by former Test cricketer ShaneWarne. Starc was dropped for the 3rd Test but recalled again for the 4th and...
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