Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:16 PM IST
The cricket world has been shocked by the death of Shane Warne, the world’s greatest spinner who took 708 wickets in 145 Tests. He took 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. Warne made batsmen all over the world dance with his ball. He first came into the limelight in 1993.
Australia’s great spinner Shane Warne passed away on Friday (March 4). According to Fox Sports News, Warne was in Koh Samui, Thailand. It is believed that he had suffered a heart attack. The cricket world has been shocked by the death of Shane Warne, the world’s greatest spinner who took 708 wickets in 145 Tests. He took 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. Warne made batsmen all over the world dance with his ball. He first came into the limelight in 1993.
Warne played his last Test match 15 years ago, but even today the iconic ‘Ball of the Century’ bowled by the king of leg-spin remains memorable for cricket fans. Shane Warne is the only leg spinner in the world to take more than 700 wickets in Test cricket. 29 years ago, Warne stunned the world by clean bowling England batsman Mike Gatting in the Test match of the Ashes series against England in Manchester. The magic ball bowled by Warne had turned 90 degrees to hit Gatting’s off-stump.
Shane Warne made his Test debut against India in Sydney in 1992. He could not do much in his first Test and could take only one wicket. Before the 1993 Ashes series, Warne (32 wickets in 11 Tests) was considered an average leg-spinner. Warne took 7/52 against West Indies in the 1992 Boxing-Day Test. His real talent came to the fore in the 1993 Ashes series. He took 29 wickets in 5 Tests in his first Ashes series. In the first over of the 1993 Ashes Test, Warne took advantage of the pitch and bowled a fine leg spin that pitched outside the leg-stump off Mike Gatting, but swung over the off-stump.
In an interview, Shane Warne had said that he never thought that he could throw such a ball. He said that he was just trying to bowl a leg break, but the ball turned 90 degrees. He was unbelievable. Warne also described ‘Ball of the Century’ as the most special moment of his life.
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Australia’s great spinner Shane Warne passed away on Friday (March 4). According to Fox Sports News, Warne was in Koh Samui, Thailand. It is believed that he had suffered a heart attack. The cricket world has been shocked by the death of Shane Warne, the world’s greatest spinner who took 708 wickets in 145 Tests. He took 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. Warne made batsmen all over the world dance with his ball. He first came into the limelight in 1993.
Warne played his last Test match 15 years ago, but even today the iconic ‘Ball of the Century’ bowled by the king of leg-spin remains memorable for cricket fans. Shane Warne is the only leg spinner in the world to take more than 700 wickets in Test cricket. 29 years ago, Warne stunned the world by clean bowling England batsman Mike Gatting in the Test match of the Ashes series against England in Manchester. The magic ball bowled by Warne had turned 90 degrees to hit Gatting’s off-stump.
Shane Warne made his Test debut against India in Sydney in 1992. He could not do much in his first Test and could take only one wicket. Before the 1993 Ashes series, Warne (32 wickets in 11 Tests) was considered an average leg-spinner. Warne took 7/52 against West Indies in the 1992 Boxing-Day Test.