Purchase Shane Warne's Autobiography
Born: 13 September 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Major Teams: Hampshire, Victoria, Australia.
Known As: Shane Warne
Pronounced:
shayn worn
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly
Test Debut:
Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1991/92
Latest Test:
Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah, 2nd Test, 2002/03
ODI Debut:
Australia v New Zealand at Wellington, 3rd ODI, 1992/93
Latest ODI:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03
First-class Debut:
Victoria v Western Australia at Melbourne, 1990/91
Australian Cricket Academy 1990
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1994
Hampshire 2000
Selected as one of five Wisden cricketers of the century, 2000
TESTS
(including 11/10/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 103 142 13 2110 99 16.35 55.20 0 7 85 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4797.1 1375 12147 469 25.89 8-71 22 6 61.3 2.53
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 27/09/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 189 104 27 997 55 12.94 71.46 0 1 78 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1728.5 110 7347 285 25.77 5-33 12 1 36.3 4.24
FIRST-CLASS
(1990/91 - 2002/03; last updated 15/10/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 194 260 34 3949 99 17.47 0 14 155 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 8155.3 2239 21562 822 26.23 8-71 39 6 59.5 2.64
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1991/92 - 2002/03; last updated 17/10/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 243 148 33 1441 55 12.53 0 1 98 0
O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 2193.4 9225 369 25.00 5-33 15 2 35.6 4.20
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Purchase Shane Warne's Autobiography |
Shane Warne is an ebullient leg-spinner who has rewritten the record books and, according to some, almost singlehandedly revitalised the art of leg spin. In short, he is a sensational player. From a run-up which only encompasses a few paces, Warne combines a complete armoury of leg breaks, top spinners, googlies and flippers with enormous spin and considerable accuracy. He also varies his pace and flight deceptively; in many ways, he is in fact the complete leg spin bowler. It should be said that he is additionally a very useful lower order batsman who is able to hit hard and occasionally serves a role as a pinch hitter in one-day games.
Although he started his international career in disappointing style (taking 1/150 against India in 1991-92 in his first Test), struggled in the wake of shoulder surgery in 1998 and was dropped from the eleven in the Caribbean shortly afterwards, Warne has occupied a central place in Australian teams for the majority of the last decade. Moreover, he has terrorised batsmen across the globe and has spearheaded many Australian victories. To complement his natural skills, his bleached blond hair and larger than life personality on the field have earned him the nickname of "Hollywood" and a love-hate relationship with crowds that ensures that he draws spectators through the turnstiles almost wherever he plays.
As is often the case with the greatest cricketing stars, Warne has been no stranger to controversy over his career and his exploits off the field have consistently made headlines. The most infamous instance of this occurred in December 1998 when he was forced to acknowledge revelations that he and Australian teammate Mark Waugh had accepted money from an Indian bookmaker while on tour in Sri Lanka in 1994. Around all such exploits, though, he has continued to maintain a status as one of the world's most fearsome bowlers, a notion underlined most clearly of all in the closing stages of the 1999 World Cup when his brilliance earned him dual Man of the Match awards and underpinned Australia's memorable performances in both the Semi-Final against South Africa and the Final against Pakistan. More recently, he has become Australia's highest ever wicket taker in Tests (eclipsing Dennis Lillee's milestone of 355 while on tour in New Zealand in 2000) and has been afforded the glittering accolade of being anointed as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Century. (John Polack & David Liverman, April 2000)