Shane Keith Warne 

(13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian cricketer. A right-

arm leg spinner, he is widely considered as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history,[4] and in
2000 he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the
Century, the only specialist bowler and the only one still playing at the time.
Warne played his first Test match in 1992 and took more than 1,000 wickets in Tests and One
Day Internationals (ODIs).[5] Warne's 708 Test wickets was the record for the most wickets taken
by any bowler in Test cricket until 2007.[6] He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the
Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack,[7] and was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the
World in 1997 and 2004.[8][9] A useful lower-order batsman, Warne scored more than 3,000 Test
runs, with a highest score of 99 – and remains the highest Test runscorer without a century.[10] As
well as playing internationally, Warne played domestic cricket for his home state of Victoria and
English domestic cricket for Hampshire. He was captain of Hampshire for three seasons from
2005 to 2007. Warne retired from international cricket in January 2007 at the end of
Australia's 2006–07 Ashes series victory over England. His career was plagued by scandals off
the field, including a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance, charges of
bringing the game into disrepute by accepting money from bookmakers and sexual indiscretions.
In 2007, Warne was named in Australia's greatest ever ODI team. He played in the first four
seasons (2008–2011) of the Indian Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals, where he played
the roles of both captain and coach, winning the competition in 2008. In the 150th anniversary of
the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Warne was named in an all-time Test World XI.[11] In 2012, he
was also inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by Cricket Australia.[12] In 2013, Warne was
inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[13] In a fan poll conducted by the Cricketers' Almanack
in 2017, he was named in the country's best Ashes XI in the last 40 years.[14] In February 2018,
the Rajasthan Royals appointed Warne as their team mentor for the IPL 2018.[15]
Warne revolutionised cricket thinking with his mastery of leg spin, which had come to be
regarded as a dying art.[16][17][18] After retirement he regularly worked as a cricket commentator,
predominantly on Australia's Nine Network. He worked for charitable organisations and also
endorsed commercial products. In recognition of his skill, a statue of him bowling was placed
outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.