RIP Shane Warne: Legendary cricketer and great Australian bowler Shane Warne is no more. According to the information, today (March 4), Warne died at the age of 52 due to a heart attack.
Warne’s management confirmed his death to Australian outlet Fox Sports. According to the information, Shane was found unconscious in his villa and despite the best efforts of the medical team, he could be saved. Warne has died in Thailand. Warne’s family has appealed for privacy at this critical juncture and said more details will be made available later.
Warne was called the ‘spinner’s magician’ and the ball he bowled to England’s Mike Gatting in the Old Trafford Test at Manchester during the 1993 Ashes is said to be the best ball ever in cricket history. Warne made Rajasthan Royals champion in the first season of IPL under his captaincy.
‘Ball of the century’ was thrown 29 years ago
Warne had reached England to play the Ashes series in May 29 years ago. On the second day of the first Test match of the series in Manchester, Warne had already given the very first ball of the spell a place in cricket history. At that time, England batsman Mike Gatting was playing after scoring four runs and when Warne took the ball in his hand, he bowled him on the first ball. It was such a ball that the ball, which fell far away from the batsman’s leg, took a sudden turn and went towards the off-stump, touching the outer edge of the first wicket and scattered the stumps.
Warne took the most wickets after Muralitharan
Combining all formats of cricket, spin wizard Warne took 1001 wickets in his 15-year long career, which is the highest after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralidhar. Muralitharan took 1397 wickets in 583 innings of 495 matches while Warne took 1001 wickets in 464 innings of 339 matches. Talking about Test matches, Muralitharan took 800 wickets in 230 innings of 133 matches while Shane Warne took 708 wickets in 273 innings of 145 matches.
