Shane Keith Warne, The leggie from Oz has once more proved his caliber by winning the Indian Premier League with a team, which was not a favourite when the League started. Warne was the skipper of Hampshire, the English County. He was appointed as the LOI captain of his home nation on some occasions and he won 10 matches and lost just one match. Records and controversies were common for Warne. His debut was on 2nd January 1992 against India. His first victim was Ravi Shastri caught by Dean Jones after finishing a double ton. Warne conceded 228 runs in his debut and had just one wicket. From this undistinguished debut he revolutionized cricket with his mastery in leg spin. When he bade adieus to the game he was regarded as the ‘Greatest Leg spinner Ever Produced’ with a staggering 708 Test Wickets from 145 matches and 293 wickets from 194 LOIs. He has 37 Five Wicket Hauls in Test and 10 Ten Wicket Hauls in Test Matches. After Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, Warne was the first to bag 1000 wickets in International Cricket. The tweaker turned the ball prodigiously and had excellent accuracy. Most dangerous delivery by Warne was flipper. He was a master in luring batsmen with his balls which were easy to watch and hard to handle. In fact, of all Test cricketers Warne has scored the most Test runs without having scored a century, with two scores in the nineties being his best efforts and he has a dubious record of third most international ducks. As most of the contemporary cricketers do Warne also rated Sachin Tendulkar as the best player in the game. He was chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of The Year I for 1994. In 2005 he was awarded by BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Former Australian Test Captain Kim Hughes described Warne as the “Donald Bradman of Bowling”. The ‘Shane Warne Era’ has came to an end when the Victorian announced his retirement from International Cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia’s 5-0 whitewash in Ashes, after placing himself in the Pantheon of Cricket.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Warnie-"The Tweaker"
Shane Keith Warne, The leggie from Oz has once more proved his caliber by winning the Indian Premier League with a team, which was not a favourite when the League started. Warne was the skipper of Hampshire, the English County. He was appointed as the LOI captain of his home nation on some occasions and he won 10 matches and lost just one match. Records and controversies were common for Warne. His debut was on 2nd January 1992 against India. His first victim was Ravi Shastri caught by Dean Jones after finishing a double ton. Warne conceded 228 runs in his debut and had just one wicket. From this undistinguished debut he revolutionized cricket with his mastery in leg spin. When he bade adieus to the game he was regarded as the ‘Greatest Leg spinner Ever Produced’ with a staggering 708 Test Wickets from 145 matches and 293 wickets from 194 LOIs. He has 37 Five Wicket Hauls in Test and 10 Ten Wicket Hauls in Test Matches. After Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, Warne was the first to bag 1000 wickets in International Cricket. The tweaker turned the ball prodigiously and had excellent accuracy. Most dangerous delivery by Warne was flipper. He was a master in luring batsmen with his balls which were easy to watch and hard to handle. In fact, of all Test cricketers Warne has scored the most Test runs without having scored a century, with two scores in the nineties being his best efforts and he has a dubious record of third most international ducks. As most of the contemporary cricketers do Warne also rated Sachin Tendulkar as the best player in the game. He was chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of The Year I for 1994. In 2005 he was awarded by BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Former Australian Test Captain Kim Hughes described Warne as the “Donald Bradman of Bowling”. The ‘Shane Warne Era’ has came to an end when the Victorian announced his retirement from International Cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia’s 5-0 whitewash in Ashes, after placing himself in the Pantheon of Cricket.
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