Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lord's on Friday July 19,2013 during the tea interval of the second day of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia
Shane Warne is the 69th male member of the Hall of Fame and the 18th from Australia.
Shane Warne poses with his Hall of Fame commemorative cap with
(left to right) Keith Warne (his father), Elizabeth Hurley (his fiancée)
and Brigitte Warne (his mother)
Shane Warne, credited with reviving interest in leg-spin outside Asia, was the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets and represented Australia in 145 Tests between 1992 and 2007. In all he took 708 Test wickets at an average of 25.41.
Shane Warne also took 293 wickets in 194 ODI's at an average of 25.73
About Shane Warne
Shane Warne made his Test Debut Vs India on Jan 2,1992 at the SCG
Shane Warner made his ODI Debut Vs NZ on March 24,1993
- Shane Warne took 71 Test wickets in 1993, then a record for a spin bowler in a calendar year
- Shane Warne Warne took 10 wickets in a Test for the first time in his career Vs South Afrcia at SCG 7/56 in the first innings and 5/72 in the second innings in the 1993-94 South Africa's tour of Australia
- Shane Warne retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia's 5–0 Ashes Series Victory over England
- Following his retirement from international cricket, Warne played a full season at Hampshire in 2007
- In March 2008 he announced his retirement from playing first-class cricket in order to be able to spend more time pursuing interests outside of cricket.
- In March 2008, Warne signed to play in the IPL for the Rajasthan Royals in the first edition of the IPL and led his team to victory against the CSK in a cliffhanger of the IPL final match on June 1, 2008.
- Shane Warne's 708 Test wickets was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, until it was also broken by Muttiah Muralitharan(SL) on Dec 3, 2007
Career Statistics
| Competition | Tests | ODI's | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 145 | 194 | ||
| Runs scored | 3,154 | 1,018 | ||
| Batting Average | 17.32 | 13.05 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/12 | 0/1 | ||
| Top score | 99 | 55 | ||
| Balls bowled | 40,704 | 10,642 | ||
| Wickets | 708 | 293 | ||
| Bowling Average | 25.41 | 25.73 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 37 | 1 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 10 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 8/71 | 5/33 |
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