King of Spin

Shane Keith Warne is is an international Australian cricketer. He is well known as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. His 708 wickets is the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket.

However his career was overwhelmed by scandals; these included a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance, and charges of bringing the game into disrepute.
He retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia’s 5-0 Ashes series victory over England.

Shane Warne Details

Full name: Shane Keith Warne
Born: September 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria
Country: Australia
Nickname: Warney
Playing role: Bowler
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Legbreak googly

Quick Career map

Test debut: 2-January-1992 vs India
Last Test: 2-January-2007 vs England
ODI debut: 24-March-1993 vs New Zealand
Last ODI: 10-January-2005 vs {World XI v Asia XI}

Did you know?
1. Shane Warne is one of bowlers who have taken 400 Test wickets
2. Shane Warne is one of bowlers who have taken 5 wickets in a Test innings 25 times or more

3. Shane Warne is one of Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-Rounder's Triple' (3000 runs/300 wickets) in Test matches (142 test match)

4. Ravi Shastri (IND) was his first and Andrew Flintoff (ENG) was his last victim in test cricket

Warn and Cars
Warn is passionate about cars. He has owned two Ferraris: he purchased a 355 Spider in 1996, and in 2001 he bought a 360 Spider in titanium, with red interior. At that time he had six cars - the Ferrari, two Mercedes four-wheel drives, two BMWs and a Holden VK Commodore.

Shane Warne Biographies

Shane Warne: Portrait of a Flawed Genius by Simon Wilde (John Murray, 2007 ISBN)

Spun Out: Shane Warne the Unauthorised Biography of a Cricketing Genius by Paul Barry (Bantam Press, 2006) ISBN

Further readings:

Shane Warn Profile

Warne in pictures