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Shane Keith Warne

Foward to Steve Waugh
Born: 13 September 1969, Ferntree Gully, Melbourne
Major Teams: Australia, Victoria, Hampshire.
Known As: Shane Warne
Pronounced: shayn worn
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly
Test Debut: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1991/92
ODI Debut: Australia v New Zealand at Wellington, 3rd ODI, 1992/93

My Opinion on Shane Warne:

Shane Warne, one of Australia's most controversial players, because of his on and off field actions, earns a place in my Black Book.
In my opinion, he should not only have been dumped as Vice Captain, but should have been removed from the Australian team altogether.

Check This Out:

  • Gilchrist named Australia's new vice-captain (4 August 2000)
  • AFP: Warne told sex messages may cost him vice-captaincy (21 June 2000)
  • AFP: Australian cricket chief warns Warne may lose vice-captain's job (19 June 2000)
  • AFP: Warne admits phone sex with British woman (16 June 2000)
  • ACB boss speaks with Warne about sex scandal (14 June 2000)

    Statistical Record:

    TESTS
 (including 31/03/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting              84  117  12  1613   86   15.36   -   4   64  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             3916.5 1193  9505 366  25.96  8-71  16  4  64.2  2.42

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 16/04/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting             146   84  24   753   55   12.55   -   1   50  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             1341.4   87  5608 228  24.59  5-33  11  1  35.3  4.17

FIRST-CLASS
 (last updated 02/08/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting             161  215  30  3006   86   16.24   -   8  117  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             6776.3 1941 17458 657  26.57  8-71  29  4  61.8  2.57


2000 ENGLISH FIRST-CLASS

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
All First-class      11   17   2   279   69   18.60   -   2    8  -
County Championship  11   17   2   279   69   18.60   -   2    8  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
All First-class      447    126  1056  46  22.95  5-31   3  -  58.3  2.36
County Championship  447    126  1056  46  22.95  5-31   3  -  58.3  2.36

2000 ENGLISH ONE-DAY

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
National League      10   10   1    93   34   10.33   -   -    5  -
Benson & Hedges Cup   4    3   0    13    7    4.33   -   -    -  -
NatWest Trophy        3    2   1    20   20   20.00   -   -    -  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
National League       86     11   347  18  19.27  4-32   1  -  28.6  4.03
Benson & Hedges Cup   32      1   112   5  22.40  2-6    -  -  38.4  3.50
NatWest Trophy        27      2    84   8  10.50  4-34   1  -  20.2  3.11

    Profile:

    Shane Warne is an ebullient leg-spinner who has rewritten the record books and, according to some, almost singlehandedly revitalised the art of leg spin. In short, he is a sensational player. From a run-up which only encompasses a few paces, Warne combines a complete armoury of leg breaks, top spinners, googlies and flippers with enormous spin and considerable accuracy. He also varies his pace and flight deceptively; in many ways, he is in fact the complete leg spin bowler. It should be said that he is additionally a very useful lower order batsman who is able to hit hard and occasionally serves a role as a pinch hitter in one-day games. Although he started his international career poorly (taking a sorry 1/150 against India in 1991-92 in his first Test), struggled in the wake of shoulder surgery in 1998 and was dropped from the eleven in the Caribbean shortly afterwards, he has occupied a central place in Australian teams for the majority of the last decade. Moreover, he has terrorised batsmen across the globe and has spearheaded many Australian victories. To complement his natural skills, his bleached blond hair and larger than life personality on the field have earned him the nickname of "Hollywood" and a love-hate relationship with crowds that ensures that he draws spectators through the turnstiles almost wherever he plays.
    As is often the case with the greatest cricketing stars, Warne has been no stranger to controversy over his career and his exploits off the field have consistently made headlines. The most infamous instance of this occurred in December 1998 when he was forced to acknowledge revelations that he and Australian teammate Mark Waugh had accepted money from an Indian bookmaker while on tour in Sri Lanka in 1994. Around all such exploits, though, he has continued to maintain a status as one of the world's most fearsome bowlers, a notion underlined most clearly of all in the closing stages of the 1999 World Cup when his brilliance earned him dual Man of the Match awards and underpinned Australia's memorable performances in both the Semi-Final against South Africa and the Final against Pakistan. More recently, he has become Australia's highest ever wicket taker in Tests (eclipsing Dennis Lillee's milestone of 355 while on tour in New Zealand in 2000) and has been afforded the glittering accolade of being anointed as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Century.

    (John Polack & David Liverman, April 2000)




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