On this day (August 11) back in 2005, Shane Warne became the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets. He achieved the feat at Old Trafford by dismissing Marcus Trescothick.
As Jimmy Anderson turns 42 on July 30, he retires as a "former international cricketer," marking the end of an extraordinary journey.
The Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year award will be presented annually, second only to the prestigious Allan Border Medal for the most outstanding player across all formats.
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Australian spin legend Shane Warne died of a heart attack in March this year, leaving his former teammates and fans in shock.
Despite retiring in 2007, Lara’s popularity is intact in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, where he is the unofficial “Prince of Port of Spain”.
An eclectic array of celebrities including singer Elton John, golfing legend Greg Norman and champion surfer Kelly Slater paid tribute on March 30 to their friend, former Australian cricketer Shane Warne, at a star-studded state memorial service.
Shane Warne was so much more than a celebrity cricketer
Warne's three children, parents and friends including retired Test captains Mark Taylor and Allan Border and former England skipper Michael Vaughan, were among about 80 guests at the service on Sunday.
Shane Warne's family had accepted the finding and his body would be transferred to Australian consular officials for return to the family, a deputy police spokesman said.
Shane Warne, legendary Australian bowler, passed away in Thailand due to a suspected heart attack on March 4.
Police said there was no foul play suspected in the 52-year-old's death after he was found unresponsive in a luxury villa on Thai holiday island Koh Samui late on March 4
Warne's IPL years simply confirmed the strong India connection that the magician had with the country, right from his Test debut in January 1992.
Warne can be accused of many things but never a pretender. He was indeed an Australian original or rather a cricket original.
He stunned us with those viciously turning leg breaks and perfectly directed sliders, he shocked us with his involvement in providing details to bookmakers, he frustrated us with his gambling and drug taking ways, he left us aghast with his accurate predictions as a commentator, and now, he had to leave us in utter disbelief with his death too.
Test cricket would have suffered had it not been for the Australian who revived the difficult, elusive art of leg-spin, proving that the ball didn’t need to be hurled at 90 miles an hour to make batsmen sweat.
Frailty in a star makes them even more charismatic. Shane Warne did have his flaws, mostly with his behaviour off the field. However, his shortcomings hardly dimmed the aura of his achievements
Fans arranged to meet "at the Shane Warne statue" to mark his untimely death aged 52 and join in their shared grief.
“Whoever writes my scripts is doing an unbelievable job” - Shane Warne, after he became the first bowler in history to pick 700 Test wickets.
Four hours later, with a bat borrowed from Warne’s Rajasthan Royals teammate Shane Watson, I took guard against the legendary leg-spinner on one of the practice pitches at the Wankhede Stadium...
Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne passed away on March 4. Warne, a World Cup winner in 1999, was also the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1997 (Notional Winner). Here’s a pictorial tribute to the cricket great.
Many will remember the Ball of the Century when they talk about Shane Warne as this fierce leg-spinner will never go out of their memory.
If one looks beyond the trio of Bedi, Prasanna and Chandrashekhar who ruled the cricketing universe, arguably no one aside Warne came close to restore spin bowling to its rightful glory.
Shane Warne, who has died at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack, was never one for half-measures throughout his extraordinary 15-year Test career.
Shane Warne was more than just a magnificent cricketer. In him, you got a full human package, superbly talented and deeply flawed.