Shane Warne

Warne in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Shane Keith Warne
Born	( 1969-09-13 ) 13 September 1969 Upper Ferntree Gully , Victoria , Australia
Died	4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) (aged 52) Ko Samui , Thailand
Nickname	Warnie
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (1992?2007)
Test debut (cap  350 )	2 January 1992 v  India
Last Test	2 January 2007 v  England
ODI debut (cap  110 )	24 March 1993 v  New Zealand
Last ODI	10 January 2005 v  Asia XI
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990/91?2006/07	Victoria (squad no. 23)
2000?2007	Hampshire (squad no. 23)
2008?2011	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 23)
2011/12?2012/13	Melbourne Stars (squad no. 23)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 145 194 301 311 Runs scored 3,154 1,018 6,919 1,879 Batting average 17.32 13.05 19.43 11.81 100s/50s 0/12 0/1 2/26 0/1 Top score 99 55 107 * 55 Balls bowled 40,704 10,642 74,830 16,419 Wickets 708 293 1,319 473 Bowling average 25.41 25.73 26.11 24.61 5 wickets in innings 37 1 69 3 10 wickets in match 10 0 12 0 Best bowling 8/71 5/33 8/71 6/42 Catches/ stumpings 125/? 80/? 264/? 126/?
Source: ESPNcricinfo , 29 March 2008

Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 ? 4 March 2022) was an Australian cricketer . He captained the Australian national team in One Day Internationals (ODI). He is widely considered one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the sport. He took 708 wickets from 40,704 balls bowled during his Test career. He has the second most wickets in Test history and most of any leg spin bowler. He retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia's 5?0 Ashes series whitewash victory over England . After retirement from playing, he was a cricket commentator.

Warne was born in Upper Ferntree Gully , an outer suburb of Melbourne , Victoria . He had three children with his ex-wife Simone Callahan. He had complete heterochromia , from which one of his eyes is blue, and the other green. ^[1]

Warne died from a possible heart attack on 4 March 2022 at his villa on the island of Ko Samui in Thailand. He was 52. ^{[2] [3]}

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