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Shane Warne : The Magic Crusader

by Karthik Narayan

Shane Warne's debut test came against those “meddling Indians” at the Sydney Test, the third of that series when India went Down Under. That was something to really forget for Warne, with almost all Indian batsmen going after him and he finished with figures of 1 for 150, perhaps the worst start he would have never dreamt of. That wasn’t quite the way to start the New Year, was it, way back in Jan 1992. After getting massacred by Ravi Shastri, the consolation came for Warne when he picked up his wicket after a masterly double hundred. But then, he has overcome those turbulent times, a few summers and New Years have come and gone, and lots of magic weaved, and the beautiful baskets of Spin have been spun over a few batsman.

Warne’s first hundred wickets came in his 23rd test; a steady flow at 19 tests for the 200th wicket. He had a lean patch getting to 250 wickets, but ever since 250, he did not look back, 21 tests to get to 300 from 200; sadly for this great spinner the next fifty was dragging 17 tests! 12 more for the 400 mark, so by the time he reached the 400 mark, it was 92 tests. Then Warne crept up fast faster, back from the injuries, and 9 tests to get to that mark of 450. One long year he had to wait to get back into cricket again with the raging controversy of doping. Others would have been gone long time back, not this Steely Gritted Man - Shane Keith Warne. Read More

 

Statistics of Shane Warne's Career :

 
    M    I   NO  Runs   HS    Ave    SR   100  50   Ct   St
   145  199  17  3154   99  17.32  57.65    0  12  125    0

    O      M     R    W    Ave    BBI    5  10   SR    Econ  
  6784   1761  17995 708  25.41  8-71   37  10  57.49  2.65

    M    I   NO  Runs  HS   Ave     SR   100 50  Ct  St
   194  107  29  1018  55  13.05   72.04   0  1  80   0

    O      M    R     W    Ave   BBI    4w  5w   SR     Econ
  1773.4  110  7541  293  25.73 5-33    12   1  36.30   4.25