IN DEPTH: SHANE WARNE

Shane Keith Warne was an Australian Cricketer who retired recently and is considered not only one of the best bowlers in the Australian team but also one of the greatest bowlers of all times in the cricket world. Presently he is also a commentator.

He started his test career in the year 1992 against India in the Sydney Cricket Grounds and had a very poor performance in the beginning taking hardly a couple of wickets and sometimes no wickets at all. In the year 1993, Shane Warne was selected for the Ashes tour of England and was the leading wicket taker for six test series. Interesting is the fact that the first ball of the match was written into the history books as the Ball of the Century bowling to Mike Gatting. Warne had taken an overall 71 wickets in the series in the year 1993.

Shane Warne had his career best in the year 1994 in a career best 8/71 in the second innings in Gabba. Shane Warne was the Vice Captain for the Australia team in the year 1999-2000. However again he was removed not only from his vice captaincy but also from the team because of his poor performance of taking only two wickets in three innings.

The year 2003 was a dark year for Shane Warne. A day before the world cup he had to undergo a drug test and it was found that he was under drugs. However though he was not allowed to play in professional matches, he was allowed to play in charity matches but was criticized by many. After a couple of years came the Indian Premier League and was a part of the Rajasthan Royals and was a captain of the team. It was because of his captaincy that the Rajasthan Royals won the first season of the Indian Premier League after which he retired from cricket.