Remembering Shane Warne: 10 interesting facts and stats on legend's birth anniversary

Australian cricket legend and leg spinner Shane Warne would have turned 54 today had he been alive. But unfortunately, he passed away last year on 4th March after a suffering a cardiac arrest due to Atherosclerosis while holidaying in Thailand.Shane Warne in his international career has achieved several milestones while playing for his national side, Australia and also played as captain of Rajasthan Royals from 2008-11 in the Indian Premier League.Here, in this article we will see 10 interesting facts about Shane Warne from his career.1. First bowler to pick 600 and 700 wickets in Test cricket Shane Warne was the first bowler to reach the milestone of picking 600 Test wickets on 11th Aug 2005 (vs England) and also became the first bowler to pick 700 wickets in Test cricket on 26th Dec 2006 (vs England).Warne was the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he ended his career in January 2007 but later M. Muralitharan surpassed Warne's record of being the highest wicket-taker in Tests on 3 December 2007.Most wickets in Test cricket:Muralitharan - 800Shane Warne - 708James Anderson - 690#PAGE_BREAK#2. Joint-highest wicket-taker in 1999 World Cup Shane Warne played a crucial role in Australia's win at the 1999 WC as he finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker of the tournament. Notably, he also won player of the match award for his brilliant bowling performance of 4/33 in the final match against Pakistan at Lord's.Shane Warne also bowled a brilliant spell of 4/29 against South Africa in the semi-finals of 1999 WC and won player of the match award in that game as well.Most wickets in ODI World Cup 1999:Geoff Allot - 20Shane Warne - 20Glenn McGrath - 18Lance Klusener - 17Saqlain Mushtaq - 17#PAGE_BREAK#3. Shane Warne's record as captain in international cricket Shane Warne as captain won Carlton & United Tri-Series (England, Sri Lanka) trophy which was held in Australia in Jan-Feb 1999. Notably, under his leadership, Aussies have won 10 out of 11 ODI games and in the limited opportunities, he has shown his aggressive nature on field which has later helped him to lead the IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals from 2008 to 2011.Notably, Warne as captain won 9 consecutive ODI matches to win the trophy in Carlton & United Tri-Series.#PAGE_BREAK#4. Leading wicket-taker in Ashes Series Shane Warne has been the highest wicket-taker in the Ashes series, which has a historic significance. Shane Warne has taken 195 wickets in Ashes from 36 matches he played in his career.Most wickets in Ashes:Shane Warne - 195Glenn McGrath - 157Stuart Broad - 153Hugh Trumble - 141Ian Botham / Dennis Lillee - 128Shane Warne has been part of 7 Ashes series wins in his career:- 1993 in England- 1994/95 in Australia- 1997 in England- 1999 in Australia- 2001 in England- 2002/03 in Australia- 2006/07 in AustraliaHis first ball of the Ashes Series in 1993 was written as Ball of the Century where he bowled Mike Gatting (Ball turned well outside off stump to clip the off-stump). On 29 Dec, 1994 in 2nd match of Ashes series he ended up taking a hat-trick also.Shane Warne picked 40 wickets in Ashes 2005, but unfortunately Australian side ended up losing that series by 1-2 margin.Most wickets by a bowler in Ashes series:Jim Laker - 46 in 1956Terry Alderman - 42 in 1981Rodney Hogg - 41 in 1978/79Terry Alderman - 41 in 1989Shane Warne - 40 in 2005#PAGE_BREAK#5. Record for picking most Test wickets in a calendar year Shane Warne holds the record for picking most Test wickets in a calendar year. As mentioned above, Warne's fantastic form with the ball in Ashes 2005 series has also helped him to take 96 Test wickets in 2005 overall.Most Test wickets in a calendar year:Shane Warne - 96 in 2005Muralitharan - 90 in 2006Dennis Lillee - 85 in 1981Most ODI wickets in a calendar year:Saqlain Mushtaq - 69 in 1997Saqlian Mushtaq - 65 in 1996Shane Warne - 62 in 1999Saeed Ajmal - 62 in 2013As mentioned in the above points, Warne was fantabulous in the ODI World Cup 1999 and also in the Carlton Tri-Series (Sri Lanka, England) as captain in 1999.Most International wickets in a calendar year:Muralitharan - 136 in 2001Muralitharan - 128 in 2006Shane Warne - 120 in 1994#PAGE_BREAK#6. Leading wicket-taker as an Australian spin bowler in ODIs Shane Warne already being a legend in Test cricket, also created a niche for himself in ODIs. He picked 293 wickets in the 50-over format of the game.Most wickets for Australia in ODIs:Glenn McGrath / Brett Lee - 380Shane Warne - 291Mitchell Johnson - 239Most wickets by a spin bowler in ODIs:Muralitharan - 534Shahid Afridi - 395Anil Kumble - 337Sanath Jayasuriya - 323Shakib Al Hasan - 307Daniel Vettori - 305Shane Warne - 293#PAGE_BREAK#7. Holds the record for scoring most runs in Test cricket without smashing a century Shane Warne has been a useful lower-order batsman in Test cricket for his national side. Warne has scored 3154 runs in Test cricket, who often used to bat at number 8 to 10 position. He recorded his highest score of 99 against New Zealand in Perth in 2001.Most runs in Test cricket without smashing a century:Shane Warne - 3154Niroshan Dickwella - 2757Chetan Chauhan - 2084Most runs in international cricket without smashing a century:Shane Warne - 4172Collins Obuya - 3439Chamu Chibhabha - 3316#PAGE_BREAK#8. Only the second bowler to take 1000 wickets in International cricket Shane Warne has taken a total of 1001 wickets in his international career (708 in Test and 293 in ODIs) which makes him to be the only second bowler to have taken 1000-plus wickets in international cricket after M. Muralitharan.Shane Warne while playing his last Test match of his career for Australia in January 2007 in Sydney against England, went onto achieve this milestone. He has taken 999 wickets for Australia and 2 wickets in an ODI match between ICC World XI vs Asia XI in Melbourne (Jan 2005). Most wickets in international cricket: Muralitharan - 1347 Shane Warne - 1001 James Anderson - 977 Warne remains to be the second highest wicket-taker in Test and international cricket. Notably, Shane Warne is the one of the bowlers to have taken 1000-plus wickets in international cricket other than Muralitharan.#PAGE_BREAK# 9. Inducted in ICC Hall of Fame On July 2013, it was announced that Shane Warne was inducted in ICC Hall of Fame for his contribution in international cricket. He became 69th male player to be inducted in ICC Hall of Fame. He joined as the fourth player in the 2012-13 ICC Hall of Fame inductee list after Enid Bakewall, Brian Lara and Glenn McGrath.#PAGE_BREAK#10. First captain to win a trophy in IPL Shane Warne was the first captain to win the IPL trophy in 2008 while playing for the franchise Rajasthan Royals. Shane Warne played a key role with the ball alongside Sohail Tanvir which helped Rajasthan to dominate all their opponents and clinch the IPL trophy in the tournament's inaugural edition.Notably, RR have won only one trophy in IPL history so far.Most wickets in IPL 2008:Sohail Tanvir - 22Shane Warne - 19Sreesanth - 19Shane Warne recorded his best bowling figures of 4/21 against Deccan Chargers in IPL 2010.Warne as captain in IPL:Played - 57Won - 31Lost - 24NR - 2Win% - 56.36

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Remembering Shane Warne: 10 interesting facts and stats on legend's birth anniversary