Shane Warne

Shane Warne
	Warne in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Shane Keith Warne
Born	13 September 1969; Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Died	4 March 2022 (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
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
	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]

Shane Warne Media

Warne (right) bowling to Ian Bell at the Gabba in Brisbane in 2006
Warne bowling against the Sydney Sixers in 2011 during a Big Bash League match
Warne bowling at Lord's for Rajasthan Royals in a Twenty20 match against Middlesex in 2009
Warne in 2012 with then-fiancée Elizabeth Hurley
Warne's statue outside the MCG became a makeshift memorial to him after his death
Statue of Warne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground