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{{Short description|Australian cricketer (1969–2022)}}
'''Shane Keith Warne''' (born 13 September 1969) is an [[Australia]]n [[cricket]] commentator and former player. He captained the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian national team]] in [[One Day International]]s (ODI). He is often called one of the greatest [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]]s in the history of the game. He took 708 [[wicket]]s, the second most of any player, from 40,704 [[Delivery (cricket)|balls]] bowled during his [[Test cricket|Test]] career He retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia's 5–0 [[The Ashes|Ashes]] series victory over [[England national cricket team|England]].
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| image = Shane Warne February 2015.jpg
| caption = Warne in 2015
| country = Australia
| fullname = Shane Keith Warne
| nickname = Warnie,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/shocked-australia-mourns-cricketing-great-warnie-2022-03-05/|title=Shocked Australia mourns cricketing great 'Warnie'|first1=Lidia|last1=Kelly|first2=Jiraporn|last2=Kuhakan|date=5 March 2022|work=Reuters.com}}</ref> The Sheikh of Tweak,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/gallery/the-sheikh-of-tweak-273479|title=The Sheikh of Tweak |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> The King<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/alex-malcolm-on-shane-warne-everyone-wanted-to-be-the-king-1303766 |title=Everyone wanted to be 'The King' |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1969|9|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria]], Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|3|4|1969|9|13|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ko Samui]], Thailand
| heightm = 1.83
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Leg spin|leg break]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1992–2007
| testdebutdate = 2 January
| testdebutyear = 1992
| testdebutagainst = India
| testcap = 350
| lasttestdate = 2 January
| lasttestyear = 2007
| lasttestagainst = England
| odidebutdate = 24 March
| odidebutyear = 1993
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand
| odicap = 110
| odishirt = 23
| lastodidate = 10 January
| lastodiyear = 2005
| lastodifor = World XI
| lastodiagainst = Asia XI
| club1 = [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1990/91–2006/07}}
| clubnumber1 = 23
| club2 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year2 = 2000–2007
| clubnumber2 = 23
| club3 = [[Rajasthan Royals]]
| year3 = 2008–2012
| clubnumber3 = 23
| club4 = [[Melbourne Stars]]
| year4 = 2011/12–2012/13
| clubnumber4 = 23
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 145
| runs1 = 3,154
| bat avg1 = 17.32
| 100s/50s1 = 0/12
| top score1 = 99
| deliveries1 = 40,705
| wickets1 = 708
| bowl avg1 = 25.41
| fivefor1 = 37
| tenfor1 = 10
| best bowling1 = 8/71
| catches/stumpings1 = 125/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 194
| runs2 = 1,018
| bat avg2 = 13.05
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 55
| deliveries2 = 10,642
| wickets2 = 293
| bowl avg2 = 25.73
| fivefor2 = 1
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 5/33
| catches/stumpings2 = 80/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 301
| runs3 = 6,919
| bat avg3 = 19.43
| 100s/50s3 = 2/26
| top score3 = 107[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 74,830
| wickets3 = 1,319
| bowl avg3 = 26.11
| fivefor3 = 69
| tenfor3 = 12
| best bowling3 = 8/71
| catches/stumpings3 = 264/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 311
| runs4 = 1,879
| bat avg4 = 11.81
| 100s/50s4 = 0/1
| top score4 = 55
| deliveries4 = 16,419
| wickets4 = 473
| bowl avg4 = 24.61
| fivefor4 = 3
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 6/42
| catches/stumpings4 = 126/–
| date = 29 March
| year = 2008
| source = http://espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8166.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Shane Keith Warne''' (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian [[cricket]]er. A right-arm [[leg spin]]ner, he is widely considered as one of the greatest [[Bowler (cricket)|bowlers]] in cricket history,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/273512.html |title=The finest legspinner the world has ever seen |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309025535/http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/273512.html |archivedate=9 March 2007 |work=Cricinfo Australia |date=20 December 2006}}</ref> and in 2000 he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of five [[Wisden Cricketers of the Century|''Wisden'' Cricketers of the Century]], the only specialist bowler and the only one still playing at the time.


On March 4, 2022, Shane Warne died due to heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand.<ref>[https://www.connectedtoindia.com/australian-cricket-legend-shane-warne-dead-at-52-9814.html Australian cricket legend Shane Warne dead at 52.] Connected to India</ref>
Warne played his first [[Test cricket|Test match]] in 1992 and took more than 1,000 wickets in Tests and [[One Day International]]s (ODIs).<ref>{{cite web |last=Arshad |first=Mazher |date=14 September 2016 |title=Shane Warne's career by the numbers |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-career-statistics-tests-one-dayers-muthiah-muralidaran/2016-09-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120104121/http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-career-statistics-tests-one-dayers-muthiah-muralidaran/2016-09-14 |archive-date=20 January 2018 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=Cricket Australia}}</ref> Warne's 708 Test wickets was the [[List of Test cricket records#Career|record]] for the most [[wicket]]s taken by any bowler in Test cricket until 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/news/1000-wickets-for-warne/2007/01/03/1167777131854.html|title=1000 wickets for Warne|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 January 2007|access-date=3 January 2007|archive-date=19 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019021513/http://www.smh.com.au/news/news/1000-wickets-for-warne/2007/01/03/1167777131854.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He was named one of the [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]] in the 1994 ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'',<ref name="ESPNCricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154416.html |title=Cricketer of the Year 1994 Shane Warne |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |year=1994 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622110449/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154416.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the [[Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World]] in 1997 and 2004.<ref name="ESPN-Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisden/content/story/350988.html |title=Wisden's Leading Cricketer In The World |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |year=2008 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622112103/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisden/content/story/350988.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ESPN Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/156011.html |title=The leading cricketer in the world, 2004 Shane Warne |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |year=2005 |access-date=9 June 2014 |archive-date=22 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622104910/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/156011.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A useful lower-order batsman, Warne scored more than 3,000 Test runs, with a highest score of 99 – and remains the highest test-run scorer without a century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282905.html|title=Most runs in test career without a career hundred|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330020133/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282905.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As well as playing internationally, Warne played domestic cricket for his home state of [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] and English domestic cricket for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]. He was captain of Hampshire for three seasons from 2005 to 2007. Warne retired from international cricket in January 2007 at the end of Australia's [[2006–07 Ashes series]] victory over England. His career was plagued by scandals off the field, including a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance, charges of bringing the game into disrepute by [[John the bookmaker controversy|accepting money from bookmakers]] and sexual indiscretions.
 
In 2007, Warne was named in [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]'s greatest ever ODI team. He played in the first four seasons (2008–2011) of the [[Indian Premier League]] for the [[Rajasthan Royals]], where he played the roles of both captain and coach, winning the competition in 2008. In the 150th anniversary of the ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', Warne was named in an all-time Test World XI.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/24640224|title=WG Grace and Shane Warne in Wisden all-time World Test XI|date=23 October 2013|work=BBC Sport|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726140052/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/24640224|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, he was also inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by [[Cricket Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/281636/warne-inducted-into-australia-cricket-hall-of-fame|title=Warne inducted into Australia Cricket Hall of Fame|newspaper=Bangkok Post|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Bangkok Post Group|date=26 February 2012|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054430/https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/281636/warne-inducted-into-australia-cricket-hall-of-fame|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, Warne was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/shane-warne-inducted-in-icc-cricket-hall-of-fame-170938-2013-07-19 |title=Shane Warne gets ICC Hall of Fame honour |agency=Press Trust of India |work=India Today |date=13 July 2009 |access-date=19 July 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719123130/https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/shane-warne-inducted-in-icc-cricket-hall-of-fame-170938-2013-07-19 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a fan poll conducted by the Cricketers' Almanack in 2017, he was named in the country's best Ashes XI in the last 40 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-best-ashes-team-past-40-years-fan-vote-final-results-gilchrist-warne-ponting/2017-12-01|title=The Best Australian Ashes XI revealed|date=1 December 2017|work=CA|access-date=26 July 2009|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201194506/https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-best-ashes-team-past-40-years-fan-vote-final-results-gilchrist-warne-ponting/2017-12-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2018, the [[Rajasthan Royals]] appointed Warne as their team mentor for the [[IPL 2018]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22415522/shane-warne-returns-rajasthan-royals-mentor|title=Warne returns to Royals as mentor|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213193438/http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22415522/shane-warne-returns-rajasthan-royals-mentor|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne revolutionised cricket thinking with his mastery of [[leg spin]], which had come to be regarded as a dying art.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/cricket-shane-warne-great-who-revived-fading-art-inspired-future-leg-spinners-2022-03-04/ |title=Shane Warne: the great who revived a fading art and inspired future leg spinners |work=Reuters |date=4 March 2022 |access-date=6 March 2022|last1=Singh |first1=Kanishka }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shane-warne-the-man-who-breathed-life-into-the-dying-art-of-leg-spin-bowling-30910 |title=Shane Warne: The man who breathed life into the dying art of leg-spin bowling |work=Cricket Country |date=14 September 2013 |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153282.html |title=A spin-doctor writes |work=Wisden |date=30 June 2007 |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref> After retirement he regularly worked as a cricket commentator, predominantly on Australia's [[Nine Network]]. He worked for charitable organisations and also endorsed commercial products. In recognition of his skill, a statue of him bowling was placed outside the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
 
==Early life==
Warne was born in the [[Melbourne]] suburb of [[Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria|Upper Ferntree Gully]] on 13 September 1969, the son of Bridgette and Keith Warne.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-05 |title=His career and life veered between extremes, but Shane Warne leaves a legacy of greatness |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/shane-warne-obituary-dead-at-52/100885192 |access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref> His mother was German.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shane Warne considers German citizenship|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/warne-tosses-up-being-german/news-story/060945aa79d0ae475db3036280f703d3|website=[[News.com.au]]|publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=5 March 2022|date=17 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202502/http://www.news.com.au/national/warne-tosses-up-being-german/news-story/060945aa79d0ae475db3036280f703d3|archive-date=6 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Leader: Danke Shane|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/19/leaders.comment1|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=6 March 2018|date=19 August 2007|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306202347/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/aug/19/leaders.comment1|url-status=live}}</ref>  He attended [[Hampton High School (Hampton, Melbourne)|Hampton High School]] from Grades 7–9 before being offered a sports scholarship to attend [[Mentone Grammar]], where he spent his final three years of school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyndall |first=David |date=27 November 2006 |title=Spun Out: The Shane Warne Story |url=https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/spun_out_the_shane_warne_story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054437/https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/spun_out_the_shane_warne_story/ |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Sydney Anglicans |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=A. C. de |year=2006 |title=Shane Warne signs off on high note |url=http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/12/31/spo12.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054421/http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2006/12/31/spo12.asp |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=archives.sundayobserver.lk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshallsea |first=Trevor |date=21 December 2006 |title=The good, the bad and the googly |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-good-the-bad-and-the-googly-20061221-gdp3jk.html |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054423/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-good-the-bad-and-the-googly-20061221-gdp3jk.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Early career==
Warne's first representative honours came in the 1983–84 season when he represented [[University of Melbourne Cricket Club]] in the then Victorian Cricket Association under-16 Dowling Shield competition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 March 2022 |title=Shane Warne, global cricket star, dies at 52 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/03/04/shane-warne-cricket-dead/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305124357/https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/03/04/shane-warne-cricket-dead/ |archive-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> He bowled a mixture of [[leg-spin]] and [[off-spin]] and was a handy lower-order [[batsman]].
 
The following season, Warne joined the [[St Kilda Cricket Club]] near his home suburb of [[Black Rock, Victoria|Black Rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaidya |first=Nishad Pai |date=18 February 2015 |title=Shane Warne's St Kilda Cricket Club and its rich history |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shane-warnes-st-kilda-cricket-club-and-its-rich-history-252425 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527002615/http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shane-warnes-st-kilda-cricket-club-and-its-rich-history-252425 |archive-date=27 May 2015 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=St Kilda could be renamed after Shane Warne |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/st-kilda-could-be-renamed-after-shane-warne-275052 |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506110236/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/st-kilda-could-be-renamed-after-shane-warne-275052 |url-status=live }}</ref> He started in the lower elevens and, over a number of seasons, progressed to the first eleven. During the cricket off-season in 1987, Warne played five games of [[Australian rules football]] for the [[St Kilda Football Club]]'s under-19 team.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Junction Oval's Warne connection |first=Santosh |last=Suri |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/cricket-news/70225/junction-ovals-warne-connection |date=19 February 2015 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=Cricbuzz |language=en |archive-date=19 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219141437/https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/cricket-news/70225/junction-ovals-warne-connection |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1988, Warne once again played for the St Kilda Football Club's under-19 team before being upgraded to the reserves team, one step below professional level.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McMurtry |first=Andrew |date=11 May 2020 |title=Warne's boozy 20kg summer blow out |work=news.com.au — Australia's leading news site |url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/shane-warne-opens-up-on-his-early-career-in-first-part-of-a-week-with-warnie-series/news-story/eef4886724dab6c75a192c469b175fbf |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126072857/https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/shane-warne-opens-up-on-his-early-career-in-first-part-of-a-week-with-warnie-series/news-story/eef4886724dab6c75a192c469b175fbf |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the [[1988 VFL season|1988 Victorian Football League season]], Warne was delisted by St Kilda and began to focus solely on cricket. He was later chosen to train at the [[Australian Cricket Academy]] (AIS) in 1990 in Adelaide.<ref name=AIS>{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra}}</ref>
 
Warne joined [[Accrington Cricket Club]] of the [[Lancashire League (cricket)|Lancashire League]] as their professional player for the 1991 season.<ref name="AccCC">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53465043 |title=Shane Warne: The story of Australia great's tough season with Accrington CC |work=BBC Sport |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726042613/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/53465043 |url-status=live }}</ref> After initially struggling in English conditions, he went on to have a good season as a bowler, taking 73 wickets at 15.4 runs each, but scored only 329 runs at an average of 15. The committee at Accrington decided not to re-engage him for the 1992 season, as they expected their professional to contribute as both a batsman and bowler.<ref name="AccCC"/>
 
Warne made his [[first-class cricket]] debut on 15 February 1991,<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria v Western Australia |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53992.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192913/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53992.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of West Aust vs Victoria 1990/91 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-1990-91-325638/victoria-vs-western-australia-275051/full-scorecard |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> taking 0/61 and 1/41 for [[Victorian Bushrangers|Victoria]] against [[Western Warriors|Western Australia]] at the [[Junction Oval]] in Melbourne.<ref name=":0a">{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2006 |title=ABC Sport - Cricket - Shane Warne's career timeline |url=https://www.abc.net.au/sport/features/2006/s1816419.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054425/https://www.abc.net.au/sport/features/2006/s1816419.htm |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> He was then selected for the [[Australia cricket team|Australia B]] team, which toured Zimbabwe in September 1991.<ref name=":0a" /> In the second tour match at [[Harare Sports Club]], Warne recorded his first first-class haul of five wickets or more in an innings when he took 7/49 in the second innings,<ref>{{cite web |title=Zimbabwe v Australia B |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54909.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404025643/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54909.html |archive-date=4 April 2016 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> helping Australia B to a nine-wicket win.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian XI v Zimbabwe at Harare|date=September 1991|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991-92/AUS-XI_IN_ZIM/AUS-XI_ZIM_21-25SEP1991.html|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816154516/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1991-92/AUS-XI_IN_ZIM/AUS-XI_ZIM_21-25SEP1991.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Upon returning to Australia, Warne took 3/14 and 4/42 for [[Australia A cricket team|Australia A]] against a touring West Indian side in December 1991.<ref name=":0a" /> The incumbent spinner in the [[Australia cricket team|Australian Test team]], [[Peter Taylor (Australian cricketer)|Peter Taylor]], had taken only one wicket in the first two Tests, so Warne was brought into the team for the third Test against [[Indian cricket team|India]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] a week later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The strangest selection |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1078644/the-strangest-selection |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127173015/https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1078644/the-strangest-selection |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parimal |first=Karthik |date=23 August 2013 |title=Peter Taylor: Australia's go-to off-spinner for a brief period in ODIs |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/peter-taylor-australia-rsquo-s-go-to-off-spinner-for-a-brief-period-in-odis-30217 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124923/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/peter-taylor-australia-rsquo-s-go-to-off-spinner-for-a-brief-period-in-odis-30217 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==International career==
===Early international career (1992–1993)===
Warne had played in just seven [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches before making his debut at Test level for Australia.<ref name="7debut">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149094.html |title=The Demon strikes three times |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=2 January 2006 |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614150707/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149094.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He had an undistinguished Test debut when called into the Australian team in January 1992 for a Test against India at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]].<ref name="7debut"/> He took 1/150 ([[Ravi Shastri]] caught by [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]] for 206) off 45 [[over (cricket)|overs]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2013 |title=Heaven for Ravi Shastri and hell for Shane Warne |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/heaven-for-ravi-shastri-and-hell-for-shane-warne-21721 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506033324/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/heaven-for-ravi-shastri-and-hell-for-shane-warne-21721 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of Australia vs India 3rd Test 1991/92 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-australia-1991-92-62295/australia-vs-india-3rd-test-63565/full-scorecard |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102220536/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-australia-1991-92-62295/australia-vs-india-3rd-test-63565/full-scorecard |url-status=live }}</ref> He took 0/78 in the fourth Test in Adelaide, recording overall figures of 1/228 for the series, and was dropped for the fifth Test on the pace-friendly [[WACA Ground]] in [[Perth]]. His poor form continued in the first [[innings]] against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] at [[Colombo]], in which he recorded 0/107.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of Australia vs Sri Lanka 1st Test 1992 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-sri-lanka-1992-61415/sri-lanka-vs-australia-1st-test-63580/full-scorecard |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827132456/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-sri-lanka-1992-61415/sri-lanka-vs-australia-1st-test-63580/full-scorecard |url-status=live }}</ref> However, on 22 August 1992, he took the last three Sri Lankan wickets without conceding a run in the second innings precipitating a second innings collapse and contributing to a remarkable 16-run Australian win.<ref>{{cite web |first=Prakash |last=Govindasreenivasan |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/when-craig-mcdermott-greg-matthews-and-shane-warne-orchestrated-one-of-the-best-comebacks-for-australia-in-test-cricket-30180 |title=When Craig McDermott, Greg Matthews and Shane Warne orchestrated one of the best comebacks for Australia in Test cricket |publisher=Cricket Country |date=3 July 2014 |accessdate=4 March 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503015136/http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/when-craig-mcdermott-greg-matthews-and-shane-warne-orchestrated-one-of-the-best-comebacks-for-australia-in-test-cricket-30180 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sri Lankan captain [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] commented in an interview that, 'a bowler with Test average of more than 300 came and snatched the victory from our hands'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We dominated for over four days but lost in half a session |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/673807/-we-dominated-for-over-four-days-but-lost-in-half-a-session |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112043127/https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/673807/-we-dominated-for-over-four-days-but-lost-in-half-a-session |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
However, Warne's performances in the last two Tests in Sri Lanka were not to the satisfaction of the selectors, and he was dropped for the First Test against the West Indies in the 1992–93 Australian season. [[Greg Matthews]] played in Warne's place and despite Australia being in a strong position on the final day, was unable to dismiss the tourists on a turning surface. Warne was thus recalled for the Second Test in Melbourne, a Boxing Day Test, where he took 7/52 in a match-winning performance in the second innings.<ref>{{cite web|title = 2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 26–30, 1992 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63591.html|publisher = ESPNcricinfo|access-date = 1 January 2016|archive-date = 26 December 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135408/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63591.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
 
===Path to 300 Test wickets (1993–1999)===
In 1993, Warne was selected for Australia's [[Australian cricket team in England in 1993|Ashes tour of England]]. He was the leading wicket taker for the six-Test series, with 34.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=335;type=series|title=Records / The Ashes, 1993 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515171629/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=335;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> His first ball of the series was written into the history books as the "[[Ball of the Century]]", [[bowled|bowling]] the experienced English batsman [[Mike Gatting]] with a ball that turned from well outside leg stump to clip the off bail.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/warnies-ball-of-the-century/story-e6frexni-1111112560525|title=Great Ashes moments: Shane Warne's 'Ball of the Century'|last=Sangster|first=Tom|date=21 November 2006|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=11 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811195428/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/warnies-ball-of-the-century/story-e6frexni-1111112560525|url-status=live}}</ref> He took 71 Test wickets in 1993, then a record for a spin bowler in a calendar year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iNhOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1174,2469504&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|title=Spin bowler Warne the brightest young star|date=26 December 1993|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054422/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iNhOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1174%2C2469504&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] batsmen contributed significantly to his tally. He took 17 wickets in Australia's tour of New Zealand early in the year, tying [[Danny Morrison (cricketer)|Danny Morrison]] as the top wicket-taker for the series with 17. When New Zealand toured Australia for three Tests in November and December, Warne took 18 more and was named player of the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=331;type=series|title=Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1992/93 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516034059/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=331;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=338;type=series|title=Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1993/94 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515223905/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=338;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63623.html|title=New Zealand tour of Australia, 1993/94 / Scorecard: 3rd Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135341/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63623.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne featured in South Africa's [[South African cricket team in Australia in 1993–94|tour of Australia in 1993–94]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64934826/australia-squad-for-the-south-african/|title=Spin the key to beating South Africans: Border|first=Greg|last=Baum|date=30 November 1993|page=46|newspaper=[[The Age]]|via=newspapers.com}}</ref> and Australia's return tour in March 1994. In the second Test of South Africa's tour, held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Warne took ten wickets in a Test for the first time in his career. His 7/56 in the first innings and 5/72 in the second was not enough to secure victory for Australia; Warne was part of an Australian batting collapse on the final day of the Test that handed South Africa the win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63629.html|title=South Africa tour of Australia, 1993/94 / Scorecard: Second Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135341/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63629.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Australia sought to retain The Ashes when England toured for a [[English cricket team in Australia in 1994–95|five Test series]] in 1994–95. Warne took a career-best 8/71 in the second innings of the first Test at [[the Gabba]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TyJOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2736,2286717&dq=shane+warne&hl=en|title=Warne poses threat to England|date=26 December 1994|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054424/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TyJOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2736%2C2286717&dq=shane+warne&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> before going on to take 27 wickets in the five-Test series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=353;type=series|title=Records / The Ashes, 1994/95 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515183553/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=353;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Second Test, a Boxing Day Test at Warne's home ground, the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], he took his first and only Test [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]], dismissing tail-enders [[Phil DeFreitas]], [[Darren Gough]] and [[Devon Malcolm]] in successive balls, the last of which was caught by [[David Boon]]. He also grabbed his 150th test wicket, a caught-and-bowled off [[Alec Stewart]]. However, it was with the bat that Warne ultimately secured The Ashes for Australia. In the Third Test at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], he and fellow [[tail-ender]] [[Tim May]] survived the final 19 overs on the fifth day in fading light to secure a draw and a 2–0 series lead that meant Australia would retain The Ashes regardless of the result of the fourth and fifth Tests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/atherton-denied-by-the-powers-of-darkness-third-test-england-seamers-rendered-impotent-by-poor-light-as-resilient-warne-seals-a-draw-to-retain-the-ashes-for-australia-1566830.html|title=Atherton denied by the powers of darkness|last=Johnson|first=Martin|date=6 January 1995|work=The Independent|access-date=8 January 2012|archive-date=28 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128031651/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/atherton-denied-by-the-powers-of-darkness-third-test-england-seamers-rendered-impotent-by-poor-light-as-resilient-warne-seals-a-draw-to-retain-the-ashes-for-australia-1566830.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 1995, he toured the West Indies, taking 15 wickets over four Tests as Australia defeated the West Indies in a Test series for the first time in almost 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=360;type=series|title=Records / The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1994/95 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515211356/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=360;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In the summer of 1995–96, Australia played home series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He took 11 wickets in the first Test against Pakistan but broke his toe in the second. Selectors included him in the squad for the third Test just days later to give him the chance to prove his fitness; he did so by taking four wickets in Pakistan's first innings and another four in their second to be named the player of the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=07xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1518,3633117&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|title=Warne in Australian squad for Third Test|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054423/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=07xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=1518%2C3633117&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63699.html|title=Pakistan tour of Australia, 1995/96 / Scorecard: Third Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135556/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63699.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne was to be a key member of Australia's squad for the [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996 World Cup]], held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Australia qualified for the final, with Warne having taken 12 wickets, including a man-of-the-match 4/36 in the semi-final against the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65191.html|title=Wills World Cup – 2nd semi final Australia v West Indies: Scorecard|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=19 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219123035/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65191.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ahead of the final against Sri Lanka, Australian captain [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]] publicly declared that Warne was not "vital" to his team, emphasising that Warne alone could not win the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=722;type=tournament|title=Records / Wills World Cup, 1995/96 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106230611/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=722;type=tournament|url-status=live}}</ref> Warne conceded 58 runs for no wickets in the final; Australia lost the match to first-time champions Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65192.html|title=Wills World Cup – Final Australia v Sri Lanka: Scorecard|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=7 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107023746/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65192.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The West Indies toured Australia for a five-Test series in the summer of 1996–97. Warne took 22 wickets in the series, and a further 11 in Australia's three-Test tour of South Africa early in 1997.<ref name="Test list">{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;template=results;type=allround;view=match|title=Statistics / Statsguru / SK Warne / Test matches|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516050410/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;template=results;type=allround;view=match|url-status=live}}</ref> In the northern summer, Warne returned to England with the Australian team to attempt to retain The Ashes. After struggling for form early in the tour, Warne took 24 wickets at an average of 24.04 as Australia won the six-Test series 3–2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=386;type=series|title=Records / The Ashes, 1997 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210050531/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=386;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hVdIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760,5456779&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|title=Aussies back at their best|date=24 July 1997|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054448/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hVdIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760%2C5456779&dq=shane-warne&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The following Australian summer (1997–98) saw a continued flow of wickets for Warne. He picked up 19 in New Zealand's three-Test series in Australia, before taking 20 wickets in three Tests against South Africa.<ref name="Test list"/> In the second of those three, he took five wickets in the first innings and six in the second, while becoming the second Australian after [[Dennis Lillee]] to take 300 Test wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/cricket/44712.stm|title=Shane Warne joins 300 club|date=7 January 1998|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515175058/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/cricket/44712.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63779.html|title=South Africa tour of Australia, 1997/98 / Scorecard: Second Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135539/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63779.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At the beginning of the summer, the Australian media had criticised Warne for his weight; now, ''[[The Australian]]'' wrote that he was one of Australia's three most "influential" cricketers (with [[Donald Bradman]] and Lillee).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RvxOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2755,2496728&dq=shane+warne+300+south+africa&hl=en|title=Warne among the best|date=7 January 1998|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=10 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054437/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RvxOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2755%2C2496728&dq=shane+warne+300+south+africa&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Journalist and former English cricketer [[Derek Pringle]] observed as Warne passed the 300 Test wicket mark at the age of 28: "we are in the presence of true greatness and not some pretender to the great figures in the game's history."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-peroxide-genius-of-the-flipper-1137131.html|title=Cricket: Peroxide genius of the flipper|date=6 January 1998|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=10 January 2012|first=Derek|last=Pringle|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233232/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-peroxide-genius-of-the-flipper-1137131.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Later in 1998, Warne was a member of Australia's touring squad of India. Finding Indian food not to his liking, he had spaghetti and [[baked beans]] flown in from Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shane Warne reveals the real story behind his baked beans obsession on 1998 India tour |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/shane-warne-reveals-the-real-story-behind-his-baked-beans-obsession-on-1998-india-tour-1637344-2020-01-16 |date=16 January 2020 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=India Today |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117220300/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/shane-warne-reveals-the-real-story-behind-his-baked-beans-obsession-on-1998-india-tour-1637344-2020-01-16 |archive-date=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Warne has craving for bean feast |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/AUS_IN_IND/ARTICLES/WARNES_BEANS_06MAR1998.html |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514045049/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/AUS_IN_IND/ARTICLES/WARNES_BEANS_06MAR1998.html |url-status=live }}</ref> With Australia's two top pace bowlers [[Glenn McGrath]] and [[Jason Gillespie]] missing the tour due to injury, Warne shouldered more of the bowling burden. He took 10 wickets, but conceding 54 runs each, going for 0/147 in India's only innings of the second and series-winning Test in [[Calcutta]]. Warne's dismissal of [[Rahul Dravid]] in the first innings of the final test at [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bangalore]] took him past [[Lance Gibbs]]' tally of 309 wickets making him the most successful spinner in Test Cricket. Australia lost the series, breaking a run of nine Test series victories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=399;type=series|title=Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1997/98 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515165615/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=399;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/153376.html|title=The Australians in India, 1997–98|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516035648/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/153376.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In early December 1998, the [[Australian Cricket Board]] revealed that three years earlier it had fined Warne and [[Mark Waugh]] for accepting money from a bookmaker (allegedly a man named John who was Sri Lankan, according to Shane Warne in one of his autobiographies) for giving information about pitch and weather conditions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/1998/12/09/1060588497968.html|title=Warne, Mark Waugh took bookie's cash|last=Ray|first=Mark|author2=Blake, Martin|date=9 December 1998|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=12 January 2012|archive-date=29 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829110731/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/1998/12/09/1060588497968.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne did not play international cricket again until the fifth Test of the [[English cricket team in Australia in 1998–99|Ashes series]] in Australia in January 1999, suffering a shoulder injury. He missed Australia's tour of Pakistan and the first four Ashes Tests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_VZIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6988,1906019&dq=shane-warne+injured+ashes&hl=en|title=Warne not likely to play in Ashes|date=19 December 1998|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=4 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304223936/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_VZIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6988%2C1906019&dq=shane-warne+injured+ashes&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, he was also at the centre of the [[John the bookmaker controversy]]. Warne's extended absence from the Australian team gave his understudy [[Stuart MacGill]] the opportunity to play in his place. MacGill responded by taking 15 wickets in three Tests against Pakistan—the most for any bowler in the series—and another series-high 27 wickets against England. Warne and MacGill bowled in tandem upon Warne's return to the team for the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where MacGill took 12 wickets and Warne two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63818.html|title=England tour of Australia, 1998/99 / Scorecard|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135616/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63818.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Vice-captaincy of Australia (1999–2000)===
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The Ashes series was the last for Australian captain [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]], who retired. [[Steve Waugh]] was appointed as Taylor's replacement, while Warne was promoted to the position of vice-captain.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927,3284413&dq=mark-taylor+steve-waugh+shane-warne+vice-captain&hl=en|title=Waugh appointed Australian captain|date=12 February 1999|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=12 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054449/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_xOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927%2C3284413&dq=mark-taylor+steve-waugh+shane-warne+vice-captain&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> However, he was dropped from the Test team during Australia's tour of the West Indies in early 1999. Warne took just two wickets in the first three Tests of the series, leading to calls from the Australian media for his removal from the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RC1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=6751,1993347&dq=shane-warne+macgill+west-indies&hl=en|title=Warne and Healy under fire over poor form|date=2 April 1999|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054453/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RC1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=6751%2C1993347&dq=shane-warne+macgill+west-indies&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> He was replaced for the final Test by off-spinner [[Colin Miller (cricketer)|Colin Miller]]. Miller and MacGill took eight wickets between them as Australia won the Test to retain the [[Frank Worrell Trophy]].<ref name="retained as VC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/cricket/393329.stm|title=Warne keeps vice-captaincy|date=13 July 1999|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=11 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515193530/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/cricket/393329.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Warne's form recovered in the ODI series against the West Indies, and he was selected to play in the [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999 World Cup]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cricket/1999/world_cup/australia/news/1999/05/11/warne/|title=Love or loathe him|date=11 May 1999|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=5 March 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010713113553/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cricket/1999/world_cup/australia/news/1999/05/11/warne/|archive-date=13 July 2001}}</ref>
 
Just before the start of the 1999 World Cup, he was given a fine and a two-match suspended ban by the [[International Cricket Council]] for talking to a newspaper about Sri Lankan captain [[Arjuna Ranatunga]], saying: "There is plenty of animosity between Arjuna and myself. I don't like him and I'm not in a club of one".<ref name="autogenerated1999">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/1999_cricket_world_cup/general_news/344731.stm|title=Warne rapped for Ranatunga row|date=15 May 1999|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515162420/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/1999_cricket_world_cup/general_news/344731.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Australia were seeking to win their first Cricket World Cup since 1987. Warne took 12 wickets in the preliminary phases of the tournament as Australia qualified for a [[1999 Cricket World Cup 2nd semi-final|semi-final against South Africa]]. While the match became notable for the dramatic fashion in which it finished, Warne was the man of the match, dismissing four key South African batsmen: [[Herschelle Gibbs]], [[Gary Kirsten]], [[Hansie Cronje]] and [[Jacques Kallis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wctimeline/content/story/281792.html|title=Warne mesmerises in classic|last=Alter|first=Jamie|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=12 January 2012|archive-date=2 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102034159/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wctimeline/content/story/281792.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Australia faced Pakistan in the [[1999 Cricket World Cup Final|tournament's Final]]. Pakistan batted first, and were all out for only 132; Warne took 4/33. Australia chased down the target comfortably to win the World Cup. Warne was the tournament's joint top wicket-taker with [[Geoff Allott]] and was named the man of the match in the Final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=787;type=tournament|title=Records / ICC World Cup, 1999 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=12 January 2012|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009061205/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=787;type=tournament|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
After his World Cup performances, Warne was retained as Australia's vice-captain for the tours of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe later in 1999.<ref name="retained as VC"/> The following Australian summer, he played in all Tests of the series against Pakistan and India. He reached his highest score with the bat in the first Test against Pakistan in Brisbane, with 86, before matching that score in the first Test against India in Adelaide the following month.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-U1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840,1403802&dq=shane+warne+86&hl=en|title=India on the ropes on second day|date=12 December 1999|work=[[New Straits Times]]|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054503/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-U1OAAAAIBAJ&pg=3840%2C1403802&dq=shane+warne+86&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Warne's performances in the Brisbane Test were overshadowed by the [[Joe the Cameraman]] controversy, in which a jibe about the abilities of Australian bowler [[Scott Muller (cricketer)|Scott Muller]] was picked up by an on-field microphone during the match. A [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]] cameraman subsequently confessed to making the "can't bowl, can't throw" remark that many had believed was made by Warne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-warne-cleared-of-muller-taunt-1129865.html|title=Cricket: Warne cleared of Muller taunt|last=Lamont|first=Louise|date=30 November 1999|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=14 January 2012|archive-date=17 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117144139/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket-warne-cleared-of-muller-taunt-1129865.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Warne took 18 wickets over the six summer Tests and Australia won both series 3–0.<ref name="Test list"/> He then took another 15 wickets in Australia's 3–0 sweep of New Zealand in March 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=427;type=series|title=Records / Trans-Tasman Trophy, 1999/00 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515184100/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=427;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first Test of the series at [[Eden Park]], he surpassed [[Dennis Lillee]] (with 355 wickets) as Australia's leading ever wicket-taker.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/678152.stm|title=Prolific Warne seals Australia win|date=15 March 2000|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515193904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/678152.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne joined English county side [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in 2000 and played for them during the year's English summer. Reports emerged that during the county season he had repeatedly sent lewd SMS messages to an English nurse. In August 2000, the Australian Cricket Board removed him as Australia's vice-captain, citing his history of indiscretions off the field. The board's decision was contrary to the wishes of the team's selectors, including captain [[Steve Waugh]]. Warne was replaced as vice-captain by [[Adam Gilchrist]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/865466.stm|title=Warne stripped of vice-captaincy|date=4 August 2000|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=15 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515161631/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/865466.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Yet, he was awarded the Men's ODI Player of the Year at the [[Allan Border Medal]] ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2000.<ref name="cricketaustralia.com.au">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|title=Australian Cricket Awards {{!}} Cricket Australia|website=www.cricketaustralia.com.au|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419042457/https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Wickets and injuries (2001–2003)===
Warne missed the entire Australian summer of 2000–01 with a finger injury, and found himself battling [[Stuart MacGill]] and an in-form [[Colin Miller (cricketer)|Colin Miller]] to be selected for Australia's [[Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01|tour of India]] in early 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20010101/isp01018.html|title=MacGill in spin battle with Warne for India tour spot|date=31 December 2000|work=Express India|access-date=5 March 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715142511/http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20010101/isp01018.html|archive-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> MacGill was ultimately the spinner left out. Warne took 10 wickets over the three-Test series at an average of 50.50. His Indian spin counterpart [[Harbhajan Singh]] was the man of the series with 32 wickets at an average of 17.03.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=443;type=series|title=Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2000/01 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=16 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515182715/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=443;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> Australia lost the series 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63921.html|title=Australia tour of India, 2000/01 / Scorecard: 3rd Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=16 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135706/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63921.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the northern summer of 2001, Warne made his third Ashes tour and took 31 wickets in the [[Australian cricket team in England in 2001|five-Test series]], which Australia won 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=449;type=series|title=Records / The Ashes, 2001 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=16 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515190535/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=449;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> He took three five-wicket hauls in the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63940.html|title=Australia tour of England and Ireland, 2001 / Scorecard: 5th Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=16 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135640/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63940.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the final Test at [[The Oval]] he took 11 wickets across both innings, including the 400th wicket of his Test career ([[Alec Stewart]]). He became the sixth person and the first Australian in the history of cricket to reach the milestone.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/warne-strikes-400-ramps-keeps-england-afloat-1.501555|title=Warne strikes 400, Ramps keeps England afloat|date=25 August 2001|work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]]|access-date=16 January 2012|archive-date=11 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511043210/http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/warne-strikes-400-ramps-keeps-england-afloat-1.501555|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In the 2001–02 Australian summer, Australia played home series [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2001–02|against New Zealand]] and [[South African cricket team in Australia in 2001–02|against South Africa]]. Warne took six wickets in three Tests against New Zealand, and in the third Test in Perth made his highest career score with the bat in international cricket. He was caught at mid-wicket off the bowling of [[Daniel Vettori]] (off what was later revealed to be a no-ball) while on 99 runs, one run short of a maiden Test century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/12/03/spo03.html|title=Vettori, Warne dominate thrilling day in deciding Test|date=3 December 2001|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)]]|access-date=17 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020628024255/http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/12/03/spo03.html|archive-date=28 June 2002}}</ref> He took 17 wickets in the three Tests against South Africa—more than any other player—including a five-wicket haul (5/113) in the first innings of the first Test.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63964.html|title=South Africa tour of Australia, 2001/02 / Scorecard: First Test|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135646/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63964.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=459;type=series|title=Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104044335/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=459;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> Warne was again the leading wicket-taker when Australia played a three-Test series in South Africa in February and March 2002, with 20 dismissals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=465;type=series|title=Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=17 January 2012|archive-date=6 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106225605/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=465;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2002, [[Ricky Ponting]] replaced [[Steve Waugh]] as captain of Australia's ODI squad. The elevation of Ponting—five years younger than Warne—appeared to extinguish any prospect of Warne ever being appointed to captain Australia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/17/stories/2002021707331900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512054129/http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/17/stories/2002021707331900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 May 2013|title=The prodigious Ponting takes over|last=Conn|first=Malcolm|date=17 February 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref>
 
Australia played a three-Test series against Pakistan in October 2002, held in neutral Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. Warne, who had lost weight over the previous months, took 27 wickets, was named the player of the series, and was man of the match in the first Test (with 11 wickets) and the third Test (with eight wickets).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64001.html|title=Australia v Pakistan Test Series – 1st Test: Scorecard|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135651/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64001.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64003.html|title=Australia v Pakistan Test Series – 3rd Test: Scorecard|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135715/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64003.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=473;type=series|title=Records / Australia v Pakistan Test Series, 2002/03 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515172558/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=473;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/23/1034561550931.html|title=Warne climbs the ratings, England's best lag behind|date=24 October 2002|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=19 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019113906/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/23/1034561550931.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He returned to Australia for the [[English cricket team in Australia in 2002–03|Ashes series]] against England, starting in November 2002. He scored a half-century (57) with the bat in the first Test, before taking 11 wickets in the first three Tests of the series. However, in an ODI in December 2002, he suffered a shoulder injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s748135.htm|title=Warne sidelined by shoulder injury|date=16 December 2002|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603025648/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s748135.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The injury not only ruled him out of the remainder of the Ashes series, but put him in doubt for the [[2003 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]], due to commence in February 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/21/1040174431421.html|title=Don't risk unfit Warne: Waugh|date=21 December 2002|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107032246/https://www.theage.com.au/national/dont-risk-unfit-warne-waugh-20021222-gdg05x.html|archive-date=7 November 2018}}</ref>
 
===Ban from cricket (2003)===
In February 2003, a day before the start of the World Cup, Warne was sent home after a [[drug test]] during a [[Australian Tri-Series|one-day series in Australia]] returned a positive result for a banned [[diuretic]].<ref name="theage2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/12/1044927636027.html|title=Drug test halts Warne's World Cup|date=12 February 2003|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106234406/https://www.theage.com.au/national/drug-test-halts-warnes-world-cup-20030212-gdg9dt.html|archive-date=6 November 2018}}</ref> Warne said that he took only one of what he called a "fluid tablet"—the [[prescription drug]] [[Moduretic]]—given to him by his mother to improve his appearance.<ref name="espncricinfo2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/126831.html|title=Warne's mum key element in probe|date=20 February 2003|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516025026/http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/126831.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A committee established by the Australian Cricket Board found Warne guilty of breaching the board's drug code and imposed a one-year ban from organised cricket.<ref name="cricinfo1">{{Cite web|title=ACB Anti-Doping Committee suspends Shane Warne|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/acb-anti-doping-committee-suspends-shane-warne-126877|access-date=2022-03-06|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
 
At the time, Warne took the view that the ban imposed would lengthen his Test playing career, after already having announced that he was going to retire from one-day internationals after the 2003 World Cup, although the ban led him to briefly reconsider that decision which he ultimately stuck with.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ban will lengthen career, says Warne|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ban-will-lengthen-career-says-warne-128796|access-date=2022-03-06|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> That Warne was allowed to play in charity matches while serving his one-year ban was criticised by the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA)<ref>{{Cite web|title=World anti-doping body condemns Warne ruling|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/world-anti-doping-body-condemns-warne-ruling-124777|access-date=2022-03-06|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> although WADA, in turn, was criticised by Warne for interfering in the matter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Warne hits back at anti-doping body|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/warne-hits-back-at-anti-doping-body-124804|access-date=2022-03-06|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
 
During his suspension, Warne was hired by the [[Nine Network]], Australia's main free-to-air cricket broadcaster, as a [[list of cricket commentators|TV commentator]].<ref name="sport.iafrica.com">{{cite news|url=http://sport.iafrica.com/cricket/ashes/news/460696.htm|title=Warne hurt by contract cancellation|date=13 July 2005|work=iafrica.com|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=12 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712234717/http://sport.iafrica.com/cricket/ashes/news/460696.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During the winter of 2003, he worked for the [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] [[Australian rules football]] club in an unpaid consultancy role, after the [[Australian Football League]] banned him from holding an official club position because of his drugs ban.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588326707.html|title=Dumb and dumber: up on a pedestal too far from reality|last=Hinds|first=Richard|date=12 August 2003|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021133118/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/11/1060588326707.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Return to cricket (2004–2006)===
Warne returned to competitive cricket following his ban in February 2004.<ref name="returntocricket">{{cite web | title = Warne return dampened by rain | work = The 7.30 Report | publisher = ABC | date = 10 February 2004 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1042210.htm | access-date = 5 January 2011 | archive-date = 28 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628231532/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1042210.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> In March, in the first Test of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka in [[Galle]], he became the second cricketer after [[Courtney Walsh]] to take 500 Test wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2374761/Warne-wears-his-501-well.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2374761/Warne-wears-his-501-well.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Warne wears his 501 well|last=Clare|first=Nelson|date=13 March 2004|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=20 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Warne took five wickets in each innings of the first and second Tests; a further six wickets in the third Test saw him named the player of the series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/ponting-honours-lehmann-and-warne-1.533901|title=Ponting honours Lehmann and Warne|date=28 March 2004|work=[[Independent Online (South Africa)|Independent Online]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510233029/http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/ponting-honours-lehmann-and-warne-1.533901|url-status=live}}</ref> He broke the record for most [[List of Test cricket records#Most career wickets|career wickets]] in Test cricket on 15 October 2004 during the second Test of Australia's series against India at [[Chennai]]. His dismissal of [[Irfan Pathan]], caught at slip by [[Matthew Hayden]], saw him overtake his Sri Lankan rival, [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], with 533 wickets. Muralitharan, who was injured at the time, had taken the record himself from Courtney Walsh five months earlier.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3697791.stm|title=Walsh praise for Murali|date=9 May 2004|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=15 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515154049/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3697791.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/15/1097784032069.html|title=Golden-boy Warne spins into history|last=Hogan|first=Jesse|date=15 October 2004|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=28 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428060619/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/15/1097784032069.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Australia won the series 2–1; it was Australia's first series win in India since 1969. Warne's 14 wickets at an average of 30.07 was a marked improvement on his previous performances in India, when in six Tests he had taken 20 wickets at an average of 52 runs each.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/19/1097951694978.html|title=Warne's Indian stocks are rising|last=Marshallsea|first=Trevor|date=20 October 2004|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020062938/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/19/1097951694978.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=510;type=series|title=Records / Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2004/05 / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=20 January 2012|archive-date=16 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516061915/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=510;type=series|url-status=live}}</ref> For his performances in 2004, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC.
 
On 11 August 2005 at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]], in the Third [[The Ashes|Ashes]] Test, he became the first bowler in history to take 600 Test wickets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On This Day: Shane Warne Becomes First Bowler To Take 600 Test Wickets in 2005 |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/on-this-day-shane-warne-becomes-first-bowler-to-take-600-test-wickets-in-2005-4071158.html |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=news18.com |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054507/https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/on-this-day-shane-warne-becomes-first-bowler-to-take-600-test-wickets-in-2005-4071158.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2005, Warne broke the record for the number of wickets in a calendar year, with 96 wickets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shane Warne's career by the numbers |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-career-statistics-tests-one-dayers-muthiah-muralidaran/2016-09-14 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=cricket.com.au |language=en |archive-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120104121/http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-career-statistics-tests-one-dayers-muthiah-muralidaran/2016-09-14 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2014 |title=Shane Warne: Seven stats that highlight his genius |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shane-warne-seven-stats-that-highlight-his-genius-186655 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Cricket Country |language=en-US |archive-date=2 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402151828/http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/shane-warne-seven-stats-that-highlight-his-genius-186655 |url-status=live }}</ref> His ferocious competitiveness was a feature of the [[The 2005 Ashes|2005 Ashes]] series, when he took 40 wickets at an average of 19.92 and scored 249 runs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A magician and a match-winner |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shane-warne-stats-analysis-a-magician-and-a-match-winner-493394 |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054452/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shane-warne-stats-analysis-a-magician-and-a-match-winner-493394 |url-status=live }}</ref> Warne shared player of the series honour with England's [[Andrew Flintoff]]. For his performances in 2005, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=17th October 2005: Australia Thrash World XI in ICC Super Test |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/17th-october-2005-australia-thrash-world-xi-in-icc-super-test-1908515.html |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=news18.com |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103200504/https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/17th-october-2005-australia-thrash-world-xi-in-icc-super-test-1908515.html |archive-date= 3 November 2018}}</ref>
 
===International retirement (2006–2007)===
[[File:Warne, Australia England, 2006.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Warne (right) bowling to [[Ian Bell]] at [[The Gabba]] in [[Brisbane]] in 2006]]
Warne began the [[2006–07 Ashes series]] with an indifferent Test in Brisbane and a poor first innings showing in Adelaide.{{cn}} However, his second innings performance, including bowling [[Kevin Pietersen]] around the legs, triggered England's fifth-day collapse and Australia's victory.{{cn}} Warne again bowled well in the second innings in the third Test, and took the final wicket of [[Monty Panesar]] as Australia regained the Ashes.{{cn}}
 
On 21 December 2006, Warne announced his retirement, which came into effect after the fifth Ashes Test match at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]]. Warne said that it was his intention to "go out on top",{{cn}} adding that he might have retired after the 2005 Ashes series had Australia won.{{cn}} In his second-last Test, he took his 700th Test wicket at 3.18&nbsp;pm on 26 December 2006<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> ([[Time in Australia|AEST]]) by bowling English batsman [[Andrew Strauss]] out at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], in what was his final appearance at the ground. This was the first occasion that a player had taken 700 Test wickets. The wicket was described as a "classic Warne dismissal" to which the crowd of 89,155 gave a standing ovation.<ref name="700-cricinfo">{{cite news
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Warne's final Test was held at the same venue as his first, 15 years earlier: the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]. Warne ended England's first innings by trapping Monty Panesar [[leg before wicket|lbw]] for a duck and his 1000th total international wicket. His final Test wicket was that of all-rounder [[Andrew Flintoff]], stumped by [[Adam Gilchrist]].<ref name="Test 5-cricinfo">{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Miller |title=Warne sets up the whitewash |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275055.html |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=4 January 2007 |access-date=4 January 2007 |archive-date=6 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106032905/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275055.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is one of only two bowlers to have taken 1000+ wickets in international cricket, the other being [[Muttiah Muralitharan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283980.html|title=Most wickets in international cricket|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=29 March 2017|archive-date=16 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116034147/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283980.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC and Cricinfo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22974786/twelve-06|title=Twelve from '06|date=30 December 2006|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=30 January 2020|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115123546/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22974786/twelve-06|url-status=live}}</ref> He was also awarded the Men's Test Player of the Year at the [[Allan Border Medal]] ceremony by Cricket Australia in 2006.<ref name="cricketaustralia.com.au"/>
 
==Twenty20 career (2008–2013)==
[[File:Shane Warne MelbourneStars.jpg|thumb|Shane Warne bowling against [[Sydney Sixers]] in 2011 during a [[Big Bash League]] match]]
After his retirement from international cricket, Warne was signed as the captain for [[Rajasthan Royals]] in the Indian Premier League 2008, fetching US$450,000 in the pre-season player auction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200803281040.htm|title=Warne retires from first-class cricket|date=28 March 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512043222/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/007200803281040.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> He led the Royals to victory in the first season of the competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7430352.stm|title=Warne's Royals win inaugural IPL|date=2 June 2008|work=[[BBC Sport]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=7 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207210308/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7430352.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> He continued as captain of the Royals for a further four seasons, the 2011 season being his last with the franchise.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/macgill-wants-bash-at-the-ipl-20111226-1paiv.html|title=MacGill wants bash at the IPL|last=Jackson|first=Glenn|date=27 December 2011|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=8 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108013526/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/macgill-wants-bash-at-the-ipl-20111226-1paiv.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/news/29563926_1_shane-warne-rajasthan-royals-royals-plan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521171140/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-20/news/29563926_1_shane-warne-rajasthan-royals-royals-plan|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2013|title=Royals plan a warm send-off for Warne|last=Bose|first=Saibal|date=20 May 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Shane Warne bowling 2009.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Warne bowling at [[Lord's]] for the [[Rajasthan Royals]] in a [[Twenty20]] match against [[Middlesex Crusaders|Middlesex]] in 2009]]
Warne was signed as a player for the [[Melbourne Stars]] in Australia's inaugural [[Big Bash League]] (BBL) in November 2011. The Stars qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament, and Warne took seven wickets in eight matches at an economy rate of 6.74 runs conceded per over.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6538;type=tournament|title=Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=21 January 2012|archive-date=12 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212200412/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6538%3Btype%3Dtournament|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2013 Warne was fined $4500 and banned for one match for using obscene language, making "inappropriate physical contact with a player or official" ([[Marlon Samuels]]) and "showing serious dissent at an umpire's decision" during a BBL match against [[Melbourne Renegades]].<ref name="pierek1">{{cite news|last=Pierek|first=Jon|title=Warne fined and banned after fiery Big Bash clash|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/warne-fined-and-banned-after-fiery-big-bash-clash-20130107-2cbs5.html|access-date=7 January 2013|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=7 January 2013|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054444/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/warne-decides-not-to-appeal-suspension-20130107-2cbs5.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In July 2013, he officially retired from all formats confirming that he would no longer captain the Melbourne Stars in the BBL.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/warne-officially-retires-cricket/70146|title=Warne officially retires from all cricket|publisher=Wisden India |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222043722/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/warne-officially-retires-cricket/70146 |archive-date= 22 February 2014}}</ref>
 
In July 2014, he captained the Rest of the World side in the [[Bicentenary Celebration match]] at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MCC v Rest of the World – 5 July |url=http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |work=Lord's |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707031308/http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 }}</ref>
 
==Wider influence on cricket==
Warne revolutionised cricket thinking with his mastery of leg spin, which many cricket followers had come to regard as a dying art due to the difficulty of bowling the deliveries accurately. Warne helped overturn the domination of cricket by [[fast bowling]] that had prevailed for two decades before his debut. In the early 1970s, Australia's fast bowlers [[Dennis Lillee]] and [[Jeff Thomson]] had dominated cricket. From 1976 until the early 1990s, the West Indies had lost only [[West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1979–80|one (ill-tempered and controversial) Test series]] with a bowling attack almost exclusively comprising fast bowlers. From the early 1990s, with the West Indies on the wane, [[Waqar Younis]] and [[Wasim Akram]] of [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] were assuming the mantle of the world's most feared fast-bowling combination. It was in this context that Warne's bowling became significant. His dominance—particularly of English and South African batsmen—provided an alternative skill to cricket watchers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/03/04/shane-warnes-ball-century-catapulted-fame-changed-cricket-forever/|title=Shane Warne's Ball of the Century catapulted him to fame and changed cricket forever|first=Tim|last=Wigmore|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 March 2022|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305124336/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/03/04/shane-warnes-ball-century-catapulted-fame-changed-cricket-forever/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2513789|title=Australian legend Shane Warne dies, aged 52|website=icc-cricket.com|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305124342/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2513789|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Many of his most spectacular performances occurred in [[Ashes series]] against [[English cricket team|England]]; in particular, the famous "Gatting Ball", otherwise known as the "[[Ball of the Century]]", which spun sharply and bowled a bemused [[Mike Gatting]] in the 1993 Ashes series. Conversely, he had struggled against [[Indian cricket team|India]], particularly against [[Sachin Tendulkar]]: his [[bowling average]] against India is 47.18 runs per wicket, compared with his overall average of 25.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cricinfo - Statsguru - SK Warne - Tests - Innings by innings list|url=http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb&#61;player;playerid&#61;2000;class&#61;testplayer;filter&#61;basic;team&#61;0;opposition&#61;IND;notopposition&#61;0;season&#61;0;homeaway&#61;0;continent&#61;0;country&#61;0;notcountry&#61;0;groundid&#61;0;startdefault&#61;1992-01-02;start&#61;1992-01-02;enddefault&#61;2006-12-18;end&#61;2006-12-18;tourneyid&#61;0;finals&#61;0;daynight&#61;0;toss&#61;0;scheduledovers&#61;0;scheduleddays&#61;0;innings&#61;0;result&#61;0;followon&#61;0;seriesresult&#61;0;captain&#61;0;keeper&#61;0;dnp&#61;0;recent&#61;;viewtype&#61;aro_list;runslow&#61;;runshigh&#61;;batposition&#61;0;dismissal&#61;0;bowposition&#61;0;ballslow&#61;;ballshigh&#61;;bpof&#61;0;overslow&#61;;overshigh&#61;;conclow&#61;;conchigh&#61;;wicketslow&#61;;wicketshigh&#61;;dismissalslow&#61;;dismissalshigh&#61;;caughtlow&#61;;caughthigh&#61;;caughttype&#61;0;stumpedlow&#61;;stumpedhigh&#61;;csearch&#61;;submit&#61;1;.cgifields&#61;viewtype|access-date=2022-03-06|website=statserver.cricket.org}}</ref> In fairness to Warne, other foreign spinners have also struggled against India in recent years; Warne's contemporary off-spinner rival, [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], for instance, has a much higher bowling average (32.61) in Tests played in India than his overall Test figures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/49636.html?class=1;home_or_away=2;opposition=6;template=results;type=allround|title=Cricinfo Stats|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 December 2010|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054506/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/49636.html?class=1;home_or_away=2;opposition=6;template=results;type=allround|url-status=live}}</ref> He also was hit for the most sixes by the time he retired, but Warne did not like to be hit for singles, because he had to plan for two batsmen at the same over.<ref name=":0a" />
 
==Playing style==
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Warne combined the ability to [[spin bowling|turn]] the ball prodigiously, even on unhelpful [[pitch (cricket)|pitches]], with unerring accuracy and a variation of deliveries (notable among these being the [[flipper (cricket)|flipper]]). In the latter stages of his career, variation was less evident despite regular press conferences announcing a "new" delivery for each series he participated in. [[Gideon Haigh]], the Australian journalist, said of Warne upon his retirement:
"It was said of Augustus that he found Rome brick and left it marble: the same is true of Warne and spin bowling."<ref>[http://blogs.cricinfo.com/eyeontheashes/archives/2006/12/positive_spin.php#more Positive spin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223071903/http://blogs.cricinfo.com/eyeontheashes/archives/2006/12/positive_spin.php#more |date=23 December 2006 }}, Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2007.</ref> Warne did this by having a relaxed 'two finger up, two down grip' with the ball not hitting the top part of the palm.
 
Warne was a fierce competitor, Gideon Haigh writes about what he calls the pageantry and measured theatricality of Warne - his exaggerated appeals, intimidation of batters, sledging, flirting with umpires and time wasting, all of which added to his competitiveness. Warne was quoted as saying "part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think that something special is happening even when it isn't."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-more-shane-warne-practised-the-more-magical-he-got|title=The more Shane Warne practised, the more magical he got &#124; The Spectator|first=David|last=Blackburn|website=www.spectator.co.uk}}</ref>
 
Warne was an effective lower-order batter, once famously dismissed for 99 with a reckless shot on what, it was later shown, was a [[no-ball]].<ref name="SKYOBIT">{{cite news |last1=Ruse |first1=David |title=Shane Warne obituary: Larger than life, the king of leg spin, and England's scourge across multiple Ashes series |url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/12557576/shane-warne-obituary-larger-than-life-the-king-of-leg-spin-and-englands-scourge-across-multiple-ashes-series |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Sky Sports |date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304223937/https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/12557576/shane-warne-obituary-larger-than-life-the-king-of-leg-spin-and-englands-scourge-across-multiple-ashes-series |url-status=live }}</ref> Warne has scored the most Test runs without having scored a century, with two scores in the nineties being his best efforts (99 and 91). Warne is also third overall in the most international test ducks. Of players who have batted in more than 175 Test innings, his proportion of dismissals by being out [[bowled]] is the lowest, at under seven percent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/548213.html|title=Mind the gap|last=S Rajesh|date=6 January 2012|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=7 January 2012|archive-date=9 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109002348/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/548213.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Warne was a successful [[fielding (cricket)|slip fielder]], with his 125 catches making him 19th in the list of most catches as a fielder in Test cricket history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Most catches in career |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129014023/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Performance analysis==
{{More|List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Shane Warne}}
 
Warne is the third-highest [[five-wicket haul]] taker in the international arena after Muttiah Muralitharan and [[Richard Hadlee]]. He took 37 Test fivers and a single ODI fiver, along with 10 Test [[ten-wicket haul]]s. In Test cricket, he scored more runs than any other player who never made a century.
 
===Test matches===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Versus!!Matches !!Overs!!Maidens!!Runs!!Wickets!!5w!!10w!!Best!!Avg!!S/R!!E/R
|-
|{{cr|Bangladesh}}||2||87.2||12||300||11||1||0||5 for 113||27.27||47.6||3.43
|-
|{{cr|England}}||36||1792.5||488||4535||195||11||4||8 for 71||23.25||55.1||2.52
|-
|{{flagicon image|}} [[International Cricket Council|ICC World XI]]||1||31||7||71||6||0||0||3 for 23||11.83||31.0||2.29
|-
|{{cr|India}}||14||654.1||139||2029||43||1||0||6 for 125||47.18||91.2||3.10
|-
|{{cr|New Zealand}}||20||961.4||252||2511||103||3||0||6 for 31||24.37||56.0||2.61
|-
|{{cr|Pakistan}}||15||675.1||192||1816||90||6||2||7 for 23||20.17||45.0||2.68
|-
|{{cr|South Africa}}||24||1321.2||367||3142||130||7||2||7 for 56||24.16||60.9||2.37
|-
|{{cr|Sri Lanka}}||13||527.5||132||1507||59||5||2||5 for 43||25.54||53.6||2.85
|-
|{{cr|West Indies}}||19||679.4||159||1947||65||3||0||7 for 52||29.95||62.7||2.86
|-
|{{cr|Zimbabwe}}||1||53.1||13||137||6||0||0||3 for 68||22.83||53.1||2.57
|-
|Overall (9)||145||6784.1||1761||17995||708||37||10||8 for 71||25.41||57.4||2.65
|-
|colspan=12|'''Source:''' Cricinfo<ref name="Test bowling analysis">{{cite web|title=Test bowling analysis|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-date=27 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927101329/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
 
====Test 10-wicket hauls====
{| class="wikitable" width:"100%"
|-
! style="width:60px;"| #!! style="width:50px;"|Figures !! style="width:50px;"|Match !! style="width:180px;"|Opponent !! style="width:200px;"|Venue !! style="width:125px;"|City !! style="width:125px;"|Country !! width=50"|Year
|-
| '''1''' || 12/128 || 22 || {{cr|SA}} || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] || [[Sydney]] || Australia || 1994
|-
| '''2''' || 11/110 || 30 || {{cr|ENG}} || [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]] || [[Brisbane]] || Australia || 1994
|-
| '''3''' || 11/77 || 39 || {{cr|PAK}} || Brisbane Cricket Ground || Brisbane || Australia || 1995
|-
| '''4''' || 12/109 || 63 || {{flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa || Sydney Cricket Ground || Sydney || Australia || 1998
|-
| '''5''' || 11/229 || 92 || {{flagicon|England}} England || [[Kennington Oval]] || London || England || 2001
|-
| '''6''' || 11/188 || 102 || {{cr|PAK}} || [[P Sara Oval]] || [[Colombo]] || Sri Lanka || 2002
|-
| '''7''' || 10/159 || 108 || {{cr|SL}} || [[Galle International Stadium]] || [[Galle]] || Sri Lanka || 2004
|-
| '''8''' || 10/155 || 109 || {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka || [[Asgiriya Stadium]] || [[Kandy]] || Sri Lanka || 2004
|-
| '''9''' || 10/162 || 125 || {{flagicon|England}} England || [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground]] || [[Birmingham]] || England || 2005
|-
| '''10''' || 12/246 || 128 || {{flagicon|England}} England || Kennington Oval || London || England || 2005
|-
|colspan=12|'''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;orderby=wickets;template=results;type=allround;view=match |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |title=Shane Warne – all-round analysis – match by match list – ordered by wickets taken (descending) |access-date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054529/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?class=1;orderby=wickets;template=results;type=allround;view=match |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}
 
===Career-best performances===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! colspan="4"|Bowling
|-
!
!Score
!Fixture
!Venue
!Season
|-
|'''[[Test cricket|Test]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|8/71
|[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] v [[England cricket team|England]]
|[[The Gabba|Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1994<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo - 25–29 November 1994 - England tour of Australia, 1994/95 - Australia v England">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63663.html|title=England tour of Australia, 1994/95 – Australia v England Scorecard|date=29 November 1994|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135356/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63663.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[One Day International|ODI]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|5/33
|[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] v [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]]
|[[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]], [[Sydney]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1996<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo - 8 December 1996 - Carlton & United Series, 2nd Match, 1996/97 - Australia v West Indies">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65542.html|title=Carlton & United Series, 2nd Match, 1996/97 – Australia v West Indies Scorecard|date=8 December 1996|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=23 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223192809/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65542.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[First-class cricket|FC]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|8/71
|[[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] v [[England cricket team|England]]
|[[The Gabba|Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1994<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo - 25–29 November 1994 - England tour of Australia, 1994/95 - Australia v England"/>
|-
|'''[[List A cricket|LA]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|6/42
|[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] v [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
|[[Whitgift School]], [[Croydon]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2006<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo - 4 June 2006 - Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, 2006 - Surrey v Hampshire">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226376.html|title=Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, 2006 – Surrey v Hampshire Scorecard|date=4 June 2006|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708093015/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226376.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|'''[[Twenty20 cricket|T20]]'''
| style="text-align:center;"|4/21
|[[Deccan Chargers]] v [[Rajasthan Royals]]
|[[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]], Jamtha, [[Nagpur]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2010<ref name="ESPN Cricinfo - 5 April 2010 - Indian Premier League, 2010, 36th match - Chargers v Royals">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419141.html|title=Indian Premier League, 2010, 36th match – Chargers v Royals Scorecard|date=5 April 2010|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=23 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123062727/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419141.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
 
==Commentator==
Warne regularly worked as a cricket commentator, predominantly on Australia's [[Nine Network]].{{cn}} He commentated during his one-year ban from cricket in 2003.{{cn}}
 
On 13 July 2005, Nine announced it would not renew Warne's commentating contract, worth around A$300,000 annually, due to incidents in his private life.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-07-12|title=iafrica.com &#124; Warne hurt by contract cancellation|url=http://sport.iafrica.com/cricket/ashes/news/460696.htm|access-date=2022-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712234717/http://sport.iafrica.com/cricket/ashes/news/460696.htm|archive-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> He later rejoined Nine in 2008, and was a member of its commentary team until Nine lost the broadcasting rights in 2018. He was also signed by [[Sky Sports]] in 2009 and [[Fox Cricket]] in 2018.<ref name="comment200809">{{Cite news | title = Signing of Warne is a coup for Sky's Ashes coverage | work = The Guardian | location = UK | first = Andy | last = Bull | date = 25 February 2009 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/feb/25/shane-warne-ashes-cricket-sky | access-date = 5 January 2011 | archive-date = 15 July 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715094726/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/feb/25/shane-warne-ashes-cricket-sky | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mediaweek |date=17 May 2018 |title=Fox Sports confirms Shane Warne as key member of its Fox Cricket team |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/fox-sport-shane-warne-fox-cricket-team/ |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=Mediaweek |language=en-AU |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125080628/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/fox-sport-shane-warne-fox-cricket-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He worked at both Sky and Fox up until his death.
 
==Outside cricket==
 
===Tsunami humanitarian efforts===
He was named in the World XI squad during the [[World Cricket Tsunami Appeal]] tournament which was held on 10 January 2005 at Melbourne as a fundraiser to facilitate humanitarian relief efforts following the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of ICC World XI vs Asia XI Only ODI 2004/05 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-xi-tour-of-australia-2004-05-61985/asia-xi-vs-icc-world-xi-only-odi-66387/full-scorecard |access-date=2022-03-05 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
 
He joined his long term rival Muttiah Muralitharan in leading the humanitarian efforts to help the people who were adversely affected due to the tsunami.<ref>{{Citation |title=Shane Warne offers tsunami relief to Sri Lanka {{!}} 60 Minutes Australia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNDa1L5PiA |language=en |access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref> Warne revealed that the devastation caused by the tsunami to Sri Lanka had left him in agony and he raised millions of money to help the underprivileged livelihoods of Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vishwanathan |first=Aayushman |title="That was a great help from him and a gesture from him" - Muttiah Muralitharan recalls Shane Warne's aid to tsunami victims |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/news-that-great-help-gesture-him-muttiah-muralitharan-recalls-shane-warne-s-aid-tsunami-victims |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
He pledged a promise to donate sufficient amount of money through his Shane Warne Foundation charity organisation in order to help rebuild the Galle International Cricket Stadium which was affected due to Boxing Day December 2004 tsunami tragedy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warne pledges money to Galle reconstruction |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/warne-pledges-money-to-galle-reconstruction-274248 |access-date=2022-03-05 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-28 |title=Warne commits to rebuild tsunami-hit ground |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/warne-commits-to-rebuild-tsunami-hit-ground/story-mKrtVV4RRzjMEmM6wU1wOI.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
 
===Media===
 
Warne made a cameo on the Australian sitcom ''[[Kath & Kim]]'' in 2007. ''Kath & Kim'' star [[Magda Szubanski]], whose character [[Sharon Strzelecki]] was obsessed with Warne, wrote upon Warne's passing: "When we filmed these immortal scenes Warnie proved that he was not just a great sportsman but also a great sport. He played along with our shenanigans and we had loads of fun," adding: "He was a great [[Kiss|pasher]]!"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fowler |first=Bella |date=2022-03-04 |title=Truth behind Warne's iconic Kath & Kim ep |work=news.com.au — Australia's leading news site |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-deaths/ed-sheeran-andy-lee-sir-elton-john-pay-tribute-to-cricketing-legend-shane-warne/news-story/808d5dfeaa62e6c1c74e2eae5cf44832 |access-date=2022-03-05}}</ref>
 
Warne appeared on a ''[[A Question of Sport]]'', taking on the captaincy for three shows and appearing regularly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Question of Sport, Series 37, Episode 7 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0080462 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=BBC One |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305131649/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0080462 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Question of Sport, Series 37, Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hh38 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=BBC One |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305132032/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hh38 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2010, the Nine Network commissioned a chat show hosted by Warne, entitled ''Warnie''. The program debuted on 24 November 2010, with Warne interviewing [[James Packer]].<ref>[http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8169757/solid-start-for-shane-warnes-chat-show Solid start for Shane Warne chat show] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128024411/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8169757/solid-start-for-shane-warnes-chat-show |date=28 November 2010 }}, [[ninemsn]], 25 November 2010.</ref> Celebrities interviewed on the programme included then captain of the Australian cricket team [[Ricky Ponting]], and the singers [[Chris Martin]] and [[Susan Boyle]].<ref>[http://www.yourtv.com.au/blog.aspx?blogentryid=742025&showcomments=true Warnie plays host] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127013036/http://www.yourtv.com.au/Blog.aspx?blogentryid=742025&showcomments=true |date=27 November 2010}} TV Fix. Retrieved 20 December 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Paterson|first=Colin|title=BBC - 5 live blog: Boycott: "I like that one. Good tune."|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/5live/2010/12/three-things-i-learned-in.shtml|access-date=2022-03-06|publisher=BBC|language=en}}</ref> The programme experienced spiralling audience figures and was axed before its final scheduled episode, although the network denied that it had been cancelled due to poor ratings.<ref name="showcancel">{{Cite news | title = Warnie: retired limping | work = The Spy Report | publisher = Media Spy | date = 5 January 2011 | url = http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/05/warnie-retired-limping/ | access-date = 5 January 2011 | archive-date = 11 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110111083851/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/05/warnie-retired-limping/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
 
In 2022, less than two months before his death, the documentary ''Shane: King of Spin'' was released on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{Citation |last1=Alrich |first1=David |title=Shane |date=2022-01-15 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366168/ |type=Documentary, Sport |publisher=EQ Media Group, Eclipse Films |access-date=2022-03-05 |last2=Carey |first2=Jon |last3=Munro |first3=Jackie |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208101401/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366168/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
===Endorsements===
In 2005, Warne signed a lucrative multi-year sponsorship deal with Messages On Hold.<ref>[http://businesssunday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71658 Warnie's marketing charm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817105736/http://businesssunday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=71658 |date=17 August 2007}}, MSN. Retrieved 12 October 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.bandt.com.au/news/3f/0c03883f.asp Spin King Warne joins Messages on Hold] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223130/http://www.bandt.com.au/news/3f/0c03883f.asp |date=26 September 2007}}, B and T. Retrieved 12 October 2007.</ref> The irony of promoting phone messages after his involvement in several text messaging scandals was not lost on Warne.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/no-saving-this-match-warne-to-divorce/2005/11/11/1131578233207.html |title=No saving this match: Warne to divorce |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 November 2005 |access-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107005333/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/no-saving-this-match-warne-to-divorce-20051112-gdmffd.html |archive-date=7 November 2018}}</ref> Several media sources, and even Messages On Hold's own promotional materials quote him as saying, "Trust me with this recommendation – I know a thing or two about spin."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/SPORT/Shane-Warne-lands-phone-sponsorship-deal/2005/11/11/1131578195631.html |title=Warne lands phone sponsorship deal |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 November 2005 |access-date=5 March 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107031432/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/shane-warne-lands-phone-sponsorship-deal-20051111-gdmf9g.html |archive-date=7 November 2018}}</ref>  Warne also did promotional work for hair-loss-recovery company Advanced Hair. This matter was investigated by the British [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] in relation to an illegal celebrity endorsement of medical services.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/17/1147545359474.html |title=Warne's hair spin wears thin |work=The Age |date=17 May 2006 |access-date=1 August 2013 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106122100/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/05/17/1147545359474.html |url-status=live }}</ref> For the [[International cricket in 2007-08#December 2007|2007/08 Australian cricket series]], Warne took over as [[Victoria Bitter]] spokesperson from [[David Boon]] in the [[Victoria Bitter#Marketing and promotion|Boonanza]] promotion.<ref>[http://www.fosters.com.au/mediacentre/docs/VB_Warnie_Release_300807.pdf VB and Shane Warne join forces] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327094142/http://www.fosters.com.au/mediacentre/docs/VB_Warnie_Release_300807.pdf |date=27 March 2009 }} – Fosters Group, 30 August 2007.</ref> Warne had a talking figurine as part of the promotion, which continued from the ''"Talking Boony"'' doll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22527695-2862,00.html|title=A real doll for Shane Warne|last=Ryan|first=Kelly|date=4 October 2007|work=[[Herald Sun]]|access-date=5 March 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116022024/http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22527695-2862,00.html |archive-date=16 January 2009}}</ref> In January 2008, Warne signed a two-year agreement with [[888poker]] to represent them at poker events around the world, including the [[Crown Australian Poker Championship|Aussie Millions]], [[World Series of Poker]] and the [[888poker|888 UK Poker Open]]. This sponsorship agreement ended in January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/01/shane-warne-announces-his-departure-from-888poker-as-ambassa-20230.htm|title=Shane Warne Announces His Departure from 888poker as Ambassador|last=Glatzer|first=Jason|date=7 January 2015|work=pokernews.com|access-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202164420/http://www.pokernews.com/news/2015/01/shane-warne-announces-his-departure-from-888poker-as-ambassa-20230.htm |archive-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> In 2009, Warne started an underwear line called Spinners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/shane-warne-launches-his-own-line-of-underwear-called-spinners/story-e6freuy9-1225809238924|title=Shane Warne launches his own line of underwear called Spinners|work=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref>
 
===Investments===
Warne was a part-owner of the SevenZeroEight gin distillery. In the wake of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Warne announced that the company would turn its production from gin to alcohol-based [[Hand sanitizer|hand sanitiser]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/shane-warne-turns-gin-distillery-over-to-hand-sanitizer|title=Shane Warne Turns Gin Distillery Over to Hand Sanitizer|date=21 March 2020|work=Bloomberg|access-date=22 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322153515/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/shane-warne-turns-gin-distillery-over-to-hand-sanitizer|archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Warne was born with [[heterochromia iridum|complete heterochromia]], giving him a blue right eye and a green left eye.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cbc7c0fa-0a33-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0|title=The Lucy Kellaway Interview: Shane Warne|first=Lucy|last=Kellaway|author-link=Lucy Kellaway|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=5 June 2015|access-date=5 March 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825073800/https://www.ft.com/content/cbc7c0fa-0a33-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0|archive-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>
 
He had three children, Brooke, Jackson and Summer, with Simone Callahan, to whom he was married from 1995 to 2005.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 2016 |title=Shane Warne blew up at the Australian media |work=[[News.com.au]] |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/shane-warne-blew-up-at-the-australian-media/news-story/b76b768310d1ddb2746d5c5e73a7ef1e |url-status=live |access-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220144434/http://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/shane-warne-blew-up-at-the-australian-media/news-story/b76b768310d1ddb2746d5c5e73a7ef1e |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
 
Since his retirement, Warne had been doing "work for the [[Shane Warne Foundation]]... [which] assists seriously ill and underprivileged children".<ref name=times2004>The Times, 27 November 2004, p.75 "How England can avoid falling under the spell of Muralitharan the magician", by Shane Warne</ref> Since launching in 2004, the charity distributed £400,000; its activities include a charity poker tournament and a breakfast, and "by the end of our summer, we hope to have raised £1.5 million".<ref name=times2004/> The charity closed in 2017 as it had been hemorrhaging money, running at a financial loss for four out of the past five years to that point. Expenses for staging gala dinners, celebrity cricket matches, and annual poker tournaments (its signature fundraising events) had spiralled out of control. In 2014, a particularly bad year, the foundation raised $465,000 but spent $550,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-real-story-of-how-the-shane-warne-foundation-fell-apart-20160211-gmrbjs.html|title = The real story of how the Shane Warne Foundation fell apart |first1= Chris |last1= Vedelago |first2= Cameron |last2= Houston |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date = 13 February 2016 |access-date= 5 March 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160216201343/http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-real-story-of-how-the-shane-warne-foundation-fell-apart-20160211-gmrbjs.html |archive-date= 16 February 2016}}</ref>
 
In 2000, Warne lost his Australian vice-captaincy after it was discovered that he was sending sexual text messages to a British nurse while still married to Callahan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marks |first=Kathy |date=5 August 2000 |title=Warne sacked over sex calls |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/warne-sacked-over-sex-calls-695829.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111194529/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/warne-sacked-over-sex-calls-695829.html |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=11 September 2020 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He was also involved in an altercation with some teenage boys who took a photo of him smoking after he had accepted sponsorship from a [[nicotine patch]] company in return for quitting smoking.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84770.html|title=Gilchrist named Australia's new vice-captain|author=John Polack|date=4 August 2000|access-date=6 March 2007|archive-date=23 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723053314/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84770.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2007, Warne and his ex-wife were reported to be getting back together two years after divorcing.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/01/1175366056080.html | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | title = Warnes back together: report | date = 1 April 2007 | access-date = 1 April 2007 | archive-date = 19 October 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019021438/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/01/1175366056080.html | url-status = live }}</ref> However, five months later, she again left him after he inadvertently sent her a text message he had intended for another woman.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=298635 | publisher = NineMSN | title = Warne's marriage stumped by poorly aimed text | date = 24 September 2007 | access-date = 24 September 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071109155241/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=298635 | archive-date = 9 November 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157149109597?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController | publisher = thelondonpaper | title = Shane Warne dumped after wife gets text by mistake | date = 25 September 2007 | access-date = 25 September 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114045247/http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157149109597?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController | archive-date = 14 November 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
 
Following his split from Callahan, Warne dated English actress [[Elizabeth Hurley]].<ref>David Prestipino and Helen Davidson (14 December 2010) [http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/shane-warne-and-liz-hurley-have-been-flirting-on-twitter-for-over-three-months/story-e6frg30l-1225970248135 Shane Warne breaks silence over Liz Hurley affair]. PerthNow. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217010308/http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/shane-warne-and-liz-hurley-have-been-flirting-on-twitter-for-over-three-months/story-e6frg30l-1225970248135|date=17 December 2010}} </ref><ref>Fiona Byrne, [http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/shane-warne-fields-fans-liz-hurley-messages-on-twitter/story-e6frf96x-1225971799298 Shane Warne fields fans' Liz Hurley messages on Twitter] Herald Sun 16 December 2010</ref> Although the relationship at first seemed short-lived following the disclosure of Warne texting sexual messages to a married Melbourne businesswoman,<ref>Nick Leys, [http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/warnie-loses-liz-over-sexting-another-lady/story-e6freuy9-1225973575133 Warnie loses Liz over sexting scandal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001235651/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/warnie-loses-liz-over-sexting-another-lady/story-e6freuy9-1225973575133 |date=1 October 2012 }}. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' 20 December 2010,</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10695529">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10695529 |title=Liz Hurley dumps Shane Warne – reports |date=20 December 2010 |agency=BANG Showbiz |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=9 November 2011 |archive-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120232839/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10695529 |url-status=live }}</ref> the couple created a media frenzy when Hurley later moved into Warne's mansion in [[Brighton, Victoria]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McMahon|first=Neil|date=2011-02-12|title=When Warnie met Liz: a bogan love story and media frenzy|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/when-warnie-met-liz-a-bogan-love-story-and-media-frenzy-20110212-1arat.html|access-date=2022-03-06|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> They announced that they were engaged in late 2011,<ref>{{cite news |title=Elizabeth Hurley engaged to cricket star Shane Warne |date=3 October 2011 |agency=Reuters Canada |url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE7926GF20111003 |access-date=4 October 2011 |archive-date=25 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725194302/http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE7926GF20111003 |url-status=live }}</ref> but had called off the engagement by December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last=WHOMAGAZINE |title=Hurley and Warne reportedly call off engagement, HELLO Magazine reports |url=http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/latest-news/article/-/20361519/elizabeth-hurley-shane-warne-split/ |publisher=Yahoo7! |access-date=17 December 2013 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012439/http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/latest-news/article/-/20361519/elizabeth-hurley-shane-warne-split/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In September 2016, a television film about Warne's relationships was announced.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Byrnes |first1=Holly |title=Shane Warne's soap opera life — and many, many loves — poised to get TV treatment on Channel 7 |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/television/shane-warnes-soap-opera-life--and-many-many-loves--poised-to-get-tv-treatment-on-channel-7/news-story/e0038b0d87f90f10be36dcb1133f6140 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia |date=11 September 2016 |archive-date=1 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001145740/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/television/shane-warnes-soap-opera-life--and-many-many-loves--poised-to-get-tv-treatment-on-channel-7/news-story/e0038b0d87f90f10be36dcb1133f6140 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Seven Network]] cancelled the project in the pre-production phase in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Warnie telemovie 'axed' by Seven |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fentertainment%2Ftelevision%2Fchannel-7-axes-plans-for-controversial-telemovie-about-shane-warne%2Fnews-story%2F6596113638f3e9d7e333c1da997f1440&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-cold-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Australia |date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
 
In August 2021, Warne contracted [[COVID-19]] and was placed on a ventilator "to make sure there were no longer-lasting effects".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodwin |first1=Sam |title='On a ventilator': Shane Warne opens up on battle with Covid-19 |url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket-2021-shane-warne-details-battle-covid-19-210529388.html |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=Yahoo! Sport |date=25 September 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924235412/https://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket-2021-shane-warne-details-battle-covid-19-210529388.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He said, "I had a thumping headache and I had one day where I had the shivers, but sweating, like when you have the flu." He also said that Australians would have to learn to live with the virus.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shane Warne reveals he used ventilator during bout of COVID as Australia reaches major vaccination milestone |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/shane-warne-reveals-he-used-ventilator-during-bout-of-covid-as-australia-reaches-major-vaccination-milestone-ng-b882016611z |access-date=4 March 2022 |agency=perthnow.com.au |date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926124915/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/coronavirus/shane-warne-reveals-he-used-ventilator-during-bout-of-covid-as-australia-reaches-major-vaccination-milestone-ng-b882016611z |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Death==
On 4 March 2022, at the age of 52, Warne died from natural causes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/autopsy-report-reveals-shane-warne-s-reason-for-death-police-investigate-woman-over-legend-s-body-security-breach-101646640597376.html |title=Shane Warne death autopsy reveals death of natural causes |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> at a villa on the island of [[Ko Samui]] in Thailand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=Australian cricket icon Shane Warne passes away at 52 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shane-warne-dead-at-52-7801420/ |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054506/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/shane-warne-dead-age-suspected-heart-attack-7801420/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 March 2022 |title=BREAKING: Australia cricket legend Shane Warne dies of suspected heart attack |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/shane-warne-dies-death-age-cause-of-death-australia-legend-passes-away-in-thailand-of-suspected-heart-attack/news-story/2871d970df662a247709703aa287ce84 |access-date=4 March 2022 |work=Fox Sports |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305022513/https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/shane-warne-dies-death-age-cause-of-death-australia-legend-passes-away-in-thailand-of-suspected-heart-attack/news-story/2871d970df662a247709703aa287ce84 |url-status=live }}</ref> His death came on the same day as fellow Australian cricket icon [[Rod Marsh]], to whom Warne paid tribute on Twitter only a few hours prior to his own death.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandeman |first=George |title=Cricket legend Shane Warne dies after suspected heart attack |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shane-warne-dies-jl9bm29fl |access-date=4 March 2022 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054522/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shane-warne-dies-jl9bm29fl |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/cricket/shane-warne-last-tweet-former-cricketer-tweeted-about-rod-marshs-death-hours-before-passing-away-3435169.html|title=Shane Warne Last Tweet: Former Cricketer Tweeted About Rod Marsh's Death Hours Before Passing Away|website=LatestLY|date=4 March 2022|access-date=4 March 2022|archive-date=5 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054532/https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/cricket/shane-warne-last-tweet-former-cricketer-tweeted-about-rod-marshs-death-hours-before-passing-away-3435169.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===Tributes===
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Australian teammates [[Adam Gilchrist]], [[Jason Gillespie]], [[Matthew Hayden]], [[Andrew Symonds]], [[Brett Lee]], [[Darren Lehmann]], [[Glenn McGrath]], [[Tom Moody]], [[Ricky Ponting]] and [[Shane Watson]], as well as current Australian Test captain [[Pat Cummins]] and current Australian limited-overs captain [[Aaron Finch]] remembered Warne.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/sports/other/we-grew-up-idolising-him-had-his-posters-australia-captain-pat-cummins-reacts-to-shane-warnes-demise/ar-AAUDVn4?ocid=uxbndlbing |title=Pat Cummins reacts to Shane Warne's demise: "We grew up idolising him, had his posters on the wall..." |website=MSN.com |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>
 
Internationally, many former and current players also paid tribute. They included: Afghanistan's [[Rashid Khan]]; England's [[Kevin Pietersen]], [[Andrew Strauss]] and [[Michael Vaughan]], and [[Joe Root]]; India's [[Rahul Dravid]], [[Sourav Ganguly]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]], [[Ravindra Jadeja]], [[Suresh Raina]], [[Virender Sehwag]], [[Ravi Shastri]], [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Yuvraj Singh]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Virat Kohli]], [[KL Rahul]] and [[Rohit Sharma]]; Pakistan's [[Shahid Afridi]], [[Shoaib Akhtar]], [[Wasim Akram]], [[Babar Azam]], [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer)|Mohammad Rizwan]] and [[Shadab Khan]]; New Zealand's [[Brendon McCullum]] and [[Ross Taylor]]; South Africa's [[Faf du Plessis]] and [[Graeme Smith]]; Sri Lanka's [[Kumar Sangakkara]]; and West Indians [[Sir Vivian Richards]], [[Brian Lara]], and [[Chris Gayle]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane Warne's death leaves cricket fraternity 'shocked and gutted' |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shane-warne-s-death-leaves-fraternity-shocked-and-gutted-1303605 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054526/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shane-warne-s-death-leaves-cricket-fraternity-shocked-and-gutted-1303605 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=4 March 2022 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Indian commentator [[Harsha Bhogle]] also offered a tribute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shane Warne's "Rockstar Jadeja" |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-sri-lanka-2022/shane-warnes-rockstar-ravindra-jadeja-hits-superb-century-a-day-after-his-death-rr-say-hes-made-australia-legend-proud-2805036 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305124343/https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-sri-lanka-2022/shane-warnes-rockstar-ravindra-jadeja-hits-superb-century-a-day-after-his-death-rr-say-hes-made-australia-legend-proud-2805036 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=NDTV Sports}}</ref> [[Muttiah Muralitharan]], the only player to take more Test wickets than Warne, said that while they were "competitive on the field", they were "really good friends" off the pitch.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Acharya |first=Shayan |title=Muralitharan remembers Shane Warne - 'Competitive on the field, good friends off the pitch' |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/shane-warne-death-muttiah-muralitharan-tribute-australian-cricket/article38448341.ece |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>
 
As well as individual tributes, multiple cricket boards also offered their condolences, including [[Cricket Australia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-tribute-poem-bottled-lightning/2022-03-05 |title=Lightning in a bottle: An ode to Shane Warne |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> [[Sri Lanka Cricket]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://srilankacricket.lk/2022/03/sri-lankans-will-best-remember-spin-great-shane-warne-for-his-support-during-tsunami-devastation/ |title=Sri Lankans will best remember spin great Shane Warne for his support during Tsunami devastation |work=Sri Lanka Cricket |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> [[Cricket West Indies]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.windiescricket.com/news/cwi-extends-sympathy-passing-shane-warne-leg-spin-legend/ |title=CWI extends sympathy at the passing of Shane Warne, the leg-spin legend |work=Cricket West Indies |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> [[New Zealand Cricket]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/shane-warne-rod-marsh-nzc-mourns-australian-greats |title=Shane Warne & Rod Marsh: NZC mourns Australian greats |work=New Zealand Cricket |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> and the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2513916/shane-warne-1969-2022 |title=Shane Warne: Cricket mourns loss of Australia legend |work=England and Wales Cricket Board |access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>
 
A number of well-known political and entertainment figures, as well as other sportspeople, paid tribute. They included Australian actor [[Russell Crowe]]; Indian actor-filmmaker [[Ajay Devgn]]; British comedian [[Stephen Fry]]; Australian NBA player [[Joe Ingles]]; Australian actor [[Hugh Jackman]]; British rock singer [[Sir Mick Jagger]]; British pop singer [[Sir Elton John]]; the current UK Prime Minister, [[Boris Johnson]]; former cricketer and the current Pakistani Prime Minister, [[Imran Khan]]; Indo-Canadian actor [[Akshay Kumar]]; Australian pop singer [[Kylie Minogue]]; television talk-show host [[Piers Morgan]]; [[Sarah, Duchess of York|Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York]]; British pop singer [[Ed Sheeran]]; Australian comedian [[Magda Szubanski]]; and children's entertainers [[Anthony Field]] and [[Greg Page (musician)|Greg Page]] of [[the Wiggles]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/cricket-world-in-shock-after-sudden-death-of-shane-warne/100884724|title=Cricket world in shock as tributes flow for spin king Shane Warne|newspaper=ABC News|date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-05 |title=Hugh Jackman to Ed Sheeran: World pays tribute to legend who 'transcends sport' |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/shane-warne-tributes-ed-sheeran-piers-morgan-hugh-jackman-boris-johnson-death-obituary-news-latest/news-story/7a265bebc781b413d0c8fc777ba11ff7 |access-date=2022-03-05 |work=Fox Sports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Having a hard time accepting it': Russell Crowe mourns 'loyal friend' Shane Warne |url=https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/shane-warne-death-tributes-royals-celebrities-for-australian-sporting-legend/9b488559-66fd-4535-88f2-6cb8631b0257 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=honey.nine.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tributes to Shane Warne pour in from cricketers, actors and politicians alike |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2513953 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305102136/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2513953 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=March 04 |first1=Stephanie Wenger Updated |last2=Pm |first2=2022 03:05 |title=Australian Cricketer Shane Warne Dead at 52 |url=https://people.com/sports/australian-cricketer-shane-warne-dead-at-52/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=People |language=en}}</ref>
 
Warne's former fiancée [[Elizabeth Hurley]] paid tribute, saying: "I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. RIP my beloved lionheart".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60634012 |title=Shane Warne: Hurley pays tribute to 'beloved lionheart' |work=BBC News |date=5 March 2022 |access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref>
 
Throughout his life, sporting figures such as [[Michael Jordan]] and [[Mike Tyson]] professed their admiration for Warne.<ref>{{Cite web |last=161385360554578 |date=2022-03-04 |title=Warne transcended sport and counted Tyson, MJ, Sheeran and Kylie among friends. |url=https://talksport.com/sport/cricket/1056908/shane-warne-mike-tyson-michael-jordan-ed-sheeran-kylie-minogue/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=talkSPORT |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a friend of [[Coldplay]] lead singer [[Chris Martin]], once performing the harmonica on stage with the band.<ref name="sportingnews.com">{{Cite web |title=WATCH: Warnie plays the harmonica on stage at Coldplay concert {{!}} Sporting News Australia |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/cricket/news/shane-warne-coldplay-harmonica-australia-cricket/1c0wva34jtlzq14fwwc8za1x82 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
The [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lankan men's cricket]] team and the [[India national cricket team|Indian men's cricket team]] wore black armbands to commemorate Warne on the second day of the first Test, India vs. [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]], and both teams observed a [[Moment of silence|minute of silence]] before the day's play. The [[Australian women's cricket team]] wore black armbands as well to commemorate Warne in their first [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup]] game against [[England women's cricket team|England]]. Australia's [[Alana King]], also a leg-spin bowler, said that Warne was "an idol & the biggest inspiration to me" on Twitter before Australia's World Cup match.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alana's tribute to Australia's king |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2514558 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305124347/https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2514558 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref> A similar tribute was held by the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian men's cricket team]] on the second day of the first Test vs. [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], and both teams observed a minute of silence before the day's play,<ref>{{cite web |date=5 March 2022 |title=Minute's silence for Warne, black armbands as Australia Test resumes |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220305-minute-s-silence-for-warne-black-armbands-as-australia-test-resumes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305102136/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220305-minute-s-silence-for-warne-black-armbands-as-australia-test-resumes |archive-date=5 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=France24}}</ref> as did the [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladeshi men's cricket team]] and the [[Afghanistan national cricket team|Afghan men's cricket team]] in the [[Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2021-22#T20I series|2nd T20I]] of Afghanistan's tour of Bangladesh. [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]'s [[Australian Football League|AFL]] and [[AFL Women's|AFLW]] sides did likewise during their respective matches against [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] and [[Geelong Football Club#AFL Women's team|Geelong]]. The [[England cricket team]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies team]] also held a minute's silence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England hold minute's silence for Shane Warne |url=https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/cricket/12557439/england-fall-silent-in-tribute-to-shane-warne |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=SkySports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-04 |title=England team hold minute's silence following the death of Shane Warne |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/shane-warne-death-reaction-england-team-silence-b2028785.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=newschanel |date=2022-03-04 |title=Video: England and West Indies honour Shane Warne with minutes' silence |url=https://canadanews.fr/video-england-and-west-indies-honour-shane-warne-with-minutes-silence/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=Canada News |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
One of Warne's former teams, the [[Rajasthan Royals]], made a statement on Twitter that included the final line: "Warnie, you will forever be our captain, leader, Royal. Rest in Peace, legend."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shane Warne's Only IPL Franchise Rajasthan Royals' Moving Tribute For The Australian Legend {{!}} Cricket News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/shane-warnes-only-ipl-franchise-rajasthan-royals-moving-tribute-for-the-australian-legend-2804798 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref> Warne had led the underdog team to an [[Indian Premier League|IPL title]] in the [[2008 Indian Premier League|inaugural edition]] of the Indian Premier League back in 2008, winning with the final delivery of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-04 |title=Rajasthan Royals are IPL champions-News-News-Times of India Cricket - IPL |url=http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3091229.cms |access-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604031604/http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3091229.cms |archive-date=4 June 2008 }}</ref> Warne made his elite cricket debut for the [[St Kilda Cricket Club]], so for the game against [[Dandenong Cricket Club|Dandenong]] immediately following his death, all players and umpires held a minute's silence before the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Ashleigh |date=2022-03-05 |title='He was Australian cricket': Fans and readers remember sporting hero Shane Warne |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/he-was-australian-cricket-fans-remember-sporting-hero-and-larrikin-legend-20220305-p5a20k.html |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP-->
 
Victorian premier [[Daniel Andrews]] offered a [[state funeral]], which the family accepted. Australian prime minister [[Scott Morrison]] announced the federal government would support the state funeral and gave his condolences to Warne's family. <ref>{{Cite news |date=4 March 2022 |title=Shane Warne's family offered state funeral after shock death |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/victoria-offers-state-funeral-for-shane-warne/100885094 |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054534/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/victoria-offers-state-funeral-for-shane-warne/100885094 |archive-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
 
Scores of people ornamented his MCG statue with flowers, beer cans and stubbies, [[baked beans]], [[Meat pie (Australia and New Zealand)|meat pies]] and cigarettes, the latter four items being particularly well-known items associated with Warne's tastes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=Malcolm |date=2022-03-05 |title=I thought the beans story was half-baked: Here's why I was wrong |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/i-thought-the-beans-story-was-half-baked-here-s-why-i-was-wrong-20220305-p5a21l.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Koziol |first=Michael |date=2022-03-05 |title=Patriot, bogan and true larrikin, Warne knew perception wasn't always reality |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/patriot-bogan-and-true-larrikin-warne-knew-perception-wasn-t-always-reality-20220305-p5a20q.html |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Recognition==
{{see also|Player of the Match awards (cricket)}}
[[File:Shane Warne Statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of Warne at the MCG]]
Besides his induction as one of the five ''[[Wisden Cricketers of the Century|Wisden]]'' [[Wisden Cricketers of the Century|Cricketers of the Century]], he was named in an all-time Test World XI by the same publication.<ref name=":1" /> He was named the [[Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World|''Wisden'' Leading Cricketer in the World]] in 1997 and 2004.<ref name="ESPN-Cricinfo" />
 
In 2004, Warne was included as part of [[Richie Benaud's Greatest XI]] (a theoretical team that compared players across all teams and eras using statistics and personal testimonials); additionally, was emphatically recognised as being the best spin bowler of all time by both [[Richie Benaud]] and the general Australian public, with 85% of respondents in agreement.<ref>{{Citation |title=Richie Benaud's Fantasy XI... The Final Squad - Part 5 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSUQOANSxbQ |language=en |access-date=2022-03-05 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115203137/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSUQOANSxbQ&app=desktop |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2006, he was awarded the [[honorary degree]] of [[Doctor of Business Administration]] (DBA) by [[Solent University|Southampton Solent University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Graduates |url=https://www.solent.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates |website=Solent University |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305102154/https://www.solent.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
In 2007, [[Cricket Australia]] and [[Sri Lanka Cricket]] decided to name the Australia–Sri Lanka Test cricket series the [[Warne–Muralitharan Trophy]] in honour of Warne and [[Muttiah Muralitharan]].<ref name="ABC News">{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/15/2091733.htm|title=Warne-Muralidaran Trophy unveiled|date=15 November 2007|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|access-date=25 January 2010|archive-date=18 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218162225/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/15/2091733.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2007, Cricket Australia named Warne in their greatest ODI XI of all time in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{cite web
| url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C02%5C28%5Cstory_28-2-2007_pg2_4| title = Australia names greatest ODI team| access-date = 1 March 2007| date = 28 February 2007| work = [[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]|location=Pakistan| archive-date = 13 January 2013| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130113095831/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C02%5C28%5Cstory_28-2-2007_pg2_4| url-status = live
}}</ref> In 2009, he was awarded honorary life membership of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MCC Honorary Life Members |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-club/mcc-honorary-life-members |website=The Marylebone Cricket Club |access-date=4 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=26 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226055921/https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-club/mcc-honorary-life-members |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
On 22 December 2011, a statue honouring Warne was unveiled outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Sculpted by Louis Laumen, the bronze statue depicts Warne during his [[bowling action]] with an inscription highlighting his cricketing career. Warne, who was present at the sculpture's unveiling, stated: "It's a great honour, it's a bit weird seeing yourself up there but I'm very proud."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12175/7391539/mcg-unveil-warne-statue|title=MCG unveil Warne statue|website=Sky Sports|date=22 December 2011|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Cricket Victoria]]|url=https://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/news/media-releases/shane-warne-statue-unveiled-at-mcg/|title=Shane Warne statue unveiled at MCG|date=22 December 2011|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/sport/display/96009-shane-warne|title=Shane Warne|publisher=Monument Australia|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref>
 
In 2012, a grandstand at the [[Rose Bowl (cricket ground)|Rose Bowl]], where Warne played county cricket for Hampshire, was named the Shane Warne Stand in honour of him.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/warne-gets-stand-honour-20120617-20ijx.html|title=Warne gets stand honour|date=18 June 2012|access-date=7 March 2022}}</ref> On 5 March 2022, less than 24 hours after Warne's death, the [[Premier of Victoria]], [[Daniel Andrews]], announced that the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]'s [[Melbourne Cricket Ground#Stadium development|Great Southern Stand]] would be renamed the S. K. Warne Stand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shane Warne's family offered state funeral after shock death of cricket legend |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/victoria-offers-state-funeral-for-shane-warne/100885094 |newspaper=ABC News |date=4 March 2022 |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305054534/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-05/victoria-offers-state-funeral-for-shane-warne/100885094 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Warne was born in [[Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria|Upper Ferntree Gully]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. He has three children with his ex-wife Simone Callahan. He has [[heterochromia iridum|complete heterochromia]], from which one of his eyes is blue, and the other green.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/cbc7c0fa-0a33-11e5-a6a8-00144feabdc0|title=The Lucy Kellaway Interview: Shane Warne|author=Kellaway, Lucy|date=5 June 2015|accessdate=17 March 2020|work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>
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===Sources===
* {{cite book| first=Shane |last=Warne | year=2006 |publisher=Cassell Illustrated |isbn= 1-84403-543-3 |title=My Illustrated Career}}
* ''Shane Warne's Century – My Top 100 Cricketers'' by Shane Warne (Mainstream Publishing, 2008) ISBN


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* [http://statserver.cricket.org/guru?sdb=player;playerid=2000;class=testplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=1992-01-02;start=1992-01-02;enddefault=2005-10-17;end=2005-10-17;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;viewtype=bow_dismissallist;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype Cricinfo Stats Guru: List of Test wickets for Shane Warne]
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/139951.html Cricket Australia media release congratulating Warne on 500th wicket]
* [http://content-eap.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/current/gallery/273932.html 10 photos of milestone wickets in Warne's career]
* [http://www.shanewarne.com/ Shane's Official Website]


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