But today, I am thinking about writing about my most favorite cricketer of all times. He is none other than the leg spin legend Shane Warne.
sourceYou may ask why a leg spinner is my all-time favorite player? As I have told you I was a cricketer in my early years. And guess what, I was also a formidable leg spinner! Warne was kind of inspiration for me to becoming a leg spin allrounder.
His full name is buried under his Shane Warne name. He started his cricket career in school life. He got a scholarship from school for playing good cricket.
The Melbourne Cricket Club was the first to give him a chance to play when Shane Warne was just 16 years old. He used to do both off spin and leg spin very well with lower order batting.
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He was also a very good football player. He has played in under-19 football tournaments for a club. He left football and chose cricket as a professional as he was more interested in cricket than football.
He joined the Australian Cricket Academy in 1990. He made his debut in first-class cricket in 1991. This year, Shane Warne caught the eye of Australian selectors.
His bowling performance has started to take him to a different peak. So, the Australian selectors choose him to play for the Australian B-team on the tour of Zimbabwe.
Warne came to the notice of everyone with 7 wickets in a four-day match on that tour and informed the whole world that a magician of leg spin has come.
After returning to the country finishing the tour, the Australian selectors gave him a place in the Australian A team. The Australian A team first complained that he caught everyone's eye with seven wickets for 66 runs in that match against India.
This is how the start of his national team began when he took his place during the upcoming Australian tour of India.
Shane Warne made his Test debut in the third Test of the series. After his debut, he did not see much good in the first Test and he did not do much in the next Test.
He got another chance in the match against Sri Lanka in August 1992. Warne could not do much in the first innings against Sri Lanka, but Shane Warne showed his ability in the second innings when Sri Lanka needed 30 runs to win the match, while the Australian team needed 3 wickets. Those three wickets were taken by Shane Warne showing leg spin magic.
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On the 17th match he became the first Man of the Match in his Test career that match was against West Indies. From here, his life started to rise and since then he never had to look back. He has not played many Tests and ODIs but he has played with power.
He has played 194 ODIs and grabbed 293 wickets. Played Test series matches 145, where got 768 wickets. He retired from ODI cricket in 2005 before leaving Test cricket. And retired from all international sports in 2007.
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He was one of the best bowlers in the history of cricket and his name will always be on the pages of history. At just 52 years old, he fell to his death. Before his death, he played a game that the world of cricket will remember him for as long as cricket lasts.