Shane Warne Biography 2024: Birth, Family, International Career, and The journey from 1993-1999!

Shane Warne Biography 2024: Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne passed away on Thursday, March 4, 2022, in a villa in Thailand. The entire cricket world is shocked by his death, as it was contrary to expectations. Shane Warne has fans in every country.

The amount of fame he got during his career is the dream of every bowler but he does not get it. Therefore, to take a closer look at his entire career, we have brought the biography of cricketer Shane Warne for you.

Shane Warne Biography 2024

Full Name	Shane Keith Warne
Nick Name	Warne, Varney, Hollywood
Date of Birth	13 September 1969
Place	Victoria, Australia
Date of Death	4 March 2022
Place of Death	Koh Samui, Thailand
Death Cause	due to a heart attack
Age	52 years (at the time of death)
Religion	Christianity
Business	Former Australian Cricketer
Educational Qualification	Graduate
School	Hampton High School, Melbourne Mentone Grammar School, Melbourne
College	University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Nationality	Australian
Languages	English
Coach/Mentor	Jack Potter and Terry Jenner
Address	Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Net Worth 2024	382 Cr

Shane Warne Birth and Family

Shane Keith Warne was born on 13 September 1969 in Victoria, Australia. His jersey number was 23. In his career, he has taken 708 wickets in 145 Tests and 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. It was very difficult to understand his balls because his balls used to turn more than any other leg spinner. Family information (Shane Warne family)

International Career

Shane Warne made his Test debut against Team India at Sydney Cricket Ground in 1992. Before his debut, he had played only 7 first-class matches. In such a situation, he did not have much experience and this affected his Test performance. In his very first Test, he could take only one wicket by giving 150 runs.

The batsman who got out was Ravi Shastri. In the next match, he did not get a single wicket even after giving 78 runs, after which he was dropped in the next Test match. His poor performance did not stop there, in 1992 there was a series against Sri Lanka in which his performance was not up to expectations, however in a test match he took the last 3 wickets without giving any runs, due to which Australia won that match by 16 runs.

In the same match, Arjuna Ranatunga had said in his statement that a bowler whose average is 300 comes and takes away the victory from our hands by taking three wickets in a row. Due to poor performance, he is dropped in the first test of the series played against West Indies.

But the spinner who is played in his place performs very poorly. Due to this, he has to be brought back in the next test and here for the first time he played a memorable match, in which he took 7 wickets for 52 runs.

The Journey from 1993-1999

In 1993 the Ashes series was organized between Australia and England, which was played in England. A total of 6 test matches were played in which he performed brilliantly took 34 wickets and became the highest wicket-taker in this series. In the third match of this series, he bowled the historic ball which is called the ball of the century.

This ball was going outside the leg stump, but took a turn of almost 90 degrees and hit the stump. In 1993, he took a total of 73 wickets in this way. In 1994, when the England team went to Australia to play five test matches of the Ashes series, Shane Warne’s performance was also very good this.

In the second test match, he took 8 wickets for 71 runs, which was the best bowling of his career. In the second test match, he took the first and only hat-trick of his test career. After winning the first two test matches, he batted for 19 consecutive overs in the third test match and drew the match. In 1995, Australia toured the West Indies, in which Warne took 15 wickets and the team won on West Indies soil after 20 years.

Shane Warne was playing well continuously and in 1998 he completed 300 wickets and became the second bowler from Australia to take 300 wickets after Dennis Lillee. He became a key player in the 1996 World Cup which was played in the Indian subcontinent. He played a very important role in making his team win the semi-final against West Indies.

But before the final, a statement came from the captain of the Australian team in which he said that Warne alone cannot win the match and something like this happened. In the final which was played against Sri Lanka, Warne gave 58 runs without taking any wicket, due to which Sri Lanka became the world champion for the first time.

The Journey from 2001-2003

In 2000, Shane Warne injured his finger due to which he could not play many series, but in 2001, he finally recovered from the injury and played a series against India. In which 3 matches were played and he could take only 10 wickets. His average was 50.50, on the other hand, India’s spinner Harbhajan Singh was creating a stir. He took 32 wickets in the same number of matches.

This performance affected the series because Australia lost the series 2-1 and with that its streak of nine consecutive wins was also broken. Then in 2001, Ashes were played, in which Warne took 31 wickets and Australia won the series. Warne was as famous for his game as he was for his behavior.

Just 1 day before the start of the World Cup in 2003, he was sent back home because he was accused of consuming drugs. After this he was tested and the test revealed that he had taken some such medicine. After this, the Australian Cricket Board put a ban on him for 1 year.

Warne had already declared that he would not play limited-overs cricket matches after the 2003 World Cup, but due to this ban, he could not even be a part of the World Cup. In this one year, he did commentary for many different broadcasters, and became a part of celebrity cricket in many teams.

The journey from 2004 to retirement

After a ban of 1 year, he made a comeback against Sri Lanka in 2004. His performance in this series was quite good. After taking a few wickets in this series, he became the second bowler in the world to take 500 wickets.

After this, there was a tour of India where on 15 October 2004, in the second Test match, he dismissed Irfan Pathan, which took his wickets to 533 and he became the highest wicket-taker in the world, leaving behind his rival Muttiah Muralitharan.

He had 14 wickets in this series, due to which Australia was successful in winning the series in India for the first time after 1969. After this, he continued to touch new heights of success. On 11 October 2005, in the third match of the Ashes series, he took his 600th wicket and became the first bowler in the world to do so. In 2005, he took 96 wickets and also made the record of taking the most wickets in a calendar year.

On 21 December 2006, he announced his retirement. His retirement would have come into effect after the five-match Ashes series. In the fourth match of this series, he took his 700th wicket, after which 89,155 people present on the ground stood up and applauded Shane Warne. In the same series, he completed his 1000 wickets in international cricket by dismissing Monty Panesar LBW.

He played the last Test match of his career at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, this was the same ground from where he started his cricket career. His last Test wicket was Andrew Flintoff. Shane Warne is one of the two bowlers in the world who have taken 1000 wickets in their international career.

Franchise Cricket (2008-2013)

After retiring from international cricket, he started playing for Rajasthan Royals in 2008. He was the captain of this team and made Rajasthan Royals champion in his very first season. After this, he continued to captain for 4 years and stopped playing IPL in 2011.

In November 2011, he started playing for Melbourne Star, a team of Australia’s Big Bash League. He kept playing here for 2 years and finally in July 2013 officially announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.

Shane Warne Net Worth 2024

Shane Warne’s net worth is approximately Rs 382 crore. His main source of income was advertising, commentary, and playing cricket.

Shane Warne Death

Shane Warne died on 4 March 2022 in his own villa in Thailand. He was found unconscious in his villa, after which he was taken to the hospital, but despite all efforts, he could not be saved. The cause of death was said to be a heart attack. He was addicted to alcohol and somewhere this bad habit has become the cause of his death.

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