Warne -- up and close

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Shane Keith Warne
Known as: Shane Warne
Born: 13 September 1969, Upper Ferntree Gully
Type: Right-hand lower order batsman and right-arm leg-break googly bowler
Team: Victoria (also played for English county side Hampshire from 2000-2004)
First class debut: 1990-91
Test debut: v India at Sydney, 1991-92
Best bowling in an innings: 8-71 v England at Brisbane in 1994-95
Best bowling in a Test: 12-128 v South Africa at Sydney in 1993-94
Best bowling in a series: 34 wickets (in a six-Test match series) v England in 1993 (in England)

Warne in Test cricket:

Opponent	Tests	Balls	Md	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10M	SR	ER
England	26	7792	408	3040	132	23.03	8-71	7	2	59.03	39.01
India	13	3619	127	1896	36	52.66	4-47	-	-	100.52	52.39
New Zealand	15	4409	210	1881	75	25.08	6-31	2	-	58.79	42.66
Pakistan	12	3304	168	1414	76	18.61	7-23	6	2	43.46	42.81
South Africa	18	6130	303	2257	101	22.35	7-56	6	2	60.69	36.82
Sri Lanka	13	3167	132	1507	59	25.54	5-43	5	2	53.68	47.58
West Indies	16	3284	132	1581	49	32.27	7-52	1	-	67.02	48.14
Zimbabwe	1	319	13	137	6	22.83	3-68	-	-	53.17	42.95
TOTAL	114	32024	1493	13713	534	25.67	8-71	27	8	59.96	42.82

Bowling in each country:

In Australia	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Avg	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
v England	9	2558	120	1006	43	8-71	23.40	2	1	59.49	39.33
v India	5	1170	44	563	9	4-92	62.56	0	0	130.00	48.12
v New Zealand	9	2679	104	1211	43	6-31	28.16	2	0	62.30	45.20
v Pakistan	6	1470	89	568	31	7-23	18.32	2	1	47.39	38.67
v South Africa	9	3215	149	1197	55	7-56	21.76	5	2	58.45	37.23
v Sri Lanka	5	1593	67	713	22	4-70	32.41	0	0	72.41	44.76
v West Indies	9	1953	79	907	32	7-52	28.34	1	0	61.03	46.44
Total Home Tests	52	14638	652	6165	235	8-71	26.23	12	4	62.29	42.12
Abroad	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave.	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
in England	17	5234	288	2034	89	7-165	22.85	5	1	58.81	38.86
in India	8	2449	83	1333	27	4-47	49.37	0	0	90.70	54.43
in New Zealand	6	1730	106	670	32	4-8	20.93	0	0	54.06	38.73
in Pakistan	3	1090	50	504	18	6-136	28.00	2	0	60.56	46.24
in South Africa	9	2915	154	1060	46	6-161	23.04	1	0	63.37	36.36
in Sri Lanka	9	1904	75	982	48	7-94	20.45	6	3	39.67	51.58
in U.A.E.	2	414	19	154	16	5-74	9.62	1	0	25.88	37.20
in West Indies	7	1331	53	674	17	4-70	39.64	0	0	78.29	50.64
in Zimbabwe	1	319	13	137	6	3-68	22.83	0	0	53.17	42.95
Total Away Tests	62	17386	841	7548	299	7-94	25.24	15	4	58.14	43.41
GRAND TOTAL	114	32024	1493	13713	534	8-71	25.67	27	8	59.96	42.82

Mode of dismissals:

Teams	B	Ct	Cwk	C&b	St	Lbw	Ht.wk	Batsmen dismissed most often
England	27	48	21	4	8	24	-	AJ Stewart 14, N Hussain 11
India	6	18	4	1	1	6	-	R Dravid 7, VVS Laxman 4
New Zealand	18	33	7	2	5	10	-	SB Doull 6, NJ Astle 6
Pakistan	7	33	6	1	4	25	-	Inzamam-ul-Haq 5, Rashid Latif 5
South Africa	19	44	7	6	3	22	-	WJ Cronje 8, DJ Richardson 8
Sri Lanka	6	31	8	3	4	7	-	HP Tillakaratne 6, WPUJ Vaas 6
West Indies	6	28	4	2	2	7	-	CA Walsh 6, CL Hooper 4
Zimbabwe	-	3	1	-	-	2	-	HH Streak 2, GJ Whittall 2
TOTAL (534)	89	238	58	19	27	103	-	AJ Stewart 14, N Hussain 11

Batsmen dismissed in a similar fashion most often:

Batsman	Opp	No.	Dismissal	Op	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Batting style
AJ Stewart	Eng	4	bowled	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	RH
BC Lara	WI	3	c IA Healy (wk)	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	LH
JN Rhodes	SA	3	lbw	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	RH
MA Atherton	Eng	3	bowled	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	RH
GA Gooch	Eng	3	c IA Healy (wk)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	RH
R Dravid	Ind	3	bowled	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	RH
BM McMillan	SA	3	bowled	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	RH

Batting styles of victims:

Wickets	Right	Left	Right%	Left%
534	415	119	77.71	22.29

Runs scored by victims:

0	1-24	25-49	50-89	90-99	100+	150+	200+
71	270	107	71	1	14	3	2

Batting positions of victims:

Wkts	Opening	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	1-6%	7-11%
534	76	48	52	61	56	50	58	48	56	29	54.87	45.13

Wickets per innings:

Wickets	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Innings	23	38	35	45	34	14	7	5	1	0	0

Wickets in each series:

Opponent	Season	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
India	1991-92	2	408	9	228	1	228.00	1-150	-	-	408.00	55.88
Sri Lanka*	1992-93	2	229	8	158	3	52.67	3-11	-	-	76.33	69.00
West Indies	1992-93	4	650	23	313	10	31.30	7-52	1	-	65.00	48.15
New Zealand*	1992-93	3	954	73	256	17	15.06	4-8	-	-	56.12	26.83
England*	1993	6	2639	178	877	34	25.79	5-82	1	-	77.62	33.23
New Zealand	1993-94	3	909	49	305	18	16.94	6-31	1	-	50.50	33.55
South Africa	1993-94	3	1051	63	307	18	17.06	7-56	2	1	58.39	29.21
South Africa*	1993-94	3	1145	69	336	15	22.40	4-86	-	-	76.33	29.34
Pakistan*	1994-95	3	1090	50	504	18	28.00	6-136	2	-	60.56	46.24
England	1994-95	5	1537	84	549	27	20.33	8-71	2	1	56.93	35.72
West Indies*	1994-95	4	828	35	406	15	27.07	4-70	-	-	55.20	49.03
Pakistan	1995-96	3	690	52	198	19	10.42	7-23	1	1	36.32	28.70
Sri Lanka	1995-96	3	988	43	433	12	36.08	4-71	-	-	82.33	43.83
West Indies	1996-97	5	1303	56	594	22	27.00	4-95	-	-	59.23	45.59
South Africa*	1996-97	3	798	47	282	11	25.64	4-43	-	-	72.55	35.34
England*	1997	6	1423	69	577	24	24.04	6-48	1	-	59.29	40.55
New Zealand	1997-98	3	1024	36	476	19	25.05	5-88	1	-	53.89	46.48
South Africa	1997-98	3	1123	51	417	20	20.85	6-34	2	1	56.15	37.13
India*	1997-98	3	1002	37	540	10	54.00	4-85	-	-	100.20	53.89
England	1998-99	1	234	7	110	2	55.00	1-43	-	-	117.00	47.01
West Indies*	1998-99	3	503	18	268	2	134.00	1-70	-	-	251.50	53.28
Sri Lanka*	1999-00	3	337	20	115	8	14.38	5-52	1	-	42.13	34.12
Zimbabwe*	1999-00	1	319	13	137	6	22.83	3-68	-	-	53.17	42.95
Pakistan	1999-00	3	780	37	370	12	30.83	5-110	1	-	64.92	47.50
India	1999-00	3	762	35	335	8	41.88	4-92	-	-	95.25	43.96
New Zealand*	1999-00	3	776	33	414	15	27.60	4-68	-	-	51.73	53.35
India*	2000-01	3	913	31	505	10	50.50	4-47	-	-	91.30	55.31
England*	2001	5	1172	41	580	31	18.71	7-165	3	1	37.81	49.49
New Zealand	2001-02	3	746	19	430	6	71.67	3-89	-	-	124.33	57.64
South Africa	2001-02	3	1041	35	473	17	27.82	5-113	1	-	61.24	45.44
South Africa*	2001-02	3	972	38	442	20	22.10	6-161	1	-	48.60	45.47
Pakistan*	2002-03	3	744	29	342	27	12.67	7-94	2	1	27.56	45.97
England	2002-03	3	787	29	347	14	24.79	4-93	-	-	56.21	44.09
Sri Lanka*	2003-04	3	1008	37	521	26	20.04	5-43	4	2	38.77	51.69
Sri Lanka	2004-05	2	605	24	280	10	28.00	4-70	-	-	60.50	46.28
India	2004-05	2	534	15	288	7	41.14	3-95	-	-	76.28	53.93

5 or more wickets in an innings:

Bowling	vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Series
8-71	Eng	2nd	1st	Brisbane	1994-95
7-23	Pak	1st	1st	Brisbane	1995-96
7-52	WI	2nd	2nd	Melbourne	1992-93
7-56	SA	1st	2nd	Sydney	1993-94
7-94	Pak	1st	1st	Colombo PSS	2002-03
7-165	Eng	1st	5th	The Oval	2001
6-31	NZ	2nd	2nd	Hobart BO	1993-94
6-33	Eng	2nd	3rd	Nottingham	2001
6-34	SA	2nd	2nd	Sydney	1997-98
6-48	Eng	1st	3rd	Manchester	1997
6-64	Eng	1st	2nd	Melbourne	1994-95
6-136	Pak	1st	3rd	Lahore	1994-95
6-161	SA	2nd	2nd	Cape Town	2001-02
5-43	SL	2nd	1st	Galle	2003-04
5-52	SL	1st	1st	Kandy	1999-00
5-65	SL	1st	2nd	Kandy	2003-04
5-71	Eng	1st	1st	Birmingham	2001
5-72	SA	2nd	2nd	Sydney	1993-94
5-74	Pak	1st	3rd	Sharjah	2002-03
5-75	SA	1st	2nd	Sydney	1997-98
5-82	Eng	2nd	5th	Birmingham	1993
5-88	NZ	2nd	3rd	Hobart BO	1997-98
5-89	Pak	2nd	1st	Karachi	1994-95
5-90	SL	2nd	2nd	Kandy	2003-04
5-110	Pak	2nd	2nd	Hobart BO	1999-00
5-113	SA	1st	1st	Adelaide	2001-02
5-116	SL	1st	1st	Galle	2003-04

Ten or more wickets in a match:

Wkts	Runs	vs	Test	Venue	Season	1st	2nd
12	128	SA	2nd	Sydney	1993-94	7-56	5-72
11	77	Pak	1st	Brisbane	1995-96	7-23	4-54
11	109	SA	2nd	Sydney	1997-98	5-75	6-34
11	110	Eng	1st	Brisbane	1994-95	3-39	8-71
11	188	Pak	1st	Colombo PSS	2002-03	7-94	4-94
11	229	Eng	5th	The Oval	2001	7-165	4-64
10	155	SL	2nd	Kandy	2003-04	5-65	5-90
10	159	SL	1st	Galle	2003-04	5-116	5-43

Wicket landmarks:

Wkt	Victim	How Out	Opponents	Venue	Season	Test No.
1st	RJ Shastri	Caught	India	Sydney	1991-92	1st
50th	N Hussain	Caught	England	Nottingham	1993	14th
100th	BM McMillan	LBW	South Africa	Adelaide	1993-94	23rd
150th	AJ Stewart	Caught	England	Melbourne	1994-95	31st
200th	WPUJC Vaas	Caught	Sri Lanka	Perth	1995-96	42nd
250th	AJ Stewart	Bowled	England	Manchester	1997	55th
300th	JH Kallis	Bowled	South Africa	Sydney	1997-98	63rd
350th	HH Kanitkar	LBW	India	Melbourne	1999-00	80th
400th	AJ Stewart	Caught	England	The Oval	2001	91st
450th	AG Prince	Caught	South Africa	Durban	2001-02	101st
500th	HP Tillakaratne	Caught	Sri Lanka	Galle	2003-04	108th
533rd	IK Pathan	Caught	India	Chennai	2004-05	114th

Warne's progress after every 10 Tests:

Tests	Wkts	Balls	Runs	5WI	10WM	Ave.	SR	ER	Wkts in last 10 Tests
10 Tests	25	1989	893	1	0	35.72	79.56	44.90	25
20 Tests	83	5789	2137	3	0	25.75	69.75	36.91	58
30 Tests	145	9505	3394	8	2	23.41	65.55	35.71	62
40 Tests	187	11704	4316	10	3	23.08	62.59	36.88	42
50 Tests	235	14755	5575	10	3	23.72	62.79	37.78	48
60 Tests	277	17336	6630	11	3	23.94	62.58	38.24	42
70 Tests	316	20289	7995	14	4	25.30	64.21	39.41	39
80 Tests	351	22576	9009	16	4	25.67	64.32	39.91	35
90 Tests	395	24947	10254	18	4	25.96	63.15	41.10	44
100 Tests	444	28088	11794	21	5	26.56	63.26	41.99	49
110 Tests	517	30845	13145	27	8	25.43	59.66	42.62	73

Warne under different captains:

Captain	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
AR Border	26	7985	472	2780	116	23.97	7-52	5	1	68.84	34.82
MA Taylor	42	12040	567	5086	199	25.56	8-71	9	3	60.50	42.24
SR Waugh	38	9646	373	4651	175	26.58	7-94	9	2	55.11	48.22
RT Ponting	4	1458	58	720	33	21.82	5-43	4	2	44.18	49.38
AC Gilchrist	4	895	23	476	11	43.27	3-20	-	-	81.36	53.18

Warne's performance at each venue:

Venue	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER	Country
Brisbane	8	2643	139	1071	51	21.00	8-71	2	2	51.82	40.52	Aus
Sydney	10	3120	143	1291	49	26.35	7-56	4	2	63.67	41.38	Aus
Adelaide	10	2908	134	1188	41	28.98	5-113	1	-	70.93	40.85	Aus
Melbourne	8	2305	99	894	37	24.16	7-52	2	-	62.30	38.79	Aus
Hobart BO	5	1074	44	461	24	19.21	6-31	3	-	44.71	42.96	Aus
Perth	9	1983	69	980	23	42.61	4-83	-	-	86.22	49.42	Aus
Trent Bridge	3	1032	59	381	21	18.14	6-33	1	-	49.14	36.92	Eng
The Oval	3	1052	52	466	20	23.30	7-165	1	1	52.60	44.30	Eng
Old Trafford	2	802	58	248	17	14.59	6-48	1	-	47.18	30.92	Eng
Johannesburg	3	813	45	309	17	18.18	4-43	-	-	47.82	38.01	SA
Sharjah	2	414	19	154	16	9.63	5-74	1	-	25.88	37.20	UAE
Kandy	2	385	12	225	15	15.00	5-52	3	1	25.67	58.44	SL
Edgbaston	3	850	46	382	15	25.47	5-71	2	-	56.67	44.94	Eng
Cape Town	2	1050	56	347	14	24.79	6-161	1	-	75.00	33.05	SA
Galle	2	516	26	193	13	14.85	5-43	2	1	39.69	37.40	SL
Lord's	3	782	37	289	13	22.23	4-57	-	-	60.15	36.96	Eng
Colombo PSS	1	330	10	188	11	17.09	7-94	1	1	30.00	56.97	SL
Auckland	2	507	29	210	11	19.09	4-8	-	-	46.09	41.42	NZ
Wellington	2	665	42	268	11	24.36	4-68	-	-	60.45	40.30	NZ
Durban	2	588	30	233	10	23.30	4-33	-	-	58.80	39.63	SA
Chennai	3	852	28	483	10	48.30	4-85	-	-	85.20	56.69	Ind
Lahore	1	431	14	240	9	26.67	6-136	1	-	47.89	55.68	Pak
Colombo SSC	3	607	24	336	9	37.33	4-92	-	-	67.44	55.35	SL
Bangalore	2	720	27	379	9	42.11	3-106	-	-	80,00	52.64	Ind
Karachi	1	379	22	150	8	18.75	5-89	1	-	47.38	39.58	Pak
Christchurch	1	288	19	86	7	12.29	4-63	-	-	41.14	29.86	NZ
Cairns	1	450	21	199	7	28.43	4-70	-	-	64.29	44.22	Aus
Kingston	2	472	22	236	7	33.71	4-70	-	-	67.43	50.00	WI
Harare	1	319	13	137	6	22.83	3-68	-	-	53.17	42.95	Zim
Bridgetown	2	470	13	260	6	43.33	3-64	-	-	78.33	55.32	WI
Port Elizabeth	1	248	12	82	5	16.40	3-62	-	-	49.60	33.06	SA
Mumbai WS	1	300	18	107	5	21.40	4-47	-	-	60.00	35.67	Ind
Darwin	1	155	3	81	3	27.00	3-20	-	-	51.67	52.26	Aus
St. John's	1	210	9	101	3	33.67	3-83	-	-	70.00	48.10	WI
Hamilton	1	270	16	106	3	35.33	2-61	-	-	90.00	39.26	NZ
Headingley	3	716	36	268	3	89.33	1-43	-	-	238.67	37.43	Eng
Kolkata	2	577	10	364	3	121.33	2-65	-	-	192.33	63.08	Ind
Port-of-Spain	2	179	9	77	1	77.00	1-16	-	-	179.00	43.02	WI
Rawalpindi	1	280	14	114	1	114.00	1-58	-	-	280.00	40.71	Pak
Moratuwa	1	66	3	40	0	-	0-40	-	-	-	60.61	SL
Centurion	1	216	11	89	0	-	0-89	-	-	-	41.20	SA

Warne's performance in each calendar year:

Year	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
1992	5	921	32	503	12	41.92	7-52	1	0	76.75	54.61
1993	16	5054	316	1697	72	23.57	6-31	2	0	70.19	33.58
1994	10	3774	217	1274	70	18.20	8-71	6	2	53.91	33.76
1995	12	3051	156	1254	52	24.12	7-23	1	1	58.67	41.10
1996	4	1291	55	571	15	38.07	4-95	0	0	86.07	44.23
1997	15	4091	194	1661	68	24.43	6-48	2	0	60.16	40.60
1998	5	1609	62	796	24	33.17	6-34	2	1	67.04	49.47
1999	13	2785	125	1253	38	32.97	5-52	2	0	73.26	45.01
2000	4	926	38	496	15	33.07	4-68	0	0	61.73	53.56
2001	13	3501	113	1809	58	31.19	7-165	4	1	60.36	51.67
2002	10	2874	109	1310	67	19.55	7-94	3	1	42.90	45.58
2004	7	2147	76	1089	43	25.32	5-43	4	2	49.93	50.72

Warne's performance with regards to match result:

	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave.	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
In won matches	67	19533	931	8181	382	21.42	8-71	21	7	51.13	41.89
In lost matches	24	6075	281	2775	84	33.04	7-56	4	1	72.32	45.68
In drawn matches	22	6242	278	2662	65	40.95	6-136	2	0	96.03	42.65

Warne's career highlights:
- Conceded 150 runs in his debut innings against India (while picking up only one wicket) most by any Australian debutant
- Only spinner to dismiss 100 batsmen leg before wicket
- Has taken 299 wickets away from home -- more than any other bowler in Test cricket
- Has bowled 1493 maiden overs in his career -- most by any bowler in Test cricket.
- Has taken 50 wickets in a calendar year on six occasions -- most by any bowler?
- Had an aggregate of 142 wickets in two successive years in 1993 and 1994 -- most by any bowler in Test history
- Has appeared in 67 Test victories for Australia -- most for any bowler in Test cricket
- Shares the world record of taking 25 wickets in a series on most (5) occasions.
- Bowled 2639 balls (439.5 overs) in six Test series against England in 1993 -- most by any bowler in Test cricket
- Took 27 wickets (avg 12.66) v Pakistan in 2002-03, which is the most by any Australian in a three-match series
- His 101 wickets against South Africa are the most by any bowler against that country
- Only the fourth bowler to claim 100 wickets against two opponents -- 132 v England and 101 v South Africa after three West Indies bowlers -- Lance Gibbs, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh.
- Claimed a hat-trick against England at Melbourne in 1994-95
- Has played 114 Tests for Australia without ever captaining the side, only Mark Waugh (128) and Ian Healy (119) have played more matches than Warne without captaining the side.

Note: All statistics and records are updated upto the end of second day's play of the second Test in Chennai.