Early international career (1991–1993)

Warne was selected for the Australia B team, which toured Zimbabwe in September 1991.^[23] In the second tour match at Harare Sports Club, Warne recorded his first first-class score of five wickets or more in an innings when he took 7/49 in the second innings,^[30] helping Australia B to a nine-wicket win.^[31]

In December 1991, upon returning to Australia, Warne took 3/14 and 4/42 for Australia A against a touring West Indian side.^[23] Peter Taylor, the incumbent spinner in the Australian Test team, had taken only one wicket in the first two Tests, so Warne was brought into the team for the third Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground a week later.^[32][33] Warne had played seven first-class matches before making his Test debut for Australia.^[34] He took 1/150 (Ravi Shastri caught by Dean Jones for 206) off 45 overs.^[35][36] Warne 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.

Australia toured Sri Lanka in mid-1992. Warne's poor form continued in the first innings against Sri Lanka at Colombo, in which he recorded 0/107.^[37] On 22 August 1992, however, Warne took the last three Sri Lankan wickets without conceding a run in the second innings, leading to a second-innings collapse and contributing to a 16-run Australian win.^[38] Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga commented in an interview; "a bowler with Test average of more than 300 came and snatched the victory from our hands".^[39] Despite his match-winning spell, Warne was left out of the second Sri Lanka Test before taking 0/40 in the third-and-final Test of the series.

Warne was again left out of the First Test against the West Indies in the 1992–93 Australian season. Greg Matthews played in Warne's place; despite Australia being in a strong position on the final day, they could not dismiss the West Indies on a turning surface. Warne was recalled for the Second Test in Melbourne, a Boxing Day Test in which he took 7/52 in a match-winning performance in the second innings.^[40]

In February and March 1993, Warne took 17 wickets at an average of 15.05 in Australia's tour of New Zealand, tying Danny Morrison as the top wicket-taker for the series.^[41] On 24 March, Warne made his One Day International debut at Wellington, taking two wickets.^[42]

Path to 300 Test wickets (1993–1999)

In 1993, Warne was selected for Australia's Ashes tour of England. His first ball of the series, at Old Trafford, was called the "Ball of the Century". Warne bowled experienced English batsman, Mike Gatting, with a ball that drifted through the air and then turned from well outside leg stump to clip the off bail.^[43] Warne claimed 34 wickets in his first Ashes series, leading all bowlers, at an average of 25.79.^[44] Australia won the six Test series 4–1.^[45]

When New Zealand toured Australia for three Tests in November and December, Warne took 18 wickets and was named Player of the Series as Australia won the three Test series 2–0.^[46][47][48] Warne took 72 Test wickets in 1993, a then-record for a spin bowler in a calendar year.^[49][50] Almost all of the 72 wickets were English and New Zealand batsmen.

Warne featured in South Africa's tour of Australia in 1993–94 and Australia's return tour in March 1994.^[51] In the second Test of South Africa's tour 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; on the Test's final day, Warne was part of an Australian batting collapse and South Africa won the Test.^[52] Both of the three Test series were drawn 1-1. Warne was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.^[53]

Warne joined the Australian tour of Pakistan in September and October 1994, where Pakistan defeated Australia 1–0 in the three Test series. Warne collected 18 wickets at an average of 28.00 to lead all bowlers for the tour.^[54] The tour became controversial, however, when it emerged in early 1995 that the Pakistani captain, Saleem Malik, had approached Warne, Mark Waugh and Tim May to throw the game during the First Test.^[55] Malik was alleged to have offered Warne and May US$200,000 each to avoid taking wickets.^[56] The Australians did not accept the bribe, however Pakistan would narrowly win the game anyway, as Ian Healy missed a stumping down the leg side.^[56]

Australia sought to retain the Ashes when England toured for a five-Test series in 1994–95. Warne took a career-best 8/71 in the second innings of the first Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground (the Gabba),^[57] before taking 27 wickets in the five-Test series.^[58] In the Second Test, a Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, he took his first and only Test hat-trick, dismissing tail-enders Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm in successive balls, the last of which was caught by David Boon.^[59] Warne also took his 150th Test wicket, a caught-and-bowled off Alec Stewart. In the Third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he and fellow tail-ender Tim May survived the final 19 overs in fading light on the fifth day to secure a draw and a 2–0 series lead, that meant Australia would take an unassailable lead in the series.^[60]

Later in 1995, Warne toured the West Indies, taking 15 wickets in four Tests as Australia defeated the West Indies in a Test series for the first time in almost 20 years.^[61] Without Damien Fleming and Craig McDermott, Warne partnered with an inexperienced Glenn McGrath, Paul Reiffel and Brendon Julian.^[62] In a series dominated by the ball, the Windies did not pass 300 runs in any innings.^[63]

In the Australian summer of 1995–96, Australia played home series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Warne 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 days later to give him the chance to prove his fitness. Warne took four wickets in Pakistan's first innings and another four in their second, and was named the player of the series.^[64][65] Warne took 12 wickets against Sri Lanka across the three Tests.^[66] Australia won both series.

Warne was a key member of Australia's squad for the 1996 Cricket World Cup, which was held in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Warne took 12 wickets, including a man of the match 4/36 in the semi-final against the West Indies, and Australia qualified for the final.^[67] Before the final against Sri Lanka, Australian captain Mark Taylor publicly said Warne was not "vital" to his team and that Warne alone could not win the World Cup.^[68] Warne conceded 58 runs for no wickets in the final as Australia lost the match to first-time champions Sri Lanka.^[69]

The West Indies toured Australia for a five-Test series in the southern summer of 1996–97, which Australia won 3–2. Warne took 22 wickets in the series. In the One Day series, Warne collected his only ODI five-for, against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, cleaning up the middle-order and tail to finish with 5/33.^[70]

Warne took 11 wickets in Australia's three Test tour of South Africa in early 1997 as Australia won 2–1.^[71] In the northern summer of 1997, Warne returned to England with the Australian team to play for the Ashes. After struggling for form early in the tour, he turned in his best results for the series in the Third Test at Old Trafford where he would bag nine wickets.^[72] In the Fifth Test at Trent Bridge, Warne claimed seven wickets as Australia clinched the Ashes.^[73] Warne took 24 wickets through the series at an average of 24.04 and finished second to paceman Glenn McGrath in the wicket-taking.^[74] Australia won the six Test series 3–2.^[75]

In the Australian summer of 1997–98, Warne took 19 wickets in New Zealand's three-Test series in Australia and 20 wickets in three Tests against South Africa,^[71] in the second of which he took five wickets in the first innings and six in the second, becoming the second Australian after Dennis Lillee to take 300 Test wickets.^[76][77] In late 1997, Australian media criticised Warne for his weight; however, The Australian wrote he was one of Australia's three most-influential cricketers, the others being Donald Bradman and Lillee.^[78]

In early 1998, Warne was a member of Australia's touring squad of India. Finding Indian food not to his liking, he had tinned spaghetti and baked beans flown in from Australia.^[79][80] Australia's two top pace bowlers Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie missed the tour due to injury, leaving Warne to bowl more overs than usual. He took 10 wickets but conceded 54 runs each, going for 0/147 in India's only innings of the second Test at Eden Gardens, Calcutta. Warne's dismissal of Rahul Dravid in the first innings of the final Test at Bangalore took him past Lance Gibbs' tally of 309 wickets, making Warne the most-successful spin bowler in Test Cricket. Australia lost the series, breaking a run of nine Test series wins.^[81][82]

Warne did not play international cricket in the later part of 1998, requiring shoulder reconstruction surgery.^[83]

In early December 1998, the Australian Cricket Board announced that three years earlier it had fined Warne and Mark Waugh for accepting money from a bookmaker for information about pitch and weather conditions during a 1994 ODI tour of Sri Lanka, in the 'John the bookmaker' controversy.^[84]

Warne missed Australia's tour of Pakistan and the first four Ashes Tests.^[85] During Warne's extended absence from the Australian team, his understudy Stuart MacGill played in his place, taking 15 wickets in three Tests against Pakistan and another series-high 27 wickets against England. Warne returned to international cricket in the fifth Test of the Ashes series in Australia in January 1999. Upon Warne's return, he and MacGill bowled in tandem to the team for the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, where MacGill took twelve wickets and Warne two.^[86]

Vice-captaincy of Australia (1999–2000)

The 1998–99 Ashes series was the last series for Australian captain Mark Taylor, who retired. Steve Waugh was appointed as Taylor's replacement while Warne was promoted to vice-captain.^[88]

In early 1999, Warne took two wickets in the first three Tests of the series against the West Indies, leading to calls for his removal from the team from Australian media.^[89] Warne had struggled for form since returning from his shoulder injury, and Stuart MacGill had outperformed him so far in the series.^[90] For the final Test, Warne was replaced by off-spinner Colin Miller, who with MacGill took eight wickets between them and Australia won the Test to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy.^[91] The selection decision was poorly received by Warne, and permanently strained his relationship with Waugh, nevertheless, Warne and Waugh were able to combine effectively for Australia for the remainder of their careers together.^[92][93] Warne's form recovered in the One Day International series against the West Indies, taking 13 wickets across seven matches.^[94]

Warne was selected to play in the 1999 World Cup in the United Kingdom.^[95] Just before the start of the 1999 World Cup, the International Cricket Council (ICC) fined Warne and gave him a two-match suspended ban after being quoted in the media speaking 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."^[96] Australia were attempting to win their first Cricket World Cup since 1987. Warne took 12 wickets in the group and Super Six phases of the tournament. Prior to Australia batting against South Africa in the Super Six phase, Warne addressed the team suggesting that after a catch, Herschelle Gibbs tended to throw the ball in celebration before controlling it and that batsmen should wait for the umpire to formally dismiss them.^[97] Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh in this fashion while the latter was on 56, and Waugh went on to score 120 not out to win the game for Australia ^[98] Australia qualified for a semi-final against South Africa at Edgbaston. The semi-final match became notable for the dramatic fashion in which it finished; with the match ending in a tie, and Australia advanced to the final on a countback. Warne dismissed key South African batsmen Gibbs, Gary Kirsten, Hansie Cronje and Jacques Kallis to finish with 4/29 for which he was named man of the match.^[99][100] Australia faced Pakistan in the tournament's final. Pakistan batted first and were all out for 132, as Warne took 4/33 and was named the man of the match. Australia comfortably reached the target to win the World Cup. Warne finished the World Cup with 20 wickets and was the tournament's joint-top wicket-taker alongside Geoff Allott.^[101]

Later in 1999, Warne was retained as Australia's vice-captain for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka, where he took eight wickets across three Tests, as Australia were defeated 1–0.^[91][102] The Australians toured Zimbabwe, where Warne took six wickets, as Australia won the only Test.^[103]

The following Australian summer, Warne 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.^[104] Warne's eight wickets in the Second Test at Hobart were overshadowed by the Joe the Cameraman controversy, in which an off-field microphone picked up a jibe about Australian bowler Scott Muller during the match, which some incorrectly attributed to Warne.^[105] Warne again made 86 in the first Test against India in Adelaide the following month.^[106] Warne took 18 wickets over the six summer Tests and Australia won both series 3–0 to complete a perfect Test summer.^[71]

Warne took another 15 wickets in Australia's tour of New Zealand in March 2000, as he assisted Australia to win the series 3–0.^[107] In the first Test of the series at Eden Park, Auckland, Warne surpassed Dennis Lillee's 355 wickets as Australia's leading-ever wicket-taker.^[108]

In 2000, Warne joined English county side Hampshire, for which he played during the year's northern summer. During the county season, reports Warne had repeatedly sent lewd SMS messages to an English nurse emerged. In August 2000, the ACB removed him as Australia's vice-captain, citing his history of off-field indiscretions. The board's decision was contrary to the wishes of the team's selectors, including captain Steve Waugh.^[109] Warne was replaced as vice-captain by Adam Gilchrist.^[110] That year, however, the ACB awarded Warne the Men's ODI Player of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony.^[111]

Wickets and injuries (2001–2003)

Warne missed the entire Australian summer of 2000–01 with a finger injury; he battled Stuart MacGill and an in-form Colin Miller to be selected for Australia's tour of India in early 2001.^[112] MacGill was ultimately left out of the squad. 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 after taking 32 wickets at an average of 17.03.^[113] Australia lost the series 2–1.^[114]

In the English summer, Warne was selected for the 2001 Ashes, and took 31 wickets at 18.70 in the five-Test series, which Australia won 4–1.^[115] Warne again finished second to Glenn McGrath in the wickets, McGrath taking one more than Warne.^[116] He took three five-wicket hauls in the series and collected eight wickets in each of the First and Third Tests at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge respectively.^[117][50] In the final Test at The Oval, Warne took 11 wickets across both innings, including Alec Stewart for the 400th career Test wicket.^[118] Warne became the sixth person and the first Australian in the history of cricket to reach 400 wickets.^[119]

In the 2001–02 Australian summer, Australia played home series against New Zealand and against South Africa. Warne took six wickets in three Tests against New Zealand, and in the third Test in Perth made his career's highest batting score in international cricket. He was caught at mid-wicket off the bowling of Daniel Vettori, which later revealed to be a no-ball while on 99 runs—one run short of a maiden Test century.^[120] All three Tests ended as draws. He took 17 wickets in the three Tests against South Africa, more than any other player, including 5/113 in the first innings of the first Test.^[121][122] Warne, with 20 dismissals, was again the leading wicket-taker when Australia played a three-Test series in South Africa in February and March 2002.^[123] In February 2002, Ricky Ponting replaced Steve Waugh as captain of Australia's ODI squad. The promotion of Ponting, who was five years younger than Warne, appeared to end any prospect of Warne ever being appointed to the captaincy of Australia.^[124]

In October 2002, Australia played a three-Test series against Pakistan in neutral states Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. Warne took 27 wickets, was named the Man of the Match in the First Test with 11 wickets, and again in the Third Test with eight wickets.^{[125][126][127][128]} He was also selected as the Player of the Series.

He returned to Australia for the 2002-03 Ashes series against England, starting in November 2002. In the first Test, he scored 57 with the bat and took 14 wickets in the first three Tests of the series but suffered a shoulder injury in an ODI in December 2002.^[129] Warne would not play another Test for Australia until March 2004.^[72] The injury ruled him out of the remainder of the Ashes series and he was in doubt for the 2003 World Cup, which began in February 2003.^[130]

Ban from cricket (2003)

In February 2003, a day before the start of the World Cup in Africa, Warne was sent home after a drug test during a one-day series in Australia returned a positive result for a banned diuretic.^[131] Warne said he took only one of what he called a "fluid tablet", the prescription drug Moduretic, which his mother had given him to improve his appearance.^[132] A committee established by the ACB found Warne guilty of breaching the board's drug code and imposed a one-year ban from organised cricket.^[133]

After having announced he would retire from ODIs after the 2003 World Cup, Warne took the view the ban would lengthen his Test-playing career, although it led him to briefly reconsider his decision to retire from ODIs.^[134] Warne was allowed to play in charity matches while serving his one-year ban, a decision that was criticised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),^[135] which Warne criticised for interfering in the matter.^[136]

During his suspension, Australia's main free-to-air cricket broadcaster Nine Network hired Warne as a television commentator.^[137] During mid-2003, Warne worked for the St Kilda Football Club, an 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.^[138]

Return to cricket and beyond 600 Test wickets (2004–2006)

Warne returned to competitive cricket following his ban in February 2004.^[139] 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.^[140] Warne took five wickets in each innings of the first and second Tests, and a further six wickets in the third Test, and was named the player of the series.^[141]

In 2004 Sri Lanka toured Australia for a mid-year return series in Darwin and Cairns.^[142] Warne took 10 wickets at 28 runs in the series.^[143]

On 15 October 2004, during the second Test of Australia's series against India at Chennai, he broke the record for most career wickets in Test cricket. Warne's dismissal of Irfan Pathan, who was caught at slip by Matthew Hayden, saw him overtake his Sri Lankan rival Muttiah Muralidaran with 533 wickets. Muralidaran, who was injured at the time, had taken the record from Courtney Walsh five months earlier.^[144][145] 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 an improvement on his previous performances in India, when in six Tests he took 20 wickets at an average of 52 runs each.^[146][147] For his performances in 2004, the ICC named him in the World Test XI.

Warne took 11 wickets at 23.27 against the touring New Zealanders to start the 2004–05 home summer as Australia won the two-Test series 2–0.^[148] Warne led the wicket-taking of both sides, ahead of Daniel Vettori.^[149] Pakistan then toured, and Warne took 14 wickets at 28.71 as Australia completed a 3–0 sweep.^[150][151]

Australia then embarked on a return tour of New Zealand where they won the three-Test series 2–0.^[152] Warne bowled his way to 17 wickets through the series at an average of 22 runs per wicket.^[153]

Warne started the 2005 Ashes with six wickets at Lord's, with Australia taking a 1–0 lead after defeating England by 239 runs.^[154] Warne claimed 10 wickets in the Second Test at Edgbaston, including six in the second innings.^[155] He also contributed 42 runs in the second innings, as Australia were defeated by just two runs.^[156][157] In his second innings performance, Warne delivered one of his sharpest spinning deliveries to Andrew Strauss, which deviated from approximately 60 centimetres outside Strauss' off stump to bowl the left-hander's middle and leg stumps behind his legs. On 11 August 2005 in the Third Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Warne became the first bowler in history to take 600 Test wickets.^[158] In the same Test, Warne made 90 first innings runs, helping Australia avoid the follow-on and eventually draw the match.^[159] Warne again contributed with both bat and ball in the Fourth Test at Trent Bridge, taking eight wickets and scoring 45 runs in Australia's second innings, at faster than a run per ball.^[160] Warne's efforts in Nottingham came close to bowling Australia to a memorable victory after following-on, however England emerged victorious by three wickets to take a lead for the first time in the series. In the Fifth and Final Test at The Oval, Warne took six wickets in each innings and 12 for the match.^[161] Warne also dropped a straightforward slips chance off Kevin Pietersen while he was on 15, with the English batsman going on to make 158 and England holding on to draw the match and win the series for the first time since 1986-87.^[162] Warne's ferocious competitiveness was a feature of the 2005 Ashes series in which he took 40 wickets at an average of 19.92 and scored 249 runs.^[163] Warne shared the Ashes Player of the Series honours with England's Andrew Flintoff.

During the 2005-06 Australian home summer, Warne bowled impressively against the touring World XI, West Indies and South African teams. In the only Test against the World XI at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Warne took six wickets across both innings, being out-bowled by Stuart MacGill, who claimed nine.^[164] Australia won the Test by 210 runs.^[164][165] Against the West Indies, Warne collected 16 wickets across three Tests, with a best innings performance of 6/80 at the Adelaide Oval as the selectors partnered him again with fellow leg spinner, MacGill.^[166][167] Warne also performed strongly against the touring South Africans, leading the Australian wicket-takers with 14 wickets at an average of 33.00.^[168]

For his performances in 2005, the ICC named Warne in the World Test Team of the Year XI.^[169] In 2005, with 96 wickets, Warne broke the record for the number of wickets in a calendar year.^[170][171]

Later international career, 700th Test wicket and retirement (2006–2007)

Warne toured South Africa with the Australian team for a three Test series in March–April 2006, taking 15 wickets.^[172] Warne took his series-best figures of 6/86 in Durban, assisting to bowl Australia to victory by 112 runs and claiming Man of the Match honours.^[173] Following this, he joined the Australian team for a two-Test series against Bangladesh, taking 11 wickets in the series, again paired with Stuart MacGill on spin-friendly pitches.^[174]

Warne began the 2006–07 Ashes series with an indifferent Test performance in Brisbane and a poor performance in the first innings in Adelaide, where he took no wickets.^[175] His second-innings performance, however, including bowling Kevin Pietersen around the legs, triggered England's fifth-day collapse and Australia's win.^[176] Warne again bowled well in the third Test's second innings, and took the final wicket of Monty Panesar as Australia regained the Ashes.^[177]

On 21 December 2006, Warne announced he would retire at the end of the 2006–07 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In his penultimate Test, he took his 700th Test wicket on 26 December 2006^[178] by bowling English batsman Andrew Strauss at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in his final appearance there. This was the first occasion a player had taken 700 Test wickets. The wicket was described as a "classic Warne dismissal", which the crowd of 89,155 gave a standing ovation.^[179] Warne finished Boxing Day with 5/39, his final Test five-for.^[180]

Warne's final Test was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground, same venue as his first 15 years earlier. Warne ended England's first innings by trapping Monty Panesar leg before wicket for a duck and took his 1,000th international wicket. Warne also made 71 runs in his final innings.^[181] Warne's final Test wicket was that of England's all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who was stumped by Adam Gilchrist.^[182] Warne is one of only two bowlers to have taken more than 1,000 wickets in international cricket, the other being Muttiah Muralidaran.^[183][184] For his performances in 2006, the ICC and ESPNcricinfo named Warne in the World Test XI.^[185] Cricket Australia awarded Warne the 2006 Men's Test Player of the Year at the Allan Border Medal ceremony.^[111]

Test matches

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Versus	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	5w	10w	Best	Avg	S/R	E/R
Bangladesh	2	87.2	12	300	11	1	0	5 for 113	27.27	47.6	3.43
England	36	1792.5	488	4535	195	11	4	8 for 71	23.25	55.1	2.52
ICC World XI	1	31	7	71	6	0	0	3 for 23	11.83	31.0	2.29
India	14	654.1	139	2029	43	1	0	6 for 125	47.18	91.2	3.10
New Zealand	20	961.4	252	2511	103	3	0	6 for 31	24.37	56.0	2.61
Pakistan	15	675.1	192	1816	90	6	2	7 for 23	20.17	45.0	2.68
South Africa	24	1321.2	367	3142	130	7	2	7 for 56	24.16	60.9	2.37
Sri Lanka	13	527.5	132	1507	59	5	2	5 for 43	25.54	53.6	2.85
West Indies	19	679.4	159	1947	65	3	0	7 for 52	29.95	62.7	2.86
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo[208]

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Test 10-wicket hauls

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#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	12/128	22	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	Australia	1994
2	11/110	30	England	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Brisbane	Australia	1994
3	11/77	39	Pakistan	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Brisbane	Australia	1995
4	12/109	63	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	Australia	1998
5	11/229	92	England	Kennington Oval	London	England	2001
6	11/188	102	Pakistan	P Sara Oval	Colombo	Sri Lanka	2002
7	10/159	108	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium	Galle	Sri Lanka	2004
8	10/155	109	Sri Lanka	Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	Sri Lanka	2004
9	10/162	125	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	2005
10	12/246	128	England	Kennington Oval	London	England	2005
Source:[50]

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Career-best performances

Tributes

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 Australian Test captain Pat Cummins and Australian limited-overs captain Aaron Finch remembered Warne.^[272]

Outside Australia, many former and current cricketers also paid tribute, including England's Kevin Pietersen and Michael Vaughan; India's Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli; New Zealand's Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson; Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis; South Africa's Graeme Smith; and West Indies' Brian Lara.^[273][274] Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle also offered a tribute.^[275]

To commemorate Warne, the Australian women's cricket team wore black armbands in their first 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup game against England.^[276] A similar tribute was held by the Australian men's cricket team on the second day of the first Test against Pakistan, with both teams observing a minute of silence before the day's play.^[277]

Celebrities, including Warne's close friend Chris Martin of Coldplay, Russell Crowe, Mick Jagger, Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Magda Szubanski, also paid their respects.^{[278][279][280][281][282]} Warne's former fiancée Elizabeth Hurley said: "I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. RIP my beloved lionheart."^[283] Fans ornamented the statue of Warne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with flowers, beer, baked beans, meat pies and cigarettes.^[284][285]

Warne's former Big Bash League team, the Melbourne Stars paid tribute to Warne during their game against the Hobart Hurricanes. During the match, all the Stars players wore Warne's number 23, and a standing ovation took place after the 23rd ball of the game.^[286] The Stars retired the number 23 following the game.^[287]

State memorial service

Warne's state memorial service was held on the evening of 30 March 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It was $1.6 million, almost triple the cost of the second most expensive memorial service in 2022 which cost $584,204.^[288][289] The service, which was free to attend and ran for around 140 minutes, was attended by about 55,000 people, broadcast on multiple channels and streamed online.^[290] The service was ultimately watched by more than 1.5 million Australians.^[291]

The memorial was opened by Greta Bradman, Donald Bradman's granddaughter, who performed the national anthem "Advance Australia Fair"; the service included eulogies from Warne's children, his father, his brother Jason, and other family members and friends. During his eulogy, Warne's father said, "Shane said of himself, 'I smoked, I drank, and I played a little cricket'".^[292][293]

It was earlier decided the Great Southern Stand at MCG was to be renamed in Warne's honour. To conclude the memorial, Warne's children unveiled the Shane Warne Stand sign with a recording of Frank Sinatra singing "My Way" playing in the background as the crowd rose and cheered.^[294][295]