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Warne -- up and close

October 15, 2004 20:12 IST

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Shane Keith Warne
Shane WarneKnown 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.

Rajneesh Gupta