Sat. Oct 5th, 2024

    At the age of 52, Shane Warne, cricket’s legendary legend and one of the greatest bowlers in history, left this world.

    Shane Warne is reported to have suffered a heart attack and not recovered from it, leaving Cricket fans and players grieving.

    Facts about Shane Warne

    1. His first test match was played when he weighed 97 kg

    2. Due to a condition known as complete heterochromia, he has one green eye and one blue eye

    3. From his marriage to his ex-wife Simone Callahan, he has three children: Brooke, Summer, and Jackson

    4. Since retirement, she has been active in helping seriously ill and underprivileged children via the Shane Warne condition

    5. A relationship between him and actress Elizabeth Hurley was ended in 2013 after a year of engagement

    6. In 1995, his cricket board fined him for providing pitch information to a bookie

    7. He once had a board of directors paying him to stop smoking, but he had a difficult time staying smoke-free

    8. Warne was fined $4500 and banned for a match after using obscene language, making physical contact with Marlon Samuels, and shockingly demonstrating dissent towards an umpire’s decision during a match in the Big Bash League in early 2013.

    9. Against India, Warne was mediocre at best; his average was 47, which was below average by any means. Sachin Tendulkar was his Achilles Heel.

    10. After he regained the Ashes in 2006-07, which was Warne’s ultimate goal, he retired from international cricket in 2007.