Never Give Up – Just Absolutely Never Give Up

That’s what Shane Warne has achieved and the legacy that he’s left behind. He was with a doubt the greatest leg spin bowler of all time and is leaving behind a record that will be really tough to break.

Born in Victoria,Australia on September 13th,1969 he started out his international career against India at the SCG when he was brought in as a replacement for Peter Taylor.In this very match his future nemesis Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest ever player to score a century at the SCG,at age 19 (source).Although he didn’t start his career too well with only a few wickets in his first few matches,he gradually started showing his genius and there was no looking back after his performance against the West Indies in the 1992-93 test series.

Warney as he was famously known was nothing less than a magician,he could literally cast a spell on any batsman. Daryll Cullinan,a top order South African batsman averaged just 2.75 against warne, while his career average was more than 42. It is believed that Cullinan had to take psychological help to overcome warne and is also known as shane warne’s bunny. However one batsman,who shane warne could never fool too many times was Sachin Tendulkar.With Sachin it was warne who had take psychological help,especially after the 1998 Sharjah Cup.

Checkout the magic of Warney in this video,where he talks about his favorite 8 dismissals.

Cricket will surely miss this magician and Indians will surely miss the amazing duels between Sachin and Warne.