Shane Warne
Shane Warne
Shane Keith Warneis an Australian former international cricketer, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the history of the game. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 1997. He was named Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2004 in 2005 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth13 September 1969
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
Strauss played very well. He hung in there and toughed it out.
Back in April I said this guy has got the X-factor about him and I think he's very, very dangerous,
That's nearly seven (wickets) a game in that time, so I must be doing something pretty right, ... If I keep bowling like I'm bowling -- and we've been playing against the best players of spin -- and I'm taking wickets at a better rate than I have in my life, then 700 is a possibility.
Anyone who thinks the game is over hasn't been watching the same game or seen the conditions.
This ground has special memories for me. I have never lost a Test match here and there have been some pretty special individual moments for me here as well,
There are two ways of looking at it, like a heavyweight title fight if Bangladesh beat Australia in a one-day game they'd be the best side in the world,
We're quietly confident but a couple of quick wickets early and the West Indies are right in the game,
The pressure's on us as far as I'm concerned. We have to play well for five days. If we don't play well, for the first time in nearly 20 years, we've lost the Ashes. Hopefully that'll make us respond and the guys will soak it up and see it as a challenge rather than fear it.
I wasn't that happy with the way I bowled, I struggled for rhythm, I even bowled a few no-balls and things like that.
I love Sri Lanka. I played couple of Tests against India in 1991-92, in Australia, and then I came here for my first overseas tour in 1993.
I'm not a big stats man but my stats over the last couple of years bowling on day one, two and three, stand up to any stage in my career,
I'm just a humble cricketer with no claims to omniscience or omnipotence.
I must have said it 14 000 times. I have retired and I have no aspirations to return.
If Ricky said to me at some stage 'look we really need you', then I would think about it, but I don't think it would ever come to that.