Shane Warne

 SHANE WARNE, born 13 September 1969, is widely regarded as one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. Warne played his first Test match in 1992, and took over 1000 international wickets. A dangerous lower-order batsman, Warne also scored over 3000 Test runs. He played Australian domestic cricket for his home state of Victoria, and country cricket in England for Hampshire, where he was captain from 2004 -2007. Famously he captained the Rajasthan Royals to victory in the first IPL in 2008. After retirement from all formats of the game he turned to the commentary box where his strong opinion and sharp wit is a feature and will be found for the first time on Fox Sports this coming Australian summer

Shane Warne memorial tickets

Shane Warne fans have snapped up more than 30,000 tickets to the cricket great’s memorial service in less than three hours, as organisers say more seats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be made available as various sections fill up.

A Melbourne Cricket Club spokesman said the free tickets distributed on Tuesday were for the venue’s northern grandstand that overlooks the Great Southern Stand, which will be renamed after Warne, but other parts of the ground would be made available when it reaches capacity.

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Buttler: We all miss Shane Warne dearly

Jos Buttler weighed in on his fourth IPL hundred, Rajasthan Royals' second IPL final and Shane Warne's influence on the team.

West Indies batting great Brain Lara also hailed Warne as the "most potent player" for Australia, who sealed his place "in the upper echelons of world cricket" with his performances in the Ashes series.