Shane Warne had been found unresponsive<\/a> in his villa on the Thai island of Koh Samui on Friday, said his management company.\u00a0 “It is with great sadness we advise that Shane Keith Warne passed away of a suspected heart attack,” they said and added, “Despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived.<\/p>\n “The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.”\u00a0 Shane Warne is survived by his three children with former wife Simone Callahan.<\/p>\n Warne’s talent of leg-spin – a style of bowling that declined during the 1970s and 1980s when fast bowlers dominated – revolutionized cricket and his exquisite control and canny variations bewildered even the greatest batters of his generation.\u00a0 Only Sri Lankan off-spinning great Muttiah Muralitharan, with 800 dismissals, has taken more Test wickets than Warne.<\/p>\n Warne took 708 Test wickets, the second most of all time, in 145 matches across a stellar 15-year international career and helped Australia win the 1999 50-over World Cup and claimed 293 dismissals in 194 one-day internationals between 1993 and 2005.<\/p>\n He retired from international cricket in 2007 following Australia’s 5-0 Ashes clean sweep of England at home.<\/p>\n Warne also retired from first-class and List A cricket later that year, ending a five-year spell with Hampshire, who he had captained since 2004.<\/p>\n He continued to play Twenty20 franchise cricket until retiring from all formats in 2013.<\/p>\n Warne worked regularly as a commentator and pundit, as well as holding coaching roles at T20 franchises.\u00a0 He was also a fine slip fielder and capable lower-order batter, scoring 3,154 runs at an average of 17.32, and is the only batter in Test history to overtake 3,000 runs without making a century-falling for 99 twice, against New Zealand in 2001 and against England in 2005.<\/p>\n Warne also holds the record for the most Ashes wickets in history, with 195 dismissals in 36 Tests.<\/p>\n He made his Test debut against India in 1992 after only seven first-class matches for his native Victoria but announced himself on the world stage in astonishing style in the 1993 Ashes in England.<\/p>\n With his first ball of the series, Warne bowled England batter Mike Gatting with a stunning delivery that pitched outside leg stump and clipped the top of off stump.<\/p>\n It became widely known as the ‘ball of the century.<\/p>\n That was the first of six Ashes victories in a row involving Warne, until the run was ended by England’s famous 2-1 win in 2005, despite the leg-spinner taking a staggering 40 wickets in that series.<\/p>\n World Cup and domestic honors He became vice-captain under Steve Waugh and starred in the 1999 World Cup triumph, being named man of the match after taking 4-33 in the final against Pakistan.<\/p>\n However, he was sent home the day before the 2003 tournament started after testing positive for a banned diuretic and served a one-year ban from the sport.<\/p>\n Australia would go on to win the 2003 World Cup by beating India.<\/p>\n Warne led Australia 11 times in ODIs but never captained the Test team, with batter Ricky Ponting replacing Waugh.<\/p>\n Warne captained Hampshire during a spell with the county from 2000 to 2007 and they named a stand after him at their Ageas Bowl ground in 2012.<\/p>\n Under Warne, Hampshire won the one-day Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in 2005.<\/p>\n He played his entire domestic career in Australia for Victoria.<\/p>\n Cricket lost another great legend and a great human being who inculcated the unique spin bowling style that cricket fans adored, the backbone of Australian cricket, a great star who will be missed forever.\u00a0 Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n You might want to read https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/03\/04\/macron-warns-worst-is-yet-to-come-threat-of-nuclear-world-war-3\/<\/a><\/p>\nShane Warne’s Cricket Career<\/h3>\n
\nWarne was a key part of Australia’s run to the 1996 World Cup final, where they were beaten by Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n