Warne is so all-encompassingly
fat that when on tour in, for example
India, he took with him crates of baked beans. Clearly tired by all the excess movement involved in representing your country at an international level, he ate rather more than he'd thought he would, and
got Heinz to fly him out more beans . The man
defies belief. But then spinners are always fat and lazy. Look at
Phil Tufnell. He (Shane Warne) was, for some while, rated as the
best bowler in the world. He has been displaced from that position by compatriot
Glenn McGrath.
Update March 2002: Here's some content, too. His figures currently stand as follows: Updated July 2005: This is a terrible node. I'm correcting the statistics. Shane Warne is one the most important cricketers ever to have lived. He deserves better than this. Supersede me and I'll Ching you. We resuem our normal programming:
TESTS
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 123 169 15 2518 99 16.35 55.52 0 10 275 29 107 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ 5 10
Bowling 123 5739.4 14878 583 8/71 12/128 25.51 2.59 59.0 29 8
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 194 107 29 1018 55 13.05 72.04 0 1 60 13 80 0
O Balls R W Best Ave 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 194 10642 7541 293 5/33 25.73 12 1 36.32 4.25
He burst onto the international scene taking Mike Gatting's wicket with his first ball, the renowned ball from hell.
Statistics source:
http://www.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/AUS/W/WARNE_SK_02002000/