Shane Warne passes away: Remembering the 'Ball of the Century' that stunned the world

Australian cricketer Shane Warne’s unfortunate demise on Saturday came as a shock for entire cricketing community, as he passed away at of 52 due to a suspected heart attack. While world mourned massive loss to Australia as well as global cricket, cricket fans on Twitter remembered iconic ‘ball of century’ by Warne. world witnessed Warne’s miraculous effort during Ashes 1993 against England, which stunned England batter Mike Gatting and also me him a superstar in cricket.

Bowling his first ball against England in first Ashes Test, Warne bowled left-handed Gatting by pitching ball almost two feet outside off-stump, which spun extra extravagantly and ended up batter’s leg stump. delivery me Warne a superstar only in his first Ashes appearance and became defining moment in history of wrist spin bowling. 

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Shane Warne's thoughts about 'ball of century'

Meanwhile, legendary spinner talked about ‘ball of century’ in his documentary named, ‘Shane’. As per Sports Bible, speaking about delivery, Shane revealed how he couldn't sleep before first Ashes Test and smoked countless cigarettes to cope with pressure. He furr revealed how he planned delivery by saying that he wanted to bowl ball and spin it as far as possible so that it sends a mess to England dressing room. 

“Let m see it drift, curve and just rip it. I'm nervous and re's suddenly a hush that goes around ground. I take a step, I bowl and I let go of ball and it's all like it happened in slow motion. Gatting tried to turn it. It drifted and he followed drift. It pitched, just missed his bat and just clipped top of off-stump. first ball in an Ashes series and it felt pretty bloody good,” Warne ded.

Warne became one of top wrist spinners in world cricket playing for Australia, as he finished his 15 years long career in 2007 with 708 wickets in 145 Test matches and 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. He is leing wicket-taker of all time in Test cricket for Australia. At same time, Warne is also second-highest wicket-taker in world cricket behind Muthiah Muralitharan (800 Test wickets).

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