Shane Warne, the Australia leg-spinner who was one of the greatest bowlers to ever grace a cricket field, has died aged 52 of a suspected heart attack.
The former Victoria and Hampshire player, widely regarded as one of the game's all-time greats, was found unresponsive at his villa in Thailand.
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Across a 15-year Test career that stretched from 1992 to 2007, Warne cemented himself as the architect of a leg-spin revival.
His haul of 708 wickets across 145 Test matches is the second-highest number taken by any bowler and just one of several records set across his career. Here, Stats Perform looks at some of his finest feats.
One of the greatest of all-time.
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) March 4, 2022
A legend. A genius.
You changed Cricket.
RIP Shane Warne pic.twitter.com/YX91zmssoT
708 - Only one bowler – Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (800) – has ever taken more Test wickets than Warne, who amassed 708.
195 - Warne's haul of 195 Ashes victims means he holds the record for most Test wickets against England.
199 - The spinner had 199 Test innings at the crease as a batsman, hitting 3,154 runs overall at an average of 17.32.
14 - Alec Stewart was Warne's favourite opponent to bowl to in Tests, with the Englishman dismissed 14 times.
99 - Warne's highest score in Test cricket was 99 runs, while his best effort in one-day internationals was 55.
130 - After England, Warne took the most Test wickets against South Africa, with 130 in total.
96 - Warne's most successful year for bowling, numbers-wise, was in 2005 when he took 96 Test wickets, although an Ashes defeat took some shine off that haul. In ODIs, he took a career-high 62 wickets in 1999.
291 - He took 291 wickets for Australia across 193 ODI appearances.
319 - A hefty proportion of Warne's Test wickets came on home turf, with 319 coming his way while playing in Australia, including 15 five-wicket hauls.
129 - In 22 Tests in England, Warne took 129 wickets.
