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Shane Warne

1969 - 2022

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Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Widely considered to be one of the greatest cricketers of all time, Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman for Victoria, Hampshire, the Melbourne Stars and Australia. Warne also played for and coached the Rajasthan Royals, including captaining the team to victory in the inaugural season of the IPL. He made 145 Test appearances, taking 708 wickets, and set the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, a record he held until 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shane Warne has received more than 10,307,697 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Shane Warne is the 11th most popular cricketer (up from 18th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Australia (up from 567th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Australian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Shane Warne ranks 11 out of 136. Before him are W. G. Grace, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Bishan Singh Bedi, Willie Watson, and Viv Richards. After him are Ravindra Jadeja, Muttiah Muralitharan, Garfield Sobers, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Montagu Toller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Shane Warne ranks 594. Before him are Tomas N'evergreen, Valerio Fiori, Pavel Hapal, Kevin Corrigan, Tetsuya, and Geir Moen. After him are Johnathon Schaech, Giovanni Lombardi, Anatoli Ivanishin, Lahcen Abrami, Nyamko Sabuni, and Michael von Grünigen. Among people deceased in 2022, Shane Warne ranks 639. Before him are Bill Lienhard, Charlotte Valandrey, Creed Taylor, Gábor Csapó, Marco Cornez, and Lars Vogt. After him are David Johnson, Paul Herman, Giuseppe Pericu, Silvio Longobucco, George Pérez, and Lamont Dozier.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Shane Warne ranks 474 out of 1,143. Before him are Ernest Chapman (1926), Mervyn Wood (1917), Louis Mandylor (1966), Rodney Brooks (1954), Lorraine Crapp (1938), and Edith Cowan (1861). After him are Les Murray (1938), Suzanne Cory (1942), June Maston (1928), Liane Moriarty (1966), Tim Forsyth (1973), and Jenny Lamy (1949).

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Among CRICKETERS In Australia

Among cricketers born in Australia, Shane Warne ranks 2. Before him are Don Bradman (1908). After him are Ian Chappell (1943), Allan Border (1955), Richie Benaud (1930), Bill Brown (1912), Phillip Hughes (1988), Ricky Ponting (1974), Steve Waugh (1965), Glenn Maxwell (1988), Adam Gilchrist (1971), and David Warner (1986).

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