Warne inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
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July 12, 2013, Friday
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FORMER Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne will be inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame during the tea interval at the second Ashes test at Lord's in London, the global governing body said in a statement issued from its Dubai headquarters yesterday.
Warne is the 69th male member to be inducted and joins Brian Lara of the West Indies, Enid Bakewell of England and former Australian teammate Glenn McGrath. Their induction will be on July 19.
Already inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Warne was the first bowler to take 700 test wickets and was named as one of only five Wisden cricketers of the century in 2000.
Warne retired from test cricket in 2007, after taking 708 wickets from 145 matches at an average of 25.41, including his "ball of the century" to dismiss England's Mike Gatting at Manchester, England, in 1993.
His tally of 3,154 test runs is the most by any player without making a hundred.
He was also crucial to Australia's World Cup success in 1999, but missed the 2003 tournament because of a doping ban.
Warne took 293 wickets in 194 one-day internationals at an average of 25.73
"I'm very honored and proud to be announced as an inductee into the ICC Hall of Fame later this month and I'd like to thank the voting academy very much for even considering me," said Warne, currently in England working as a television commentator during the ongoing Ashes series, which started on Wednesday at Nottingham's Trent Bridge ground.
"I'm looking forward to celebrating my induction with my friends and family in front of the crowd at Lord's during the second Ashes Test."
Warne is the 69th male member to be inducted and joins Brian Lara of the West Indies, Enid Bakewell of England and former Australian teammate Glenn McGrath. Their induction will be on July 19.
Already inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Warne was the first bowler to take 700 test wickets and was named as one of only five Wisden cricketers of the century in 2000.
Warne retired from test cricket in 2007, after taking 708 wickets from 145 matches at an average of 25.41, including his "ball of the century" to dismiss England's Mike Gatting at Manchester, England, in 1993.
His tally of 3,154 test runs is the most by any player without making a hundred.
He was also crucial to Australia's World Cup success in 1999, but missed the 2003 tournament because of a doping ban.
Warne took 293 wickets in 194 one-day internationals at an average of 25.73
"I'm very honored and proud to be announced as an inductee into the ICC Hall of Fame later this month and I'd like to thank the voting academy very much for even considering me," said Warne, currently in England working as a television commentator during the ongoing Ashes series, which started on Wednesday at Nottingham's Trent Bridge ground.
"I'm looking forward to celebrating my induction with my friends and family in front of the crowd at Lord's during the second Ashes Test."
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