TOP 5 AMAZING RECORDS HELD BY SHANE WARNE

Muttiah Muralitharan (800) may hold the record for the most Test wickets. But the record for the first bowler to take 600 and 700 Test wickets remains with Warne as of now. During the 2005 Ashes series...

- RENIN WILBEN

The entire cricketing fraternity was left stunned by the sudden demise of Australian legend Shane Warne at 52. The spin wizard died of a suspected heart attack while holidaying in Thailand on March 4. Warne’s manager con-firmed that the cricketer was found unresponsive in his villa, and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. Tributes have not stopped flowing in for Warne since the news of his death shook the cricketing community. An icon of the game, Warne claimed 708 Test wickets from 145 matches and 293 scalps in 194 ODIs. He was the man of the match in the semi-finals and the final when Australia lifted the World Cup in 1999. In the wake of his shocking demise, we look at five amazing records held by the late Warne.

1. FIRST BOWLER TO CLAIM 600 AND 700 WICKETS IN TEST MATCHES