Friday, August 23, 2013

Shane warne

1. SHANE WARNE:
He is an Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest leg spin bowlers in the history of the game. Shane Warne tops in the list of controversy creators on the Cricket field
  • In December 1998, the Australian Cricket Board revealed that three years earlier it had fined Warne and Mark Waugh for accepting money from a bookmaker for giving information about pitch and weather conditions
  • Just before the start of the 1999 World Cup, he was given a fine and a two-match suspended ban by the International Cricket Council for telling a newspaper about Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga that: “There is plenty of animosity between Arjuna and myself. I don’t like him and I’m not in a club of one.”In February 2003, a day before the start of the World Cup, Warne was sent home after a drug test during a one-day series in Australia returned a positive result for a banned diuretic.
  • In 2013, Warne was fined $4500 and banned for one match for using obscene language, making inappropriate physical contact with a player or official (Marlon Samuels) and showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision during a BBL match
  • Shane Warne was the only international player who was caught red handed in sex scandal with 2 girls in a hotel room. Warne’s career was always surrounded by controversies until recent when he finally retired from all formats of the game.

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