Australia- IPL runs
- 198
- Average
- 9.90
- Strike rate
- 92.5
- Highest
- 34
Career
Shane Warne revived legspin as a frontline weapon at a time when it was considered a luxury. His first delivery in Ashes cricket, which pitched outside leg stump and hit the top of off to dismiss Mike Gatting in 1993, remains the most replayed ball in the game's history.
He combined enormous side spin with control usually associated with finger spinners, and used flight, drift and an aura of imminent invention to keep batters guessing. He captained Rajasthan Royals to the inaugural IPL title in 2008 with a squad rated the weakest in the competition.
Highlights
- Took 708 Test wickets, second on the all-time list
- Dismissed Mike Gatting with his first ball in Ashes cricket in 1993
- Captained Rajasthan Royals to the inaugural IPL title in 2008
- Named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Century
Overview
What the figures show
57 IPL wickets, taken between 2008 and 2011, are the substance of Shane Warne's tournament record. He has also made 198 runs at 92.5, with 34 the best of them.
Every one of those seasons was played for Rajasthan Royals. That is a wicket every 21 balls. Set against the 102 bowlers here with 300 IPL balls or more, an economy rate of 7.27 is cheaper than their 8.17 median.
In the Big Bash there are 8 wickets from 11 matches for Melbourne Stars. As a bowler the leagues line up at 7.27 an over in the IPL and 7.26 in the Big Bash.
Shane Warne's Ashes bowling reads 195 wickets at 23.25, best figures of 8/71 in an innings and 12/246 in a match, with eleven five-wicket hauls among them.
International
Career record
| Format | M | Inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testfrom 2001 | 24 | 33 | 590 | 71 | 20.34 | 67.6 | 0 | 3 |
| ODIfrom 2002 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| IPL | 55 | 29 | 198 | 34* | 9.90 | 92.5 | 0 | 0 |
Figures marked with a year cover only part of this career — the ball-by-ball archive behind these numbers begins in 2001 for Tests and 2002 for One Day Internationals.
The Ashes
Australia versus England
Shane Warne’s record in Ashes Tests, from 1993-2007. Every Ashes series and record.
| Ashes bowling | M | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Avg | Econ | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-2007 | 36 | 195 | 8/71 | 12/246 | 23.25 | 2.52 | 11 |
Big Bash League
BBL career
11 Big Bash matches. Computed from the deliveries themselves. All eight BBL clubs.
| BBL bowling | M | Wkts | Runs | Balls | Avg | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 8 | 283 | 234 | 35.38 | 7.26 |
Articles
Articles about Shane Warne
Questions
About Shane Warne
How many IPL runs has Shane Warne scored?
Shane Warne has scored 198 runs in the IPL across 4 seasons, averaging 9.9 at a strike rate of 92.52. The highest score is 34.
How many IPL wickets has Shane Warne taken?
Shane Warne has taken 57 IPL wickets at an economy rate of 7.27 and an average of 25.39.
Which IPL teams has Shane Warne played for?
Shane Warne has appeared for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
How many Ashes wickets has Shane Warne taken?
Shane Warne has taken 195 wickets in 36 Ashes Tests between 1993-2007 at 23.25 apiece, with best figures of 8/71 in an innings.
How many BBL wickets has Shane Warne taken?
Shane Warne has taken 8 Big Bash League wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of 7.26 and an average of 35.38.
Which BBL clubs has Shane Warne played for?
Shane Warne has appeared for Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
What is Shane Warne's playing style?
Shane Warne is a right-hand bat who bowls legbreak googly, listed as a bowler.
What was the Ball of the Century?
Shane Warne's first delivery in Ashes cricket, at Old Trafford in 1993, which drifted outside leg stump and turned sharply to hit the top of off stump and bowl Mike Gatting.
How many Test wickets did Shane Warne take?
708, second only to Muttiah Muralitharan in Test history.
Did Shane Warne captain in the IPL?
Yes. He captained Rajasthan Royals to the title in the inaugural 2008 season with a squad widely rated the weakest in the tournament.
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Players alongside Shane Warne
Team-mates from this player's IPL seasons first, then others from the same country.
How this page was worked out
Where these figures come from
Sources for this profile
- IPL figures computed from ball-by-ball records of 1,243 IPL matches.
- Big Bash figures computed from ball-by-ball records of men’s BBL matches.
- Ashes figures compiled from published Test match records, not from ball-by-ball data.
- International figures computed from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0.
- Date of birth, playing style and photograph come from a third-party player feed, matched by name.
How the numbers are derived
- A wide is not a ball faced; a no ball is.
- Byes and leg byes are not charged to the bowler; wides and no balls are.
- Six kinds of dismissal are credited to a bowler. A run out is not one of them.
- An average is runs over dismissals, and is left blank rather than shown as infinite.
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What this page does not cover
- Only the competitions named above. A record elsewhere in this player’s career is not counted here and is not implied by these totals.
- Ball-by-ball coverage of Test cricket begins in 2001 and of ODIs in 2002.
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