Shane Warne - his career in pictures
The Sheikh of Tweak
Shane Warne bowls on Test debut against India at Sydney, January 3,1992•Getty Images
Shane Warne celebrates one of his eight second-inning wickets against England at the 'Gabba in November, 1994...•Getty Images
Warne's blonde surfer image added to the hype •Getty Images
Shane Warne before giving evidence to a Pakistan judicial commission in January 1999•AFP
Shane Warne receives his Hampshire County Cap in 2000. Warne and Hampshire enjoyed a successful relationship over the years•Vic Isaacs/Hampshire County Cricket Club
Warne hits out during his highest Test score of 99, against New Zealand at Perth in December 2001•Sandra Teddy/AFP
Warne walks into to a media conference in Johannesburg in 2003 after he was banned for one year following a failed drugs Test•Reuters
Shane Warne is clapped off the field after becoming the world's leading wicket-taker in October 2004•Getty Images
Warne was Australia's top performer of the 2005 Ashes defeat, with heaps of wickets and useful runs. Warne also set record for the most Test wickets in a calendar year•Getty Images
The ball of the century: Mike Gatting is bowled by Shane Warne's first Ashes delivery at Old Trafford in June,1993•Getty Images
...and relaxes with a cigarette aftewards. Smoking was just one of the 'controversies' Warne was engulfed in during his fantastic career•Getty Images
Shane Warne and Ian Healy celebrate
another Test win over England at Trent Bridge in July 1997•Getty Images
Warne was at his one-day best in the 1999 World Cup, taking eight wickets in the semi-finals and finals as Australiia swooped the title•AFP
Warne gets a warm welcome on his return to the field after injury layoff at the MCG January 2000•William West/AFP
Warne receives the Man-of-the-Match award, in his 100th Test, against South Africa at Cape Town in March 2002•Touchline/Getty Images
Warne in the field for the Victoria Second XI on the first day back from his drug ban in February 2004•Getty Images
Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, who shared a heated battle for the highest Test wicket-taker, meet the press ahead of the ICC's fund-raiser at Melbourne in 2005•Mark Dadswell/Getty Images
The winning moment for Australia as Warne bowls Monty Panesar to regain the Ashes in December 2006•Getty Images
Ian Healy congratulates Shane Warne on his 100th Test wicket, in the third Test against South Africa at Adelaide in January 1994•Getty Images
Warne looks to the heavens after clean bowling Jacques Kallis to take his 300th Test wicket in January 1998•Rob Cox/Action Photographics
Warne, Man of the Match in the final, lifts the World Cup on June 20,1999•AFP
Those who thought Warne was not the bowler of old were proven wrong, as he seized eight wickets at The Oval in August 2001•Paul McGregor/ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Warne celebrates a scalp during his 11-wicket haul against Pakistan at Colombo in October 2002•Clive Mason/Getty Images
Warne stormed back to Test cricket, going past 500 wickets during his 26-wicket haul in three Tests against Sri Lanka in early 2004
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Shane Warne holds the ball with which he took his 600th Test wicket in August 2005•Getty Images