A lifetime award for Shane Warne

Observer Sport Monthly's lifetime achievement award goes to Shane Warne. "He has earned a place among the legends of cricket, and this year proved he was no slouch even in semi-retirement, winning the first-ever IPL as player-coach. From poker star to hair-replacement guru, his empire is as unpredictable as his bowling," says Adrian Deevoy, who interviewed Warne to mark the occasion.

Nah. He (Sachin Tendulkar) never frightened me. I think I might have said 'I'm going to have a few nightmares tonight' once and some journalists took it as gospel, but I was never frightened of anyone. And that's not me being big-headed, I was just confident in my ability.