Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne showered accolades on retiring Muttiah Muralitharan, his arch rival during his playing days, by describing the Sri Lankan as one of the game's great competitors whose world record of Test wickets will be hard to be broken.
The ace leg spinner was struck by a ball while batting in the nets on Tuesday.
Warne's death rocked the Australian squad on tour in Pakistan and the feelings were still raw nearly a week later, Warner said
Shane Warne's seven sins scuttled his ambition to captain the Australian cricket team, perhaps the only unfulfilled dream of the legendary spinner.
Shane Warne is in doubt for Australia's second Test against West Indies because of back pain
Warne clean bowled England opener Andrew Strauss for 50 on the second ball of his fourth over.
Struggling to end the violent attacks on Indians living in Melbourne, Victoria's premier John Brumby has sought spin legend Shane Warne's advice to deal with the tensions between the Indian community and the native Australians.
The ace leg-spinner is in favour of making Michael Clarke vice-captain of the Australian cricket team.
He was almost ruled out of rest of the Indian Premier League owing to his hamstring injury but Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne made a surprise appearance against Mumbai Indians as he did not want to miss possibly his only chance to play Sachin Tendulkar in the Twenty20 tournament, in Durban. Barry also lauded the efforts of Munaf Patel and Rob Quiney for their role in the victory over Mumbai Indians.
The duo joined former skipper Mark Taylor (1998) as the only cricketers to receive the award.
The 33-year-old has been in strong form in 50-overs cricket too and famously quipped "I'm back, baby" during an ODI against England in November after a successful technique tweak.
Former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi on Wednesday termed the Board of Control for Cricket in India "money minded" and said the board's decision to impose a fine of $50,000 on Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne was uncalled for.
Never an admirer of John Buchanan's style of functioning, spin legend Shane Warne said the Kolkata Knight Riders coach's multiple-captain theory would only confuse the players.
Spin legend Shane Warne feels that bowling is India's weak link and Australia can exploit this to their advantage in the four-match Test series beginning in Melbourne on December 26.
Paying glowing tributes to Muttiah Muralitharan, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the Sri Lankan spin legend is more accurate and has more variations, so tougher to face.
Shane Warne suffered a suspected broken hand after being struck by an unintentional beamer from former Australia team mate Brett Lee in an MCC v Rest of the World exhibition match at Lord's on Saturday.
The Aussie leg spinner hoped the Sri Lankan had not been influenced by his controversial former captain Arjuna Ranatunga.
Sri Lanka's Galle Cricket Club could sue Shane Warne for not honouring a pledge to reconstruct the tsunami-hit ground.
Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed the Men's Test Player-of-the-Year award. It marked his first Australian Cricket Award, with Hazlewood taking 30 wickets at just 13.16 in Tests against the West Indies, New Zealand, and India.
The concept of night Tests may be seen as breaking away from tradition by purists but Australian spin legend Shane Warne feels the innovation can help bring back fans to cricket's longest format, which is struggling for spectators currently. The outspoken former leg-spinner feels the standard of umpiring in international cricket is also dwindling fast and singled out Pakistan's Aleem Dar as the one making too many mistakes.
The ace leg spinner says victory in the series against Australia's oldest foes, starting in Brisbane next month, is his main concern.
Cricket Australia had said that Warne should be prevented from playing any type of cricket while serving his suspension.
The void created by the retirement of spin legend Shane Warne can never be filled in the Australian cricket team, feels chief selector Andrew Hilditch.
Former Australian legend and Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne has strongly denied reports of involvement of a famous Australian cricketer in alleged fixing of Indian Premier League matches played in South Africa last year.
Australian bowling legend Shane Warne has said that the biggest threat to the art of spin bowling comes from coaches and captains who lack the understanding of the art.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has defended the organisation following a scathing attack aimed at them by spin great Shane Warne, who panned the board in a series of Twitter rants.
Shane Warne will work with the Australia squad as a specialist spin bowling coach in the lead-up to the Twenty20 World Cup in Bangladesh in March, the country's cricket board said on Thursday.
Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne occupy the top two slots in bowling rankings after the Super Test
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne has come up with a 10-point action plan to revive the state of cricket Down Under and said tough decisions need to be made for the team to regain the number one status in the ICC's Test rankings.
Australian coach John Buchanan has said that the ace leg-spinner is keen on playing the 2007 World Cup
Ravichandran Ashwin's childhood coach Sunil Subramanian wished the experienced off-spinner ahead of his 100th Test as India is set to lock horns with England in the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at Dharamsala from Thursday.
This breathtaking backdrop sets the stage for an iconic moment as England's James Anderson stands on the cusp of a historic achievement -- just two wickets away from the coveted 700 in Test cricket.
West Indies batting legend Vivian Richards is set to team up with spin great Shane Warne as Melbourne Stars' team mentor in the Australian Big Bash Twenty20 League this season, according to a report.
Legendary spinner Shane Warne believes that Darren Lehmann's mix of people skills and appetite for cricket would make him a standout candidate to become Australia's next chairman of selectors or coach.
