Australia's legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne played his last Test match 14-years-ago, but even today the iconic 'Ball of the Century' bowled by the 'king of leg-spin', is one for cricket fans to remember across ages. In Test cricket, Shane Warne is the only leg-spinner in the world to take more than 700 wickets.
28-years-ago on this day, Warne stunned the world as he clean-bowled England batsman Mike Gatting in the Test match of the Ashes series against England in Manchester. The magical delivery bowled by Warne took a 90 degree turn to hit Gatting's off-stump.
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In the year 1992 at Sydney, Shane Warne made his Test debut against India. He could not do much in his first Test and was able to pick only one wicket. Warne (32 wickets in 11 Tests) was considered to be an average leg-spinner before he made his debut in the 1993 Ashes series.
Warne took 7 wickets for 52 against West Indies in the 1992 Boxing Day Test. His real talent came to the fore in the 1993 Ashes series. He took 29 wickets in 5 Tests in his first Ashes series. In the first over of the 1993 Ashes Test, Warne took advantage of the damp pitch and bowled a massive leg spin which pitched way outside Mike Gatting's off stump and went on to hit top of off stump.
In an interview, Shane Warne had said he never thought that he could bowl such a delivery too. He said that he was just trying to bowl a leg-break but the ball spun 90 degrees which was almost unbelievable. Warne also described 'Ball of the Century' as the most special moment of his life.