Highs and lows from the career of Australian spin-bowler Shane Warne, who retires from cricket on Friday.
# September 13, 1969: Shane Keith Warne born in Ferntree Gully, Australia
# January 1992: Takes meagre 1-150 on his Test debut against India in Sydney
# June 4, 1993: Bamboozles England's Mike Gatting with the "ball of the century" at Old Trafford, his first ever delivery in an Ashes Test
# December 29, 1994: Claims Test hattrick against England at the MCG
# December 1998: Fined along with teammate Mark Waugh for providing information to an Indian bookmaker during Australia's 1994 tour of Sri Lanka
# June 20, 1999: Named World Cup final's man of the match as Australia beat Pakistan
# April 2000: Voted one of Wisden magazine's five "Cricketers of the Century" along with Donald Bradman, Garry Sobers, Jack Hobbs and Viv Richards
# August 2000: Stripped of Australian vice-captaincy after bombarding an English nurse with lewd text messages. Dubbed "Shame Warne" by British press
# February 2003: Sent home from World Cup in South Africa and banned for a year after testing positive for a proscribed diuretic
# June 2005: Announces divorce from wife Simone Callahan, mother of his three children, after allegations of extra-marital affairs
# July-September 2005: Shrugs off marital problems to take 40 wickets in Australia's losing Ashes campaign. Ends that year with 96 Test wickets, a world record that still stands
# December 26, 2006: Becomes first bowler to reach 700 Test wickets, in front of his home crowd at the MCG
# January 5, 2007: Retires from Test cricket with 708 wickets in 145 matches
# September 2007: Simone breaks off a reconciliation after Warne accidentally sent her a text message meant for another woman
# June 1, 2008: Captains Rajasthan Royals to the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 title
# December 10, 2011: Makes headlines over his alleged relationship with British actress Liz Hurley
# May 6, 2011: Announces retirement from professional cricket on Twitter
# May 18, 2011: Fined $50,000 over a public row with a senior Indian cricket official
# May 20, 2011: Plays final professional game, for Rajasthan Royals against Mumbai Indians
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Shane the Australian spin legend has entertained us with his magical spells from time and on throughout his career and he is such a kind of player that the world cricket hardly will forget. Though surrounded by controversies throughout his career he has never underperformed and always gave his cent percent whether he was playing for the Australian side or with Rajasthan Royals. We salute him for his tremendous contribution in world cricket...
