Shane Warne's Top 10 Wickets & Tribute to the 'King of Spin' 

The best thing about Shane he would sometimes tell the batsman what he was going to bowl, and he would still get their wickets.

I loved Warnie. He was as big as Michael Jordan across the world in the 90s and early 2000s. Probably the greatest bowler ever, and a legend of the game. He also did a lot of charity work and was a genuinely good person. Fox Sports did a special feature called “A Week With Warnie” in 2020, which was a series of interviews with Shane talking about his life and career. It’s absolute gold and is worth watching. When Warne died, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (his home ground and the biggest stadium in the country) renamed the massive Great Southern Stand to “The Shane Warne Stand” in his memory. The MCG also hosted a memorial service which was televised live all around the world and was watched by an estimated one billion people.

The King Of Leg Spin ... What a *LEGEND* ... Warnie could turn the cricket ball on a glass surface. Can't believe he is gone, so young, World Cricket loss.

Cricket is a gentleman's game so no matter which country player represents, if he has that fire 🔥. He is gonna be loved everywhere. Shane Warne was a rare spinner, and he was a very down to earth guy, he used to give respect to all players. That's why he is loved around the globe.

As an Australian when I heard he died, I couldn't believe it, I thought it was a hoax. He was so young, and a legend.

He put 1600 rpm on the ball with his fingers, batsmen said they could hear it zinging as it ripped the air. I was at a cricket function in Melbourne with a mate who was doing it a bit tough, Warnie came over and asked my mate how he was and they chatted for a few minutes. My mate was chuffed because Warnie exchanged numbers with him. Three months later he receive a call, Warnie asked him how he was doing, he just wanted to know if he was ok.

Everyone knows, or anyone who knows leg spin (I used to bowl wrist spin myself) that no.3 in this compilation is no.1. A young Shane Warne, first test delivery on English soil. He would have been incredibly nervous (Warnie said so), and to deliver that ball on your first ball, against a respected batsman against spin, is just remarkable. You have to understand that a leggie often needs to warm up before the ball comes out right. You need a relaxed grip, which Warne often emphasized. Then there's the quality of the ball. The massive drift to leg, the dip, and then the turn and how it grips and quickens. The shape is just exquisite. The batsman truly had no idea of what had just happened, he has confirmed this himself in interviews. Then there's Richie Benaud's casual commentary, a former leg spinner for Australia. He knew what just happened, he knew that brilliance was about to be witnessed. First ball!

Nobody can beat the warne's performances Not now and not in future. He was absolutely magician, superb, brilliant and master class. We miss you legend.

I am from India , & he was my childhood idol ...I still bowl with his bowling action...trust me his action is one of the reason for such a wizardry spin on the cricket bowl ...Even my leg spin bowl spins alot when I bowl in his action ...Spin upon a cricket bowl is much dependent on the spinner's action upon the delivery ..His action is just most natural action if you compare with other spinners in cricket history so he has got the highest spin on the cricket bowl

Surprised two young Americans took the time to appreciate the wizardry of Shane.

Number 3 was the first time I saw Shane Warne bowl. It changed my world. What a legend!

Shane Warne was God of spin 💔🥺 lots of love from india

All the cricket fans in this world would die to see Shane Warne bowling to Sachin Tendulkar. Two greatest cricket player of all time. R.I.P my favourite bowler.💐💐😢

RIP Warnie . Edit- just in case you missed it number 3 was his first bowl in a test match in England.

Every so often Shane would give a master class during one of the breaks in cricket when he became a commentator. This is one of those classes, it's only a few minutes long but he goes through how he bowls the ball. One of the reasons he was such a great bowler was not how much he could spin the ball so much but how accurate he was. He could place the ball where ever he wanted. Secondly, he did his homework, hew knew each batsman's weakness and exploited them. The amount of spin he could put on the ball was shown by how much drift he got. If you watch the ball in the air it would drift to the right and also dip in the air, this would deceive batsman no end. What made it so exciting watching him bowl was there was always this expectation of what was going to happen next. He played in an era whenthe team was the best in the world by a long margin, he bowled extremely well in partnership with his great friend Glenn McGrath who, as a fast bowler, also took over 500 wickets. Glenn was known as a very accurate bowler and the amount of pressure they could build on a team was legendary. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z1qpVTYif3M.html

Thank you for doing a reaction to Shane. Recommended you did one a week or two ago and glad you have!!! He was unbelievable. What he did with the ball defies physics. Great character both on and off the pitch.

Thanks so much for checking out Shane Warne. He knew at least 5 different styles of leg spin bowling which involve slightly different grips on the ball and wrist action/release of the ball in order to fool the batter as to where the ball will bounce. Don’t forget these five different styles of his are all just leg spin. Then you have all the different types of swing/fast and off spin bowling too. It’s definitely an art. Shane was lost to us too young. He has a short TUTORIAL on RU-vid showing exactly how he spins it.

RIP Legends never die

Aussie legend resting in power, we miss him dearly down under 🇦🇺

GOAT! What a legend of sport he was! RIP Warnie

He was an absolute genius, the greatest spin bowler of all time. There will never be another like him. He would spin it further than any other bowler and a lot of the time he would talk the batsman out. He inspired so many young cricketers to be spin bowlers and would always offer advice to any spinner he saw or received correspondence from.

He was a true legend. Then was his rival Muthaia Muralitharan a great spinner. Both were the greatest spinners ever that the opponents will shiver to face their bowling.

Thank you for reacting to Shane Warne. He is a splendid cricket player, so exciting to watch. I was really lucky to have enjoyed watching cricket at a time when he and his Australian team were at the top of their game.

I was lucky to meet him in 1993 and was a nice young man. I dont think we will ever see another Shane Warne in cricket for many, many years to come. A real shame we lost this legend so young.

I was fortunate to see Warne live an many occasions (test cricket). When he came on to bowl you would feel a marked change in the atmosphere in the crowd. It would buzz,

Shane Warne is most famous foreign cricket player respected in India. Sachin Tendulkar batting against Shane Warne situation was almost similar to Corona lockdown .

I haven't watched much of Shane Warner since he passed. I never met him..but felt like I knew him for many years. He was one of my heroes. An absolute legend of a player person and father.

He was the greatest spin bowler of all time

Quite simply the best spin bowler the World have EVER seen...or ever will.

It’s really difficult if you’re not brought up with the game but in the true sense of the word he was a superstar of the sport. Named in the top 10 of All time, he was a true legend both on and off the field and unfortunately the last 1 eventually killed him. He lived 152 years in his 52 and living that extreme lifestyle lead his demise. He went on 2 week fast in the 2 weeks prior to a trip to a Thailand island and after an exercise session was found dead in his suite from the heart attack a few hours afterwards. Regarding his talent, it was due to his strong wrists to to be able to turn the ball that much. Cricket is about strategy and he used plenty of variation to get batsmen out. Quicker straight ones, balls that spun the other way and flatter ones without a discernible change in bowling action. Spin bowling was a dying art when he started (1992) and he became a ‘box office’ attraction. As mentioned he devoted a lot of time after his career educating budding cricketers the skill in all countries. He was like a God in India who are the most fanatical of supporters. To die at such a young age is a true tragedy. Unfortunately it’s a good lesson for many to live more healthily and I know it has changed some lives to the faults in living to extremes. A body is not meant to go without food for weeks then expect exertion not to have ramifications. RIP Warnie.

Leg spin bowling is the most difficult art in cricket. So hard to master. Even the very best bowl both good balls and poor ones. What stood Warnie apart was his total mastery and control never before seen from a leg spin bowler. Rarely a poor ball was ever bowled. He knew where he wanted to bowl the ball and he did it over and over again. He was also a quintessential Aussie larrikin. He was cheeky, played hard, had fun and loved a beer and a chin wag when the game was over. He no doubt had his blemishes, but there was rarely a bad word about Warnie. RIP Shane.

That week was a crappy week we lost 2 Aussie cricket ledges the other was Rodney Marsh

My father was a spin bowler in cricket he started playing Cricket as a Young Man and didn't retire from the game until he was in his late 40s when I watch Shane Warne deliver a ball I see my dad before they both had the same technique simply mesmerizing I can you remember watching with my father as Shane played and although we are kiwis it was always a pleasure to watch him play my father took over 2,000 wickets in his time of playing both Warnie and my dad were true Masters in the art of spin bowling and it is an art. In the hands of a master of spin a cricket ball can be unplayable and I have seen that from both of these men first hand. Both of them are gone now and I miss them both but I know they are both comparing notes on that great cricket ground in the sky.

Of all the things Warnie has been accused of, he has never been accused of being humble 😅. What a legend, RIP never forget ❤️

The thing about Shane was that he was an incredibly smart/tactical bowler. He knew what type of spin to do in order to deceive the batsman. If you notice the darker areas of the pitch, they are known as the "rough" areas, and that helps the spinners generate the greatest amount of turn. Now Warne had such great control that he could always bowl "into the rough" and generate an incredible amount of turn. I always looked up to him, and he was the reason why I decided to become a leg spinner. RIP Shane Warne. There will never be a bowler like you.

I am Australian and I remember number 3. The 1st thing to know is that this was the 1st ball he ever bowled in test cricket in England. 2nd thing is that the guy he got out was Mike Gatting one of the best players of spin in the world. 3rd thing was if you watch that delivery it starts straight at the wicket swings to the right in the air (called drift) then spins back viciously back to the left and hits the top of the off stump. This was the most unplayable ball that has ever gotten a wicket. I was from Melbourne (where Warney was from), and saw him bowl a few times on boxing Day with 90,000+ crowd. When he came into bowl the the atmosphere changed. The Gatting delivery is known as "the Ball". Should have been number 1. There are clips on RU-vid that show all the different deliveries he could bowl. You should watch it. RIP champ.

He liked a good time Warnie. Lived life to the fullest.

Shane was not only the greatest wrist spinner, but also a notorious lady's man. He was charismatic on and off the field. One of my favorite cricketers of all time. love you, Shane Warne! R.I.P!

Shane Warne is the best spin bowler in the history of cricket. There are various types of bowlers in cricket; pace and spin are two broad categories. Swing bowling is my favourite - I recommend watch Wasim Akram / Waqar Younis. They're both extraordinary swing bowlers, the best in the history of cricket in that category of bowling imo.

Shane Warne is so important because he gives every Leg Spinner an opportunity. Leg Spinners don't generally have good averages because they can be costlyl but they can get the most valuable wickets

I used to be a legspin bowler when I played cricket and despite being an Englishman he was my bowling hero RIP Shane :)

Shane Warne will always be a legend

Man was a freak. totally brilliant. he was a master of putting the ball onto the roughed up ground where Batsmen had been standing or tapping their bat on the ground waiting for balls. this rough ground often exaggerated the already tremendous spin.

Loved watching Warnie...

Greatest bowler ever, and I've been watching cricket since the 1960s.

still hard to believe he's not with us. I watched him demolish england and so many other teams so many times. every time he picked the ball up you knew something was going to happen. we didn't love to hate him, we hated to love him! so glad I was alive to see him play. legend. RIP.

Shane …will always be my Legend ❤

There cannot be one more shane Warne💯 His spinn inspired all cricket lovers. He is the all time greatest spin bowler and we will never witness a bowler like him🔥 The God himself was bowling and it was "Shane Warne"

Every time he bowled you were on the edge of your seat!

The best leg spinner of all time. RIP WARNIE

There is a video of him explaining how he does what he does. And also check out swing bowling, Jimmy Anderson, Dale Stein, Wasim Akram, Irfan Pathan etc. There are also fun videos of Shane Warne bowling to Hugh Jackman and Brett Lee bowling to Piers Morgan.

I cried when he died. My cricketing hero.

It is not just about the spin that Shane Warne puts on the ball it is also about the speed variation with which the bowler delivers the ball , the flight or how much loop the ball has and the accuracy with which the ball hits the wicket. In many of these deliveries the ball hits a rough patch that has been caused by a players foot marks and wear and tear of the wicket after four or five days of play. In fact on day four or five the wicket has been worn and drying out for several days and can be cracking or breaking up. It is often on these days that spinners get the most deviation.

Shane Warne life just different level

G.O.A.T...R.I.P. SHANE 😥🇭🇲🙏🏾✝️💖💯...

He Will Always Be Our AUSSIE LEGEND🏏R.I.P KING🧡Thank You For Sharing This Video👏

Shane Warne was an Australia Leg Spinner & was & is still rated the Greatest Leg Spinner of all time in the game of Cricket everywhere in the Cricketing World. A leg spinner is a wrist spinner. They hold the ball in different positions in the finger & with the use of the wrist, are able to bowl the ball where ever they want it to go. The main types of bowling with a Leggy is Leg Spin, which is pitched on the leg side spinning in. The Wrongun which is a ball spinning from the off side (the side the bat is on) with a leg spin action from the hand & a Top Spinner which is a straight ball that jumps up suddenly. But he also invented a ball called a Flipper, which is a ball pitched with a Leg spin action, that hit's the ground & jumps forward very quickly straight on. He developed 3 different Flippers with 3 different bounce patterns. He ended up with more than 700 Test scalps. On one occasion against the West Indies (Caribbean), he was bowling to the best Batsman in the world at the time, Brian Lara. Lara hit him for a 6 & 3 4's in his 1st 4 balls, he said to Lara, this one will take the top of your middle stump Brian. Prepare yourself. He took his mark, Warney walked back to his mark & came in & bowled & Lara missed the ball & it took the Top of his middle stump just as Warnie said it would. That didn't always come off, but when it did, it was awesome. Hahaha

He's my hero and I'm English. That fella was a pain in the arse but what a player and what a person. I'll properly miss his commentary and his knowledge of the game.

# 3 was the Ball of the Century. His first ball in England. It made him a superstar. Gatting didn’t know what happened. He was such a character too. I remember the last day of a test against Pakistan. Warne and Healy had a convo mid pitch before he bowled the last ball. Then bowled mushtaq Ahmed around his legs. Turned out he was asking Healy where they should have dinner. The gamesmanship! You need to check out his flippers as well. Such great memories from my youth.

I love how Warnee drifts the ball across to the right then that visious spin to the left.

The amazing thing is that these were all leg-break deliveries. Warnie was such an incredible genius he had ways to spin the ball the other way (called the wrong'un or googly), to make the ball go straight on, to make it bounce more. For anyone who is curious about the art of leg spin there's a video where he explains some of the grips he uses and how to deliver the ball. So many variations, so subtle in disguise making many amazing batsmen look like amateurs. RIP King Warnie

In cricket, bowlers bowl 6 deliveries called an 'over', then another bowler bowls from the other end. In between overs, the fielders run around and change position. The batsman that was at the non strikers/umpire end becomes the striker. You'll see brown circles on the pitch near the batsman, these footprints are created by the bowlers bowling from the other end. These footprints would become more pronounced as the game wore on, especially on the 5th day of a Test match, wearing away the grass and getting deeper. these footmarks are what Shane would aim for to create extra spin and turn. His aim was legendary and would hit these footmarks everytime he wanted to. He would bowl several deliveries just missing the footmark and not applying too much spin then he would rip one, you hear him grunt sometimes as he bowls, applying extra spin with his hand combined with hitting the footmarks, the sudden extra turn completely fools the batsman! Sometimes the footmarks make the ball stay low or bounce higher, they can be unpredictable which makes batting harder later on in Test matches giving the bowlers the advantage, earlier in the Test match on the flatter pitch, the batsmen have the advantage due to the more predictable bounce.

Hey there!.. There's a reason why Shane Warne was so good at what he did.. Just notice where the ball lands after he delivered them.. He landed the ball in the footmarks caused by the fast bowlers, and because Shane put so much revolutions on the ball - landing in the footmarks, the ball shoots towards the stumps, hitting them.. His one other delivery which made him so dangerous, was a delivery called the flipper.. A flipper is the ball that didn't deviate, but went straight on, trapping the batsman in front of his stumps.. He was a legend.. RIP, Shane..

his a straight up G here here in Australia, a certified legend.

Shane Warne was probably our most recognized sports star worldwide, he was very big personality as well very sad he passed larger than live but lived probably 5x more than the average person would have had his age.

Warne was an absolute freak, sorely missed.

I used to love watching Shane

For years I loved watching him dominate the game. His insight and knowledge of the game was phenomenal. Great commentator too. Truly missed.

Shane is the King of Spin also one of the kindest and well mannered humans to grace the earth shame he past away

Sachin tendulkar vs Shane warne.... Sachin was dismissed by warne only 4 times..... While sachin has blasted against warne many times...... Shane warne once said that sachin tendulkar was his nightmare when he's in attacking mode..... But Shane warne was also a legend.... Respect to the great spinner.....

without doubt the best Leg Spinner of all time and definately up there as one of if not best bowler of all time. A lot of work will go into the buildup to those deliveries, mind games are played on the Batsman, the art of bowling (all forms of Bowling) is to keep the Batsman guessing and never let them relax. There are all different grips on the ball which will get the ball rotating in the air in different ways and you will notice on those wickets the use of the rough on the wicket, this adds unpredictability to how the ball will spin of the wicket, Shane was a master of exploiting that.

Loved Warnie. One thing about him was that he was so relatable as he loved to smoke and eat baked beans.

Shane Warne...a genius all time

He was the kind of player who emptied the bars at cricket grounds when he came on to bowl.

Sometimes Shane Warne would make out he was going to spin the ball, but bowled it straight on the stumps!

just so good. finger or wrist spin and oh my gods. Legend and this from an Englishman. Best I've ever seen and probably will never witness again

An icon of Australian cricket. The best spin bowler ever and as Nasser said in the tribute, if you got runs against him, he's be the first to tell you "well batted mate". He was always happy to share bowling tips with youngsters, too. In fact, there are very likely some of his bowling clinics up on RU-vid, if you wanted to see how he went about his craft.

One thing that makes this even more impressive is that when the ball is pitched that wide (outside leg stump) the batsman is entitled to fend the ball with his pads without risking an LBW dismissal. All these batsman didn't think it was possible to turn the ball that far in each one of these deliveries.

To me Shane was the best bowler ever. To someone new to the game its hard to understand the mind games in this beautiful game.

Thanks for reacting to the Legend Shane Warne. The GOAT of spin bowling.. You can react to Shane Warne spin tutorial videos to see how he does it. He was very generous with his gifts. Sharing to.the young kids coming through..

The king of spin.... RIP Shane

Warnie was a magician .. RIP King

RIP Shane

I love watching these videos. The woman is dead on. What can you even do to that 😂 Warnie was my hero growing up. Really cool to see others appreciate him

In his prime many batsmen at the bowlers end commented that as he let go the ball it made a fizzing sound that rattled their confidence. That's how much action he put on the ball.

If you guys are thinking how to play Shane Warne, then you should watch how Sachin Tendulkar played Shane Warne... There was a very healthy rivalry between them for many years....

Yes, Shane Warne is the king of "leg spin", he was amazing with his variations... but, if you wanna take a look at the king of "off spin", then you have to check on Muttaiah Muralidharan! Matter fact, he is the all time spinning legend in Cricket history for now... take a look at him too... 😌😊❤️👌🙏👍

Trick is to bounce the ball into foot marks. When fast bowlers bowl, the spikes on their shoes scratch out the surface on the pitch. What Shane mastered was to put enough spin on the ball that it flights before bouncing (slows) and then once it hits foot marks, it would ricochet off the pitch and hit the stumps.. It is not about how much angle the ball creates, but about how fast it goes through batsman's defence..

Would recommend you to do your next video on Sachin Tendulkar. The player retains the titles "Master Blaster" & "God of Cricket". Highly recommended Ohh and in the top ten video the No. 1 ball was named as " BALL OF THE CENTURY"

If you want to know how he bowls those deliveries then you need to watch Shane Warne spin bowling tutorial.

That Aussie line up was filled with international superstars. In India, we had a love hate relationship with them cause of the rivalry and admiration 😂 Every kid in India has tried to emulate Shane Warne and Brett Lee

It wasn't just the spin he generated. It was the loop, skid and pace changes he made between deliveries. He could draw the batsmen into his web over several overs, then take their wicket.

I’m not a big cricket gal even tho I’m Aussie but everyone knew Warnie had some kind of weird talent. Watching his best wickets is still pretty other worldly. I met him once. He was just a normal, Australian sport person but he was pretty gracious. The Indians that were with me went crazy. That’s where his true fan base was. Probably shouldn’t have smoked so many durries and ate so many pies, tho….heart disease. At a pretty early age, too.

Glad to see you're both loving cricket. Have a look at Shane Warne- King of spin-Leg spin lesson. There are a lot of videos of him demonstrating his spin technique. Bowlers also use the "rough" on the surface of the cricket pitch to their advantage. The rough is that part where the surface is breaking up and this helps the ball as it hits that area to do some strange things, such as dramatic turns or skidding through. Can be a nightmare for batters if the surface is breaking up badly.

He was and still is the greatest spin bowler ever. But there was more to Warney then what is shown on the field, he was bit of a playboy and got into trouble a couple of times but this is also why so many people loved him, he had his faults and was loved regardless. Also, he was a huge family man and loved his kids, a great father.

Rip 🙏 legends never die

Warne was the best spin bowler. He was a legend. RIP. Nice Video .....now please do one on Muttiah Muralitharan. If i get to see that one I will surely subscribe your channel and with me you will get a lot of subscriber's as Murali is one of the best as well. You guyz are really doing great job...loved ur videos so far..will wait for Murali's video. Cheers 🥂.

He is the legend of leg spin, you should watch yorker king(Lasith Malinga) most unplayable yorker deliveries got balled outs..

Thats the 10 best the next hundred are also worth watching master of the craft of leg spin.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground stadium, now has one area called the “Shane Warne “ stand!