Australia’s famous cricketer and former captain Shane Warne has died of a heart attack at the age of 52. Shane Warne played 145 Test matches in his career in which he took 708 wickets. As much as Shane Warne was famous for his bowling on the field, he was also famous outside the field for his controversy. Fighting with his teammate, a string of affairs, dealing with bookies are many such incidents for which Shane Warne has been famous off the field as well.
In the year 2000, Shane Warne was removed from Australia’s vice-captaincy and he was accused of constantly sending messages to a British woman and also doing some indecent words to her. Shane Warne was married at that time and he later admitted to these allegations and also admitted his mistake.
Shane Warne had finalized a deal with Nicorette (Nicotine Replacement Company) under which he also quit smoking, but on the 2008 New Zealand tour, some boys were seen him smoking and his picture also went viral, as a result of which He had to face some controversies.
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Shane Warne has also been famous for his off-field affair, Shane Warne also dated actress Liz Hurley and while living with her, he also had an affair with another woman, due to which the actress left Shane Warne. Apart from this, Shane Warne married Simone Callahan in 1995 and left Callahan in 2005. Shane Warne also has 3 children from Simone Callahan.
Shane Warne always remained in the headlines for his statements. In 2016, Shane Warne called Australian legend Steve Waugh the most selfish player and said that of all the cricketers he has played with, Steve Waugh is the most selfish player. Apart from this, he also targeted former Australian captain Ricky Ponting for criticizing Michael Clarke in his autobiography and criticized him a lot.
Even before the year 2003 ODI World Cup, Australian cricketer Shane Warne was a victim of controversy and this matter was also quite shocking. His drug test came positive during the ODI series in Australia just before the 2003 World Cup and he was sent back home from South Africa. Shane Warne, defending himself, had denied the allegation and said that he had taken a ‘fluid tablet’ which was a prescription drug. Shane Warne was found guilty during the Cricket Australia investigation and he was banned from international cricket by Cricket Australia for 1 year.
n 1994, during Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka, Shane Warne was found guilty of exchanging pitch information and weather report with a bookie before the start of the match, along with his teammate Mark Waugh.