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| Legend Warne to quit after Ashes | |
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| Australia's star spinner Shane Warne has announced he will retire from international cricket after the Ashes. | |
| Warne is one wicket away from becoming the first bowler in Test history to claim 700 wickets, with the fourth Test starting on 26 December. | Warne is one wicket away from becoming the first bowler in Test history to claim 700 wickets, with the fourth Test starting on 26 December. |
| "I'd like to go out on top. I want to go out on my terms, I'd like to think I've earned that right," Warne said. | "I'd like to go out on top. I want to go out on my terms, I'd like to think I've earned that right," Warne said. |
| The spinner said he would complete the final two years of his contract with Hampshire in the County Championship. | |
| Watch Warne's wonder ball to Gatting How to bowl Shane Warne's leg-spin variations | Watch Warne's wonder ball to Gatting How to bowl Shane Warne's leg-spin variations |
| Warne told a press conference that he would probably have retired from the international game at the end of the 2005 Ashes series, had Australia won. | Warne told a press conference that he would probably have retired from the international game at the end of the 2005 Ashes series, had Australia won. |
| "But it wasn't to be." | "But it wasn't to be." |
| "I'm going to retire at the end of the Sydney Test match," he said. | |
| "It's been an unbelievable journey... but my time is now." | "It's been an unbelievable journey... but my time is now." |
| Although he confirmed he would finish his contract with Hampshire, Warne said that he would cease playing for Victoria and club side St Kilda in Melbourne. | Although he confirmed he would finish his contract with Hampshire, Warne said that he would cease playing for Victoria and club side St Kilda in Melbourne. |
| 606: DEBATE Part of what makes him so special is that he brings so much to the game with his attitude MM 606: Have your say | 606: DEBATE Part of what makes him so special is that he brings so much to the game with his attitude MM 606: Have your say |
| Some reports have suggested fast bowler Glenn McGrath might follow Warne into retirement. | |
| The fourth Ashes Test takes place on Warne's home turf, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and is expected to break the previous attendance records of 90,800 for a single day and 350,354 for the whole match. | The fourth Ashes Test takes place on Warne's home turf, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and is expected to break the previous attendance records of 90,800 for a single day and 350,354 for the whole match. |
| The fifth and final Test begins in Sydney on 2 January. | |
| Warne, who was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the century in 2000, became the first ever bowler to reach 600 wickets during the 2005 Ashes series. | Warne, who was named one of Wisden's five cricketers of the century in 2000, became the first ever bowler to reach 600 wickets during the 2005 Ashes series. |
| He has 25 more Test scalps than his nearest rival, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, although he has played 33 more games. McGrath is next in line with 555. | He has 25 more Test scalps than his nearest rival, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, although he has played 33 more games. McGrath is next in line with 555. |
| Warne has played 143 Tests since his debut against India in 1992. | Warne has played 143 Tests since his debut against India in 1992. |
| It was not until 1993 that Warne was considered world class, when his first ball in an Ashes series bamboozled England's Mike Gatting at Old Trafford. | It was not until 1993 that Warne was considered world class, when his first ball in an Ashes series bamboozled England's Mike Gatting at Old Trafford. |
| His best figures came against England in Brisbane in 1994, when he took 8-71 and he has 186 English wickets in 34 Ashes Tests, including 40 wickets in the 2005 series. | His best figures came against England in Brisbane in 1994, when he took 8-71 and he has 186 English wickets in 34 Ashes Tests, including 40 wickets in the 2005 series. |