Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria), is an Australian cricketer and the current captain of Hampshire. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest leg-spin bowlers in cricket history.

Warne retired from international cricket in January 2007, following Australia's 5-0 Ashes series victory over England. Two other players integral to the Australian team of recent years, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer, also retired from Tests on the same day which led some, including the Australian captain, to declare it the end of an era. Warne will continue to play for Hampshire for another two years, honouring a previously signed contract.

In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Despite being plagued by scandals off the field throughout his playing career, Warne has - since October 2004 - held the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket. On 26 December 2006 he became the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets, making him the most successful bowler in the history of Test cricket. He retired with 708 Test wickets. On 3 January 2007, he achieved the milestone of 1000 international wickets (combined total from tests and One-Day Internationals) by claiming the wicket of Monty Panesar LBW during the 5th test of the 2006-07 Ashes series. He was the second bowler to reach this milestone after Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. He is also 3rd on the all time list for ducks and has scored the most runs of any Test cricketer without making a century.

1st: Ravi Shastri (India)

50th: Nasser Hussain (England)

100th: Brian McMillan (South Africa)

150th: Alec Stewart (England)

200th: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)

250th: Alec Stewart (England)

300th: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

350th: Hrishikesh Kanitkar (India)

400th: Alec Stewart (England)

450th: Ashwell Prince (South Africa)

500th. Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka)

550th: James Franklin (New Zealand)

600th: Marcus Trescothick (England)

650th: Ashwell Prince (South Africa)

700th: Andrew Strauss (England)

708th (last wicket): Andrew Flintoff (England)