Australian spinner Shane Warne was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on Friday during the ongoing second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lords.
Shane Warne is the 69th male member who has been included in the Hall of Fame and has joined the list of cricket legends like Brian Lara of the West Indies, England's Enid Bakewell fellow Australian Glenn McGrath as the living members of the Hall of Fame.
ICC president, Alan Isaac along with Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards, England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke and MCC president Mike Griffith inducted Warne at Lords.
44-year-old said, "I'm very honored and proud to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame today and I thank the voting academy very much for even considering me. Many of the Hall of Fame members were my heroes when I was growing up, including the likes of Ian Chappell and Dennis Lillee".
"I am delighted that I am celebrating my induction with my friends and family in front of the crowd at Lord's during the second Ashes Test. I was very lucky to play in a wonderful era of Australian cricket and make so many friends along my 20 year journey," he added.
Warne represented Australia in 145 Tests between 1992 and 2007, claiming 708 wickets at an average of 25.41. He is the first Test bowler to claim 700 wickets.
Warne also holds a peculiar record for the most Test runs (3,154) without scoring a century.
Leg-spinner played 194 ODIs claiming 293 wickets at an average of 25.73.
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