Cricket: Warne to be inducted in Hall of Fame

SYDNEY: Shane Warne will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame this week, according to Cricket Australia. The legendary leg-spinner, the first cricketer to take 700 Test wickets, will be inducted at the Allan Border Medal ceremony in Melbourne today. Hall of Fame chairman David Crow said Warne, who retired from Test cricket in 2007, was the selection committee’s unanimous choice. “Warne’s contribution to cricket has been enormous,” said Crow. “Beyond his phenomenal record, he changed the way cricket was played and inspired a new generation of cricketers worldwide to take up the challenging craft of spin-bowling.”

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2012.