Shane Warne captured his 700th Test wicket to roaring home-town acclaim as Australia took a grip on the fourth Ashes Test against England on the opening day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
The master leg-spinner, who was given a standing ovation by the near-capacity crowd as he came into the attack in the 41st over, bowled opener Andrew Strauss for 50 to become the first bowler in Test history to take 700 wickets.
Warne, who has announced he is retiring from Test cricket after the last two Tests of this series, produced a signature leg-break to knock over Strauss’s middle-stump and ignite wild celebrations in the crowd.
Warne (37) is playing in his 144th Test and has been acclaimed as one of the all-time cricketing greats, having revolutionised the art of wrist-spin bowling. — AFP
