New Delhi: There are many surprising sentences in cricket. But June 4, 1993, 27 years ago, is a day that will never be forgotten, it was a day that surprised the cricket fans of the whole world. The Ashes series was being played at Old Trafford between Australia and England. The English batsmen were batting first, on the second day of the match, Australian bowler Shane Warne threw such a leg spin, the batsman Mike Gating dodged and bowled. It was a delivery that nobody had seen or heard before. It was called the Ball of the Century.
The batsman trapped in Warne's spin
, the Kangaroo team went to England to play the Ashes series in 1993, according to the news published in the ICC. The first match of this five-match Test series was played at Old Trafford. The Mehban team won the toss and batting first. The entire Australian team was reduced to 289 runs on the first day. Now it was the turn of English batsmen, at that time the Kangaroo team had the English bowlers like C Dermat, Mike Hughes, but the most talked about 24 year old young bowler Shane Warne. At that time, Warne had made his test a year. But he had made his mark in such a short time. In the 1993 Ashes series too, Warne made the batsmen rich with his spin, especially the wicket of Mike Gatting that he took in the pages of history.
This is how Warne put the ball of the century
Shane Warne has been a great leg-spinner, proof that he gave in this Ashes series. Mike Gatting was on the striker end and Warne was in Warne's hands. Gatting had just scored four runs that he faced the Ball of the Century. Warne swung the ball so that he swung outside the leg stump so fast that Gating's off stump flew. After this, as if there was a storm in the entire cricket world, everyone was surprised how the ball could spin so much. Warne took 8 wickets in this match and the Kangaroo team won the match by 179 runs. At that time, there was a news report in the Wisden Magazine that, "Never before in cricket history has a ball been the subject of discussion in the entire match, even the entire series".
Shane Warne has been a great leg-spinner, proof that he gave in this Ashes series. Mike Gatting was on the striker end and Warne was in Warne's hands. Gatting had just scored four runs that he faced the Ball of the Century. Warne swung the ball so that he swung outside the leg stump so fast that Gating's off stump flew. After this, as if there was a storm in the entire cricket world, everyone was surprised how the ball could spin so much. Warne took 8 wickets in this match and the Kangaroo team won the match by 179 runs. At that time, there was a news report in the Wisden Magazine that, "Never before in cricket history has a ball been the subject of discussion in the entire match, even the entire series".
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