Cricket Australia Renames Men's Test Player Of The Year Award After Shane Warne

Updated - 26 Dec 2022, 11:16 AM

Shane Warne. (Photo: Twitter)

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The Australian Men’s Test Player of the Year award will be named after Shane Warne to honour the legendary leg-spinner. Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association made the joint announcement during the Boxing Day Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It will be the first Test match at his home ground, the MCG, since his death in March this year.

Shane Warne was named Australia’s Test Player of the Year in 2006 after taking a record 40 wickets in the famous 2005 Ashes series in England. The Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year award will be presented along with the Allan Border Medal for the best player in all formats and the Belinda Clarke Medal for the women’s game.

Shane Was A Proud Advocate Of Test Cricket – Nick Hockley

CA CEO Nick Hockley said it was a fitting honour to rename the award the Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year. Warne achieved many memorable feats, including an Ashes hat-trick and his 700th Test wicket at the MCG.

“As one of Australia’s all-time greats, it is fitting we acknowledge Shane’s extraordinary contribution to Test cricket by naming this award in his honour in perpetuity,” said Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley.

Cricket Australia Chief Nick Hockley (Image Credit: Twitter)

“Shane was a proud advocate of Test cricket and you only have to look around at all the fans who came out to the MCG in their floppy hats and zinc on Boxing Day to realise what a profound impact he had on the game.”

Shane Warne, an Australian leg spinner, died in Thailand in March at the age of 52 due to a heart attack. Warne played 145 Tests for Australia between 1992 and 2007, and his 708 wickets were the record until surpassed by Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.

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