Shane Warne Retires Again

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[color=#1C1C1C][color=#4F4D4B][b]22 July 2013[/b][/color]Last updated at 08:22 GMT[/color][/size]


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[size=5][color=#1C1C1C]Shane Warne has retired from all forms of cricket after announcing he will not play at this year's Big Bash tournament with the Melbourne Stars.[/color][/size]


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[size=5][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)][b] Shane Warne factfile[/b][/background][/size][/indent][list]
[*][size=5][b]Born: [/b]13 September 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria[/size]
[*][size=5][b]Role: [/b]Right-handed batsman, leg break & googly bowler[/size]
[*][size=5][b]Tests: [/b]145 games, 708 wickets, 3,154 runs, 125 catches[/size]
[*][size=5][b]ODIs: [/b]194 games, 293 wickets, 1,018 runs, 80 catches[/size]
[*][size=5]T20: 73 games, 70 wickets, 210 runs, 18 catches[/size]
[*][size=5][b]Teams: [/b]Australia, ICC World XI, Victoria, Hampshire, Rajasthan, Melbourne Stars[/size]
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[size=5][color=#1C1C1C]The 43-year-old Australian is the second-highest Test wicket-taker of all time with 708 in 145 Tests, as well as 293 more in 194 one-day internationals.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Warne, who [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6195763.stm"]retired from Test cricket in 2007,[/url] featured in each of the last two seasons of the Twenty20 Big Bash event.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]"I think the time is right for me to hang up my Big Bash boots," he said.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]"Juggling business, family and commentary commitments across two continents is not easy.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]"I've always loved the game but now it's time to observe."[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Warne bowed out of Test cricket after helping Australia to a 5-0 Ashes [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6231701.stm"]whitewash of England in 2007.[/url][/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]The Australian retired from the first-class game in 2008 after a spell captaining English county side Hampshire.[/color]
[color=#1C1C1C]Warne quit all forms of cricket in May 2011 [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/13464269"]when he left Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League[/url] but announced in [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/15635087"]November of the same year that he would feature in the Big Bash tournament.[/url][/color][/size]

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