Shane Warne on 3 December 2007. A useful lower-order batsman, Warne is also the only player to have scored 3000+ Test runs without a career century and he holds the record for most Test runs without a century (3154). His career was plagued by scandals off the field, these included a ban from cricket for testing positive for a prohibited substance; charges of bringing the game into disrepute by accepting money from bookmakers and sexual indiscretions. As well as the Australian National Cricket Team; he also played Australian domestic cricket for his home state of Victoria and English domestic cricket for Hampshire.
History of Australian cricket the 2005 Ashes series in England was quickly avenged at home with a 5-0 thrashing of England in 2006-07. The whitewash was the first in an Ashes series since Warwick Armstrong's team in 1920-21. Following the series, the successful bowling combination of McGrath and Warne retired from Test cricket, with a record that will be hard to match as the Australian team endeavours to retain its place at the top of world cricket. Most recently Australia won the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean and were unbeaten through the tournament. Australian cricketer Matthew Hayden scored the most runs in