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.
Australian cricket team in England in 2005 and mutual respect between the teams which characterised the series. England's two run victory is the narrowest result in Ashes cricket history (there have been two Tests won by a margin of only three runs). It is also the second-narrowest-run victory in all Test cricket history. (other narrow victories given here) With the series square after England's close win in the second match at Edgbaston in Birmingham, the stakes of the third Test at Old Trafford in Manchester had risen significantly. The day began with England winning the toss, and choosing to bat first, thus giving Shane Warne a chance