Ball of the Century

In the first episode of CA's digital video series 'The Rivalry That Unites Aus' Shane Warne admits he sees the 'Ball of the Century' delivery as a fluke.

[@chugmonkey5033]

I can't believe he's gone. Way too soon. R.I.P Warnie. The G.O.A.T

[@berbatov3890]

Gatting is still sitting in the Old Trafford dressing room shaking his head. He hasn't said a word since.

[@vinikrishna2710]

lol :)

[@Thedestructiveduo]

He was literally just talking on the video

[@martycusch3977]

Disagree, he was very respectful about it.

[@TruthspeakOfficial]

RIP legend. You'll always be a class above the rest.

[@troglodite30]

I had a nightmare some time ago..It was my turn to bat..Got the gear on, picked up a brand new bat..and went out..Only to find bowling at one end, was Shane Warne..And at the other..Muralitharan!..I went back into the dressing room..And announced my retirement!..Horrible, horrible nightmare!..I was 71 at the time!..I'd have done the same thing at 21!

[@cricketcomau]

Happy birthday to the King of Spin, Shane Warne! Is this his finest moment?

[@margaretravel8143]

Vikram Raj Yes he has stayed looking young. Happy birthday to Shane Warne still looks good and can still spin that ball.

[@7bowlo]

sensational from the legend

[@6SIXphantasm]

What a great memory - well told by all involved - of one of the greatest test debuts of all time. A moment that will live on. The start of a great career for Shane and a memorable moment for Mike in his career! Loved the story telling of all!

[@aidanfullerton]

Peter Brown That match was not his debut he had already played matches against India and the West Indies

[@sachitmaharana]

@@aidanfullerton it was his Ashes Test Debut

[@martycusch3977]

Gee, what Gatting said at the end was very classy. I'm an Aussie but he was very respectful about the situation. Nothing but respect for him!

[@Fuzcapp]

What takes the ball from amazing to magnificent, is the drift. The late dart from straight to suddenly dipping to leg. That movement in the air, really put Gatting in two minds. Then of course the ripping spin from outside leg back to clip the off-stump ... Sublime.

[@tweakintrax6097]

what brought it all together was that drift as it fooled Mike Gatting completely As Shane said he never repeated that delivery although he did drift many deliveries across right handers over his career his ability to have you fearing that drift outside your legs kept many a batsmen deep in their crease and once Shane had you going back over and over he whipped in that flipper and it came on so quick as we all seen leaving many batsmen trying to chop down to no avail as it had already hit the pad with the bat late because of that quickness of the flipper but i do also go back to the fact he drifted the ball so much to people he had all confused stuck on the crease for the most part looking like bunnies even the worlds best batsmen

[@karlwba1372]

100% it was almost reverse swing before it span..amazing

[@nihinduthesanhida467]

It's been almost 22 years ( post in 2015), but no one has replicated a delivery like this. That's why it's so special!!!

[@atharvasingh6807]

ashwins ball to hashim amla was the nearest to this ball

[@jaybics3058]

Steyn to Michael vaughn

[@collinslfc]

Ashley Giles to Damien Martyn. Look it up.

[@ragagamer7950]

@Kailen Missen yeah that ball won England that match

[@ShivamKumar-tg3vp]

Ya Warne himself replicated that ball many times, once in WC 1999 against SA in famous Semifinal, against Chanderpaul , against Basit Ali in Australia , a flatter leg spinner to Saeed Anwar , a Jaffa to Andrew Strauss in 2005 Ashes Test and many more.

[@desaid1187]

Will miss you Warnie..there can be no other magical spinner like Shane..Rest in peace..

[@billybank2012]

looking at it again i just think it was an incredible moment for all spin bowlers....he revived a skill that may have been dead at the time. the rest is history.

[@FardeenBhuiyan]

"It didn't spin that far mate,next time do a bit better"😂😂😂😂

[@iandriver9803]

the way Mike Gatting and Shane Warne both appreciates the very real fact that to be part of the folk law of the Ashes, means there had to be a coming together of bowler, ball, and batsman, shows the real spirit of the game.

[@vinayakhegde7714]

4:41 umpire seems more stoned than a batsmen 🦇😂

[@sideshowbob5237]

@Moe B He'd never seen anything like that though. Dickie Bird's look of disbelief - from someone so experienced, who's seen every great bowler of that era and from the best possible vantage point - is the best bit of it.

[@venderstrat]

The drift is equally as impressive as the spin. What a delivery. Gatting is a good sport.

[@patrickgracias5782]

Frank Philpott I would of been honoured to have been the batsman being bowled by the ball of the century haha

[@tonyhyde2644]

one thing stands out, that no matter what feelings there were during their playing days, there was a certain comraderie among all players that cant be taught which is a magically endearing thing...the other thing ive noticed by stuadying warnie is the amount of drift he was able to impart and that is because he was more an around arm spinner, so couple that with the incredible spin he could produce made him the best there ever was

[@ahsanabbas1397]

The ball is at 5:00

[@MrRoopeshpatel279]

Bro

[@planetx1595]

Ahsan Abbas 4:28

[@naizlots]

I love the humility of Mike Gatting and the Australian players I see in this. I think the viciousness we are starting to see in modern day cricket stems from a distinct philosophical change in the attitudes of Australian and overseas players, in that there is less respect off the field than there once was, and more emphasis on "overpowering" the opposition. I don't like it when I hear about an Australian player lashing out against another player off the field, even if he was being antagonised at the time. It's quite simply not on. What /is/ on is to realise that you're a grown man with a profession in sport and you must find ways of dealing with the antagonisation as much as you need to find ways of dealing with your personal superstitions. It's the same process imo.

[@MangoVisionn]

Ian Stolz and now we’ve nearly come full circle

[@patrickgracias5782]

MangoVisionn trust me dude cricket was much more vicious in the 70’s

[@RealVikas03]

The thing is, as much as we wanted to be like Shane Warne - nobody ever could, and nobody ever will.🐐 Cricket has lost its magic💔💔💔 R.I.P LEGEND 🙏

[@sultanabran1]

gracious man, mike gatting.

[@martycusch3977]

Absolutely agree. Gatting was all class in this. I'm an Aussie

[@omkarsridhar14]

Richie’s commentary is prefect for the moment.

[@deborshideb5413]

Cant believe he is gone. RIP legend. Hope you find peace

[@jonlawrie3521]

still the best ever ball i have seen as an Englishman. I love cricket so much :) :)

[@ajko2530]

Nope.

[@jassa2160]

@@ajko2530 he is

[@Fuzcapp]

The Chanderpaul delivery is also special.

[@shift7199]

RIP Warnie

[@nikhilchhajed1046]

Who’s here to see the legend 🙏🏻 RIP champ 🙏🏻

[@randomy5151]

What made it so great a wicket was gatting was as good as playing spin as anyone. And he didn't even smell it.

[@iammdeepak1]

Love the look of bemusement on Dickie Bird's face

[@rebellious18sidh]

Always enjoyed his bowling. Watched so many matches by getting early in morning only for his bowling...RIP legend..👏👏👏

[@ciaranocraobhach]

RIP Warnie. I learnt to spin bowl watching him on repeated rewinds on VHS. My first time bowling leg spin in U12s was 4/34 having mimicked his run up and delivery. So sad he has left us. Far too soon. May you deliver that ball in heaven for eternity 🙏

[@thatsbollox]

That late drift. Wow. This is the ball you use to make a text book on leg spin. It is quite simply the perfect leg spinner thru the air and off the pitch.

[@shift7199]

The Michael Jordan of Cricket. RIP Warnie #23

[@surya1310]

RIP legend, a truly genius nobody can ever spin the ball the way you are. Gone too early.

[@aussierhino471]

I was lucky enough to be at the Lords Taverners breakfast on the morning of the 2007 Boxing Day Test versus India and Mike Gatting was the keynote speaker. He spoke at some length about that delivery of Warnie's and was humble, self-deprecating and humorous in doing so. A class act.

[@deveshmanilalsrivastav3053]

The legend is no more 🥲

[@johnedwards7899]

What a true sportsman Mike Gatting was.

[@kaushikkas8645]

The only active cricketer to be selected in the Wisdens cricketers of the century! I am not a big fan of Shane Warne the person, but Shane Warne the cricketer is definitely one the very best bowlers in modern cricket.

[@dipanjandhar2316]

RIP SHANE WARNE CRICKET'S GREATEST TURNER OF THE BALL 💔💔

[@TheSwordster123]

I love the guys booing right before he released the ball

[@suryaprakashvedurumudi357]

RIP Sir, love from India. 04/03/2022.

[@ianjones3568]

Goochie said "if it had been a pork pie, it would never have got past him" 😂😂

[@iam33iamgod35]

I remember watching that as a 15 year old, it was a small TV on the bbc

[@juniormcclure139]

The best spin bowler of all times..

[@OtacBulldogs]

Incredible piece of artwork, RIP Shane.

[@Sasha-Louise]

The fact England fans chanted at Warne that they wished he was English during an Ashes series just shows how well respected this man was, and what a great player he was. As soon as he was given the ball to bowl, England fans knew that our players would have to play their very best just to stay at the crease. He was that good. RIP Shane Warne. Thanks for the years at Hampshire too, it was great to see him on a team that I wanted to win, rather than watching him put England to the sword. True legend.

[@khaledalmaeena3413]

May he rest in peace..a great cricketer and a good man

[@thelegends1141]

YOUR SPIN WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEART SHANE WARNE 🕉️ शांति

[@Stevegetslucky]

Good on ya Gatts. what a top bloke. always like the way he batted. and we have all had "one of those Balls".

[@markdowse3572]

As the years went by Gatting got as much out of getting out to Warnie as Warnie did in bowling THE BEST BALL EVER ! Set up by one of our best Captains ever, of course.......

[@ahnafhasan6168]

Can't believe he died just half an hour ago😭💔 Greatest leg spinner of all time

[@JoelCtv]

MORE OF THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS PLEASE :)

[@reyanshsingh6526]

Rip legend 😪

[@bradantcliff2940]

AB reckons “ we didn’t realise how special it was until we saw the replays at lunch” Heals and Tubby knew how good it was!!

[@glasshalffull8471]

I got to see Warney bowl to Brian Lara at The WACA around the mid 90s, It was amazing, Lara scored a century in around 1 session, when Lara hit the ball it sounded different, I've never seen the ball reach the boundary fence so quick, not a great day for Warney but he's the best spinner of all time, being a Perth boy I saw Dennis Lillee alot also, he's the best fast bowler ever imo.

[@shift7199]

🙁

[@Fuzcapp]

Everyone at the ground, Gatting, the commentators, all the Australians - and Warne - all said in unison, "what the f*** was THAT?!"

[@faridyouhana1453]

I think Mike Gatting in one of those 6 people who disliked this video

[@hueehueee7774]

Rest in Peace, the G.O.A.T of cricket!❤️

[@Fuzcapp]

The other thing to remember about this ball was that it was a 2nd day pitch. Not a last day pitch.

[@robconnell68]

Even as a proud Aussie, I loved to watch Gower, Gatting and Atherton bat and hoped that they played well but we would still win .

[@eternalnetwork2013]

RIP Shane. We will miss you a lot.

[@jasonwatson673]

R.I.P Warnie thanks for the memories

[@pragunahuja6879]

Rest in peace goat

[@Andos2325]

Some say Gatting is still confused as to what happened.

[@aravindsairam6780]

Rip legend we always love u😢

[@shakeelnasir4990]

The World has lost once-in-a-century Legend today. R.I.P Mate !

[@shrishailmathapati8261]

Even umpire dont know what had happened there

[@n.w.owhoknowstheshadowknow58]

Dicky knew what happened... Best umpire ever

[@shashikalakotian7202]

It's a turning point of Shane Warne cricket career

[@flippineck6121]

Seen this ball so many times before. As an Aussie who loved to watch Warne play this video really gave me a lot of respect for Gatting. Feel like I would enjoy having a beer with him more than Warne.

[@WilksIsOffTheRails]

The best leg spinner, RIP Warnie

[@mukeshtripathi067]

Rip shane warne .. the world has lost a legend today

[@mykaussie4012]

Unreal delivery! RIP Legend Shane Warne!

[@sundardgvjay1188]

May your soul rest in peace legend...🙏🙏🙏

[@gertrudeisaac7539]

KING OF THE ASHES. DOMINATED THE ASHES SERIES. DIED ON THE FRIDAY AFTER ASH WEDNESDAY. KING OF THE ASHES. R.I.P.

[@huzaifagill001]

RIP Warne true class of Cricket

[@vishal22chd]

King spinner....warnie is spirited sportsman...shared healthy competition with Sachin...absolute legends Of The game...

[@PJgadgets]

Rest in peace Shane The master of spin bowling 🙏🏾

[@raghavendravk2976]

First ball in test cricket in England for Shane warne....and that's the ball of the century.....greatest spinner of all time in the world

[@adityag7124]

Miss u legend 💔

[@andylehmann4161]

Lots of respect for Gats.

[@exxcaliburs6002]

Agreement from Aus. Great sense of humour and a gentleman.

[@Lo0NaTik1]

“...he still doesn’t know.” (R.Benaud)

[@anujrtyuiop]

RIP SIR...THE GREATEST EVER

[@anshilseth10]

RIP Legend. 🤧😥😥

[@ayushhpatell3858]

Rest in Peace. Legened Shane.

[@sleepyoufool1]

nice vid thanks for the upload

[@MrPeterpiper1969]

In my opinion Warne is THE greatest spinner of all time. No offense to Muralitharan who is the ONLY bowler even close to him but Warne just edges it for me because he performed brilliantly consistently against all opposition all over the world for more than a decade. Not only that, he was also a very useful batsman, not far from being a genuine all rounder and it's a crying shame he never got an international century with the bat because he deserved one. Warne would walk into my all time Test team in a heartbeat. I just wish he was English.

[@ishwar8119]

The 4 best bowlers(no particular order) malinga murali warne mitchell johnson

[@MrPeterpiper1969]

Ishwar Karthik What about the West Indies guys eg Marshall Holding Garner Ambrose or other Aussies like Lee, McGrath, Lillee, Thompson, Hughes Wasim Akram of Pakistan is another who springs to mind. Trueman for England along with Anderson, Willis and Stuart Broad (not Chris who couldn't bowl to save his life). I think you've missed an awful lot of top players there mate but then again so have I.

[@zactrenerry791]

MrPeterpiper1969 in my opinion all muralis wickets dont count because he chucks

[@jacobdoyle4966]

Johnson? I'm Australian and I'm saying that's bullshit. He's a great bowler and had one of the greatest spells in Ashes history but he was never as consistent as McGrath, Lillee, Barnes etc.

[@savageduck4487]

thing with Warne as apposed to Murili, was that Warne made even good batsmen look like backyard cricketers.

[@tobyhall7543]

R.I.P Warney, not only a legendary spinner but a great mind as well, his analysis and punditry was always on point. A huge loss.

[@karthik_4567]

RIP LEGEND!

[@291akhil]

He is the only player which would feature in every cricketers or fan's all time 11....every other member of world's all time 11 can be argued including Don bradman but not Shane warne....enough said

[@tigerwoods8022]

@Rodger Hodgson dumbass

[@subhamadhikari9142]

Miss u legend

[@rijan7634]

Rip legend 🥺❤️

[@aaradhyamandal3668]

Miss you shane Warne... God give you rest in peace

[@anonymous-uu3eg]

Ball of the century from *SPINNER OF THE CENTURY*. R.I.P LEGEND

[@deebadubbie]

Great Warne!

[@kamleshprasad9132]

No body can bowl like the bowl of the century

[@shamrock8123]

RIP LEGEND

[@ShivamKumar-tg3vp]

I think he bowled about 10-15 bowls of century ...... Lol...

[@HollyWshorts]

Video suggested in 2019

[@Matt-il8zz]

The ball of the century. The bowler of our lifetime.

[@nodrama490]

Rest In Peace Warnie

[@hafizmuhammadahteshamqures4710]

What a bowler

[@myopenmind527]

RIP one of the true great. His equal does not exist on the face of the planet.

[@rick_fortune]

And how apt Richie Benaud's commentating. :)

[@insaangaming1147]

Whose here after the legends Death 😭😭❤️