I put on 20 kilos in 6 months while playing in England in 1989: Shane Warne

Australian spin-bowling wizard Shane Warne has revealed that he put on a staggering 20 kilos of weight in six months after partying hard in England in 1989.

In the recently released documentary titled ‘Shane’, Warne revealed that each and every day he would spend eating chicken, and chips when he was playing cricket in England for a period of 6 months.

“Every day was ten pints, chicken and chips and playing cricket, for six months. I went over [weighing] 79 kilos, six months later I went home [weighing] 99 kilos. I put on 20kgs,” said Shane Warne in the documentary.

Cricket was always my No.1 priority: Shane Warne

Shane Warne’s father, Keith Warne said that he almost started crying when he saw his son putting on so much weight. Keith also added that his son was blown up. “My God, that’s Shane. I could have burst out crying at the time. He was huge. He was really blown up,” said Keith Warne.

Shane Warne also made it clear in the documentary that cricket was always his top priority and his family came second. The 52-year-old also admitted that he was also selfish in his playing days.

“Cricket was always my number-one priority. That doesn’t mean I didn’t value my family, but they were second. To be as good as I was, I had to be selfish at times, and most of the time I was,” added Warne.

Shane Warne also admitted in the documentary that he does not have any regrets about the way his career panned out. “I like loud music, I smoked, I drank, I bowled a bit of leg spin, that’s me. I don’t have any regrets,” concluded Warne.

Shane Warne is the leading wicket-taker for the Australian side in Test cricket and scalped a mind-boggling 708 wickets in the whites. He also took 293 wickets in the ODI format of the game. Shane Warne played his last international match for the Australian side in the year 2007 against the England side at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).