Ranking top 10 controversial cricketers
Cricketers whose careers got marred by series of controversies.
2. Shane Warne
Undoubtedly the best leg spinner of all time & one of the only 2 players to take more than 1000 international wickets, Shane Warne was an absolute legend of the game. With his never-say-die attitude & aggression despite being a spinner, he was loved around the world. However, this didn’t stop him from having too much fun off the field which kept him in controversy throughout his career.
Cricket Australia punished Warne and partner Mark Waugh in 1995 for accepting money from bookies in return for crucial pitch and weather conditions during a match. In 1999, Warne openly declared his disdain for Arjuna Ranatunga (then Sri Lankan Captain) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) handed him a two-match suspension just before the World Cup.
Warne’s career, on the other hand, reached a new low in 2003. Warne tested positive for Moduretic, a banned substance, just before the start of the 2003 World Cup. The team’s administration promptly took him home, and he was eventually barred from playing cricket for a year. After verbally and physically assaulting Marlon Samuels during a league match in 2013, Warne was suspended for the full season of the Big Bash League (BBL). Later, he claimed that Samuels had started the fight by holding the shirt of David Hussey, Warne’s teammate in an attempt to stop him from taking an extra run.
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