da realbet： Shane Warne is on target for the record haul of wickets by an Australianin a three-Test cricket series.
AAP18-Oct-2002Shane Warne is on target for the record haul of wickets by an Australianin a three-Test cricket series.Warne has bagged 19 wickets in two Tests against Pakistan and, if hebowls in a similar vein in the final Test starting in Sharjah onSaturday, it will take him past Hugh Trumble’s century-old record of 26wickets in a three-Test series set against England in 1902.Warne has completely bamboozled the Pakistan batsmen so far in thisseries and there’s no reason he won’t take another bagful of wickets inthe final Test, which will send him into the Ashes series with themilestone of 500 wickets in his sights.Warne, who currently has 469 wickets, is adamant he’s bowling betterthan at any stage in his 11-year career and it’s a feeling backed up bythe figures.Since claiming his 400th wicket in his 92nd Test, Warne has taken 62wickets in his past 11 Tests.If he keeps going at his current rate of 5.5 wickets per Test, he willbecome just the second man to reach 500 wickets after West IndianCourtney Walsh during the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.