Cricket-Shane Warne, the man who made spin sexy again

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Australia v England Fourth Test - 3 Mobile Ashes Test Series 2006-07 - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia - 28/12/06 Australia's Shane Warne is chaired off the pitch at the MCG by his team mates after victory Mandatory Credit: Action Images /Jason O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) -Shane Warne was not only one of the greatest cricketers ever to play the game but he can also probably be credited with saving the art of spin bowling in a sport that had become dominated by relentless pace.

The Australian's extraordinary career figures tell the first half of the story and the proliferation of leg-spin bowlers at the sharp end of the attack in almost every form of the game now, illustrates the second.