Shane Warne

Australian leg-spin bowler Shane Warne transformed the art of spin bowling from a defensive weapon into an attacking force, taking 708 Test wickets at 25.41 over a career spanning 1992 to 2007 -- the second-highest tally in Test history. His first ball in an Ashes Test in 1993, which turned sharply to dismiss Mike Gatting through an apparently impossible angle, became known as the Ball of the Century and is replayed more often than any other delivery in cricket history.