LONDON: Mike Gatting said he was “happy”, 20 years on, to have been bowled by the “ball of the century” that kick-started Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne’s career as one of cricket’s greatest bowlers.
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of one of the most celebrated deliveries of all time when Warne, making his Ashes debut, saw his first ball pitch outside leg-stump and then spin viciously across to clip the top of the off-bail.
“We thought we’d have a look at him, see what he’s about and what he could do, but it was a remarkable delivery. There are people who think I should have padded it away but I never tried to lunge at a spinner. I was more worried about being bowled around the back of my legs.” AFP
