| Shane Warne, well known to history | 
| Shane Warne, bowler of mystery | 
| Whenever you walked up to the wicket | 
| A change came over the game of cricket | 
| You had the leg spin, flipper and googly | 
| You came on the scene in 1992 | 
| A little Indian batsman taught him a thing or two | 
| This fellow, some said, you don’t stand a chance | 
| Soon he began to make the ball dance | 
| In Sri Lanka, he first showed his colours through | 
| In Manchester, England, 1993 | 
| He bowled what they call the ball of the century | 
| Mike Gatting looked up, struck as dumb as a post | 
| And walked from the crease like he’d just seen a ghost | 
| Shane Warne’s first Ashes delivery | 
| From that time on, he played with the batsmen’s mind | 
| From Brisbane to Durban, he had them in such a bind | 
| To go forward or back, to play or abstain | 
| Intensely, the pressure built up in the brain | 
| And always, the chirping from behind | 
| And Mr. Warne on his phone sent a lot of texts | 
| 'Cause he liked to have quite a lot of sex | 
| Took a prohibited pill to lose his love handles | 
| Said, «Mum gave it to me» | 
| It was a terrible scandal | 
| We wonder what would Warney do next | 
| Shane Warne, truly a sporting magician | 
| Always played like a man on a mission | 
| Each time he came in to bat or bowl | 
| He believed in his powers to take control | 
| Even when he was not in the peak of condition | 
| Shane Warne bowled with his friend, Glenn McGrath | 
| In Sydney, they took their last hurrah | 
| Now, Ponting and Taylor and Steve Waugh all agree | 
| To have two such men, they were lucky indeed | 
| Shane Warne and his good friend, Glenn McGrath |