there were parties, headlines, and women. his relationship with liz hurley brought him to the attention of the world, away from cricket. and concern with image came at a cost. in 2003, he was banned for a year for taking a prohibited diet pill. warne used the break to rest and reset. what a wonderful change of pace that was. his game became about tactics as well as physics, brilliant and battling. warne would go past 700 test wickets, still the second most in history and when he retired from tests in 2007, it was, once again, as an ashes winner. since then, then, he's coached and commentated. his spin on the game still beguiling. i was 21 years of age, or 20 years of age, when i first came on the scene. and to achieve some of the things that i achieved as an individual on the way, you know, thatjust blew my mind. it was more than my... you know, i could ever imagine. cricket has today lost one of its greatest.