Airdate: A Week with Warnie

FOX Cricket has announced a new six-part interview series, A Week With Warnie, which will drive another pop-up channel from Monday, May 11 to Sunday, May 17.

Warne sits down one-on-one with FOX Cricket’s Mark Howard to talk about his journey from the beginning to become an international superstar, on and off the field.

Each episode will also be followed by some of Warnie’s Favourite Games playing for Australia, hand-picked by the man himself.

The world premiere first episode of A Week With Warnie will air on Monday, May 11 at 8.00pm on FOX Cricket, and will be simulcast live on other FOX Sports channels, with subsequent episodes airing Tuesday to Saturday at 8.00pm on FOX Cricket.

And immediately following the premiere episode at 8.30pm on Monday, May 11 will be Warnie’s Top 50 Wickets on Home Soil, a one-off special counting down the spin king’s top 50 wickets on home soil where he terrorised the world’s best batsmen including Mike Gatting, Daryll Cullinan, Mike Atherton and Brian Lara for the best part of two decades.

The series A Week With Warnie will feature Shane Keith Warne, or Warnie as he has become universally known, revisit the many highs of his cricketing career, which saw the leg spinner take 1001 first class wickets, and of course the very low period when he was banned from the game for a year for taking a banned diuretic drug in 2003.

He provides fascinating insights into some of his greatest moments such as the Mike Gatting wicket that changed his life forever, his return from the drug ban in 2004 when he played a starring role in Sri Lanka and the time he provided one of cricket’s most iconic moments, capturing his 700th Test wicket on Boxing Day at his beloved MCG in 2006.

Other episodes of A Week With Warnie will cover what his life in the spotlight was like – a life in front of the camera while both on and off the pitch where the leg spin legend has never been shy to speak his mind. He talks candidly about his engagement to Liz Hurley and the pressure that brought on his children with all the extra attention it attracted, as well his bond with Ed Sheeran and partying with Coldplay’s Chris Martin.

Warnie also talks about life since retiring from cricket. He tells Howie about his love for playing poker and what that has brought him which he was never able to enjoy whilst playing cricket. He discusses his business interests including his new venture, a gin distillery and he talks about an intimidating meeting with Kerry Packer when he was just 23 years old and how ultimately that meeting launched his cricket commentary role for which he has been lauded around the world, including on FOX Cricket.

The 13 matches to be featured in Warnie’s Favourite Games are:

• Australia vs West Indies Test MCG 1992 Second Test. Warne takes 7/52 to mark his first five wicket haul in Test cricket. Australia won by 139 runs to lead series 1-0. Warne MOM
• Australia vs NZ ODI MCG 1993 Australia 202/5 (50 overs) defeated New Zealand, 199/9 (50 overs) by 3 runs. Warne 4/19
• Australia vs South Africa Test SCG 1994 2nd Test. Warne takes 7/56, 5/72. South Africa win by 5 runs
• Australia vs England Test GABBA 1994 Australia won by 184 runs, Warne takes 3/39, 8/71 (career best test figures)
• Australia v Pakistan Test GABBA 1995 First Test. Warne takes 7/23 and 4/54. Australia won by an innings and 126 runs to take 1-0 series lead. Warne MOM
• Australia vs West Indies Test SCG 1996 Australia won by 124, Warne takes 3/65 and 4/95
• Australia v West Indies World Cup Semi Final Mohali 1996 Warne takes 4/36
• Australia v South Africa Test SCG 1998 Second Test. Warne takes 5/75 and 6/34. Australia won by an innings and 21 runs to take 1-0 series lead. Warne MOM.
• Australia v South Africa World Cup Semi Final Edgbaston 1999 Warne takes 4/29
• Australia v Pakistan World Cup Final Lords 1999 Warne takes 4/33. Australia win final
• Australia v England Test MCG 2006 Warne takes 5/39 and his 700th test wicket
• Australia v England Test Adelaide Oval 2006 Amazing Adelaide – Warne takes 4/49 in second innings
• Australia v England Test SCG 2007 Warne’s last Test Match

A Week With Warnie begins 8pm Monday May 11 (simulcast live on other FOX Sports channels, with subsequent episodes airing Tuesday to Saturday at 8.00pm on FOX Cricket).