Fox Cricket had been searching for Australian cricket’s most iconic player in history — and the winner will come as absolutely no surprise.
The Australian public had the chance to cast their vote over the past month with the release of Foxtel’s A Ton of Cricket, The Games Greatest Characters.
And after more than 2,000 votes, Shane Warne was on Tuesday announced as the winner in an absolute landslide.
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Nearly a quarter of all voters picked the bowling legend, who won 443 of 2,239 votes.
Next on the list was former Australia batter Doug Walters, nearly 300 votes behind on 145.
The winner was announced on the second Day of the Boxing Day Test, which has featured several emotional tributes to Warne, who died in March.
Warne’s otherworldly skill with the ball, and his legendary charisma both on and off the field made him a clear favourite among voters.
Meanwhile, there was a tie for third with the late Andrew Symonds, and Dennis Lillee tied on 139 votes.
The top 10 featured three more Fox Cricket commentators with Kerry O’Keeffe (6th), Adam Gilchrist (8th) and Brett Lee (10th) all at the pointy end.
There was no room for cricket’s greatest ever batter, Sir Donald Bradman, who was edged out of the top 10 by two votes.
Voting began on Monday 28 November ahead of the first Test between Australia and the West Indies.
It ran until Friday December 16, the day before the first Test against South Africa.
See the entire top 100 list below!
Shane Warne 443
Dougie Walters 145
Andrew Symonds 139
Dennis Lillee 139
Richie Benaud 127
Kerry O’Keeffe 117
Merv Hughes 88
Adam Gilchrist 73
Jeff Thomson 72
Brett Lee 55
Don Bradman 53
Allan Border 51
Dean Jones 48
Rod Marsh 45
Steve Waugh 44
Keith Miller 43
David Boon 43
David Hookes 37
Ellyse Perry 35
Max Walker 35
Bill Lawry 31
Mike Whitney 28
Greg Matthews 27
Ian Chappell 26
Steve Smith 24
Rodney Hogg 20
Wayne Phillips 19
Mitchell Johnson 17
Mark Waugh 13
Greg Chappell 13
Jason Gillespie 11
Marnus Labuschagne 10
Alyssa Healy 10
Michael Hussey 10
Terry Alderman 10
David Warner 9
Greg Ritchie 9
Karen Rolton 9
Michael Bevan 8
Bruce Yardley 8
Mel Jones 7
Scott Boland 6
Brad Hogg 6
Zoe Goss 5
Julia Price 5
Ian Healy 5
Wally Grout 5
Mitchell Starc 4
Carl Rackemann 4
Alan Davidson 3
Johnny Mullagh 3
Shaun Tait 3
Darren Lehmann 3
Ashley Mallett 2
Fred Spofforth 2
Ernie Jones 2
Sharon Tredrea 2
Victor Trumper 2
Brad Haddin 2
Charlie Macartney 2
Vic Richardson 2
Len Pascoe 2
Terry Jenner 1
Charles Bannermann 1
Tom Horan 1
George Bonnor 1
Billy Murdoch 1
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 1
Albert Trott 1
Jack Worrall 1
Warwick Armstrong 1
Clem Hill 1
Tibby Cotter 1
Arthur Mailey 1
Bert Ironmonger 1
Laurie Nash 1
Leslie Fleetwood-Smith 1
Damien Fleming 1
Lindsay Hassett 1
Norm O’Neill 1
Dr. Rowley Pope 0
J.J. Ferris 0
Jack Blackham 0
George Giffen 0
Monty Noble 0
Harry Hordern 0
Sid Emery 0
Yabba – Steven Henry Gascoigne 0
Warren Bardsley 0
Herbie Collins 0
Harry “Bull” Alexander 0
Clarrie Grimmett 0
Bert Oldfield 0
Jack Fingleton 0
Stan McCabe 0
Bill O’Reilly 0
Sid Barnes 0
Sam Loxton 0
Les Favell 0
Ken “Slasher” Mackay 0
