Richie Benaud, the legendary Australian captain and commentator is not easily given to hyperbole. But this was one occasion when even he could not resist unabated excitement. Shane Warne had just got rid of Mike Gatting off the very first ball he had bowled during the 1993 Ashes at Old Trafford, and so astonishing was that particular delivery -- it is widely regarded as the ball of the century — that Benaud, sitting in the commentators’ box, could not help but remark: “Gatting has absolutely no idea what happened to him. He still doesn’t know. He asked Ken Palmer (the umpire) on his way out and Palmer gave him a raised eyebrow and a little nod.”

Shane Warne in full flight on the 1993 tour of England. Pic/Getty Images