5 bowlers with the highest number of maiden overs across all formats

#2 Shane Warne: 1871 maidens

Shane Warne in action

Along with Aussie great Genn McGrath, another pioneer of the Australian Cricket team that won the 50-overs World Cup in 1999, was Shane Warne. The wily leg-spinner bowled the ball of the century to dismiss Mike Gatting in the 1993 Ashes series in England.

He is the second highest all-time wicket taker in Test matches with 708 wickets and has 293 ODI wickets.

The former Australian vice-captain has 1761 maidens in 145 Test matches and holds the 2nd position in the list of most number of maiden overs bowled in a Test career. He has bowled 110 maiden overs in 194 ODI matches.

Overall, he has bowled 1871 maiden overs in his cricketing career featuring in only 329 matches and comes 2nd on this list.