Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne, who celebrated his 48th birthday on Wednesday talked about the ball which changed his life. That ball was later called as the 'Ball of the Century'.

It was in the first Ashes Test in 1993 when he bowled that other-worldly ball to the former England batsman Mike Gatting.

The ball, which is also known as 'Gatting Ball', took place at Old Trafford, Manchester. The delivery drifted away from Gatting and pitched outside leg-stump only to spin back in and hit the off-stump. Gatting was left clueless as England went on to lose the Test match by 179 runs. 

In a video shared by ICC on Wednesday, Warne was quoted as saying: "The ball of the century was a fluke. It really was. I never did it again in the first ball of any time. So it really was a fluke and I think it was meant to be. As a leg-spinner, you always try to bowl a perfect leg-break every ball and I managed to do it first up which was pretty like I said was a fluke really."

Warne believes that ball changed his life as he got the best player of spin in the England team with a magical delivery. 

"It sort of changed my whole life really back on the field and off the field. It was one of those deliveries which all leg-spinners want to bowl and I am proud that I have bowled it, especially to someone like Mike Gatting who was a fantastic player and the best player of spin in the England team and he is a good guy too. So to do that first up here in England, it was a very special moment."

Warne returned with match figures of 8 for 137 and was also adjudged as the Man of the Match in that Test match.

Warne is considered as one of the greatest leg-spinners. He made his debut against India in 1992 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. 

Though his debut was not so remarkable, he still went on to pick up 708 wickets in 145 Test matches at an average of 25.41. He also played 194 ODIs for Australia, picking up 293 wickets at an average of 25.73.

Watch the video here: