Shane Warne's famous "Ball of the Century," which dipped, drifted and spun to bowl an England batsman on his first Ashes delivery in 1993, dismissed which player?

Answer Explanation

On 4 June 1993 at Old Trafford, Shane Warne's first Ashes delivery to Mike Gatting spun sharply from outside leg stump to clip the top of off stump, becoming known as the 'Ball of the Century'.

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