Holy Shit - I am speechless - Australian cricket legend Shane Warne

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died of a heart attack early this morning in Thailand.
He was 52. This is HUGE.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/shane-warne-dies-death-age-cause-of-death-australia-legend-passes-away-in-thailand-of-suspected-heart-attack/news-story/2871d970df662a247709703aa287ce84


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He did have Covid last year and was actually on a Ventilator.
Deepest sympathy to Aussie DUers and other cricket fans here.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I came here to post that.

It's not as if I know a whole bunch about cricket, but this is showing up on Twitter.

Shane Warne: Australia legend dies aged 52

Link to tweet

Australia legend Warne dies aged 52
Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricketers of all time, dies of a suspected heart attack aged 52.

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3. Let me put it this way

Radio stations broke in to announce it and cricketers from England and the West Indies started the day with a moment of silence. This is HUGE in the cricket world.
I actually wondered why I didn't hear him in Pakistan earlier this morning but clearly he passed on the first Australian tour to Pakistan in over a decade. He was the greatest spin bowler in history.

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4. Only yesterday he posted a tweet of sympathy for

a great Australian wicketkeeper Rod Marsh. Here's his twitter thread
https://twitter.com/search?q=shane+warne&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

[Karadeniz]

5. Not to be gruesome, but I'll be interested in his autopsy heart results.

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6. Because of Covid? n/t

[Karadeniz]

7. Yes. If it was his heart, was the problem preexisting or covid damage. One would think that as an

athlete, his health would've been monitored.

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8. He retired years ago

and he had Covid last year

Here he is with our Brian - the World batting record holder for both Test Matches and First Class cricket. If memory serves me right, the only time Warnie was dropped on tour was after Lara tore him to bits in Jamaica and Barbados back in 98/99/. Shane was dropped for the final test match in Antigua. Two of the best ever.

Link to tweet

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14. So young and apparently beloved. Nt

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15. Best leg spinner in history

Beloved by many and hated by some

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18. Too sad

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19. This should interest you

[Karadeniz]

20. Sounds like they haven't announced a cause yet. Apparently he had brothers who didn't die

unexpectedly.

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22. I was thinking the chest pains

and the all juice diet. I'll wait for the autopsy from Australia.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The youngest of the 5 Cricketers of the Century

Named in 2000 as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir Viv Richards, Warne’s impact on the game is immediately apparent. His leg breaks, googlies, flippers and sliders bamboozled many accomplished batters and England were often in his crosshairs. He took 195 wickets at 23.25 with 11 five-fors and four 10-wicket match hauls against the old rivals. But there was also an affinity with England, with Warne representing Hampshire with distinction from 2000 to 2007.

Link to tweet

After the deaths of Warne and Rod Marsh – who died late on Friday in Adelaide – the Australia opener David Warner tweeted: “Two legends of our game have left us too soon. I’m lost for words, and this is extremely sad. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Marsh and Warne family. I just can not believe it. rip, you will both be missed.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/mar/04/shane-warne-australian-cricket-legend-dies-aged-52

To try and define a colourful character such as Warne by statistics alone is daft, but his were not half bad were they?

708 – wickets for Warne in his 145 Tests, behind Sri Lanka star Muralitharan’s 800 but well ahead of third-placed England seamer James Anderson (640).

1,001 - Warne took another 293 wickets in one-day internationals to crack four figures for Australia in all formats - again only behind Muralitharan in the international record books.

99 - Warne’s best Test score as a batter – he has the most Test runs of any batsman not to make a century.

8-71 - his career-best figures across all first-class and limited-overs cricket, in a 1994 Test against England in Brisbane.

195 – Ashes wickets, the most in the competition’s history and 38 more than second-placed Glenn McGrath.

96 - Warne’s Test wicket tally in 2005, including 40 in a memorable Ashes series, remains a record for a player in a single calendar year. Muralitharan is closest behind him with 90 in 2006.

1994 - year Warne took a Test hat-trick, removing England tail-enders Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm in successive balls. It is one of only 46 hat-tricks in Test history.

450,000 – Warne’s price in the inaugural Indian Premier League auction, where he was bought by Rajasthan Royals. He spent four seasons there as both captain and coach and led them to victory in the first season of the competition.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2022/mar/04/shane-warne-tributes-australian-cricket-icon-dies-aged-52?page=with:block-622231088f0872dfc8c956fb#block-622231088f0872dfc8c956fb

RIP.

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10. Viv will be 70 in a few days and Gary will be 86 in July

Shane was so young. I am stunned - seriously. Ram (92) and Marsh (74) were enough for the week and now this.

[canetoad]

12. Me too

I came looking for you and to post the news. Can't believe it.

This on top of Rod Marsh dying yesterday, but he was 74. Jeez, 52 is too young to die.

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13. Warnie posted a tweet about Rod a few hours before his own death

Rod was not into the Chappell underarm rubbish- both were loved in the Caribbean.
I feel it for you folks- two greats. Shane was too young- still stunned. Surprised how much it hit me this morning.

[T_i_B]

16. The ball of the century

Although this one in the legendary 2005 Ashes may have been even better!

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17. To think that was the first ball he ever bowled in

a test match in England. I can watch that all day- Gatting still doesn't know what happened.

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23. Here he tells you what he's about to do and does it

For all his flaws he was pa freaking genius

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25. Amazing

He was a loudmouth, a larrikin, a pisspot, a player and a big kid. I loved him to bits.

Years ago, when he was starting out on the Aussie first XI, I was chef at Collingood footie club. His dad Keith either started a commercial food supply business or worked for one. I saw Keithie Warne weekly for a number of years. Lovely guy, down to earth, really proud of his boy.

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26. He was genuinely down to earth

Nice that you knew them. By the way I love that word larrikan and he really was a big kid.

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24. Thanks for posting that T_I_B

I've watched it a dozen times in the past two days. I still can't believe that Warnie's dropped off the twig.

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