Shane Warne dead at 52

[kyear2]

I think he's wrong but I don't really have a problem with him saying it now given he was asked directly. If he went out of his way to bring it up then it'd be a bit insensitive, but that's not what happened.

Whether he was right or wrong with regards to Murali is debatable (though the part about the Indian spinners was bullshit just to pile it on), there was better ways (and times) to say it.

I'm not saying lie and say he was the greatest out if pity, but simply say, he up there among the very best who has played and he will be missed..simple..

But going by the considerably worst things he's said about west Indian crowds, don't know why anyone is shocked by anything the **** says. He shouldn't even have a platform to spew his ignorance and hatred.

 

[kyear2]

That's fair. I more found it amusing how much his thoughts echo some of our posters here. Bringing up his one fivefer in India only to dismiss with "Zaheer Khan was slogging" is so CW like lol

That's childish and deliberately acting like a dick , he just wanted a chance to tear him down and he went for it.

 

[GotSpin]

Pretty rank answer

 

[vicleggie]

Even Inzi tearing up talking about Warnie.

I remember them not being the best of chums.

 

[SteveNZ]

Sunil Gavaskar going full CW in his appraisal of Warne

‘Not the right time’: Indian legend apologises after ‘shameful’ Warne claim

‘Not the right time’: Indian legend apologises after ‘shameful’ Warne claim

www.foxsports.com.au

As PEWS said, he only answered what he was asked. An opinion.

However, I'd say it's dead wrong and probably at worst is intentionally pro-Asian bullshit, given Murali averaged 45 in India too, 75 in Australia and feasted on Bangladesh in particular. Plus the Zaheer Khan stuff is just deadshit, like any 5-for is not relevant because one guy slogged. And god knows who these Indian spinners are he's talking about.

 

[Prince EWS]

As PEWS said, he only answered what he was asked. An opinion.

However, I'd say it's dead wrong and probably at worst is intentionally pro-Asian bull****, given Murali averaged 45 in India too, 75 in Australia and feasted on Bangladesh in particular. Plus the Zaheer Khan stuff is just dead****, like any 5-for is not relevant because one guy slogged. And god knows who these Indian spinners are he's talking about.

Yeah his opinion is really ****ing stupid, but he didn't go out of his way to say it - he was actually praising him before he was asked that very specific question.

 

[Red]

I hope the higher ups at a Fox cricket are looking after Isa Guha because she is understandably very fragile rn. Barely holding it together. She plainly loved the bloke.

MWaugh is stoic as ****.

Seems like him and Warne were pretty tight and great mates.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah his opinion is really ****ing stupid, but he didn't go out of his way to say it - he was actually praising him before he was asked that very specific question.

Yeah sure but as someone said earlier in the thread he could have just said ‘he was certainly up there’ and left it at that

 

[Fuller Pilch]

MWaugh is stoic as ****.

Seems like him and Warne were pretty tight and great mates.

He liked Mark as much as he hated Steve.

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah sure but as someone said earlier in the thread he could have just said ‘he was certainly up there’ and left it at that

Yeah he went on and on about it in detail

 

[vicleggie]

MWaugh is stoic as ****.

Seems like him and Warne were pretty tight and great mates.

Yeah I underestimated Mark.

I always thought he was a bland guy who said the same type of stuff every time.

But he seems to live by a pretty cool philosophy that makes him very tough at these times.

Like Warnie, he's consistent with who is is. Always the same guy. Admirable.

 

[Line and Length]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/shane-warne-body-incident-thailand/100887050

I don't care if this woman is a friend, a lover or just a fan/admirer - I think the media jumping all over this minor incident is reprehensible and in extremely poor taste. She payed her respects by laying flowers and contemplating the loss of a larger than life individual. The ambulance driver possibly erred in allowing her in but he was showing compassion. How about the media showing compassion and respect instead of making headlines out of someone's token gesture.

 

[andruid]

Even Inzi tearing up talking about Warnie.

I remember them not being the best of chums.

Inzamam looking like he wants to know where his daughter thinks she is going dressed like that.

 

[honestbharani]

I think he's wrong but I don't really have a problem with him saying it now given he was asked directly. If he went out of his way to bring it up then it'd be a bit insensitive, but that's not what happened.

yeah I don't personally have a problem with his honest opinion given he's not going out of his way to get a mic to say it

he's dead wrong of course

Nah... Gavaskar especially since about 2018 has totally lost whatever levels of compassion he did seem to possess. I mean, its one thing to say this even a month from now in some discussion but to say it just when a person has passed is just stupid and tasteless. Just say that he is right up there amongst the best spinners in test cricket and leave it there. Heck, even say he will be top 5 or anything else.

 

[honestbharani]

Gavaskar is actually sunilz

Stop hitching on to my bandwagons....

 

[quincywagstaff]

Sunil Gavaskar going full CW in his appraisal of Warne

‘Not the right time’: Indian legend apologises after ‘shameful’ Warne claim

‘Not the right time’: Indian legend apologises after ‘shameful’ Warne claim

www.foxsports.com.au

Pretty sure after David Hookes' death something similar happened where Gavaskar made some comments about the incident that led to his death that were considered in poor taste.

 

[honestbharani]

Pretty sure after David Hookes' death something similar happened where Gavaskar made some comments about the incident that led to his death that were considered in poor taste.

TBF, that was more of a throwaway line but here it seems he went on and on and kinda doubled down on it a bit. Plus, I remember before the 1999 WC semis against RSA, he was basically saying Shane Warne would be the man of the match when Tony Greig said he felt Shaun Pollock wud be the man of the match (Warney was, for his 4fer but Polly got a 5fer himself) . He got along pretty well with Warne in the 90s and even in the noughties. This seems a very post 2016/17 Gavaskar than anything else to me.

 

[Xix2565]

Senility is painful to witness.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah it was more stupid of the interviewer to ask that comparison question in this time of mourning.

stupid? The result was exactly what the interviewer intended and couldn't have gone any better for them

 

[vicleggie]

Nah... Gavaskar especially since about 2018 has totally lost whatever levels of compassion he did seem to possess. I mean, its one thing to say this even a month from now in some discussion but to say it just when a person has passed is just stupid and tasteless. Just say that he is right up there amongst the best spinners in test cricket and leave it there. Heck, even say he will be top 5 or anything else.

It would be the equivalent of if the day after (heaven forbid) Sachin dies some Aussie/English great says "he never got a hundred at Lords...Lara, Ponting and Kallis were better"

Totally idiotic.