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Shane Warne dead at 52

social

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Burgey said:
Ultimately that was the genius of Warne. The bloke got away with more off field crap than anyone and just sailed through.

But seriously. What a ****ing cricketer he was. You’d go to the game, he’d come on to bowl and everyone in the crowd would sit forward in their seats, transfixed. Something would always happen.
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I was in Melbourne after Warne was sent home from SA

Most would have laid low for a while but not Shane

I saw him outside Crown with a woman who looked nothing like his wife while the taxi queue chanted “Warnie, Warnie.”

Had an amazing ability to shut out the noise
 
NZTailender

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Like most youngsters growing up in Australia in the 90s at one point or another I wanted to be like Shane Warne. I decided I wanted to try leg spin for a season of junior cricket (with the hard ball) and my parents bought me a Shane Warne endorsed spin bowling training cricket ball with markings on where to hold the ball for what delivery, with a pamphlet with tips from Warne himself (supposedly, at least). I didn't take many wickets that season tbf, save for one glorious over where I managed 3 caught behinds in 4 deliveries. I spent hours in the backyard bowling at a set of stumps with the training ball, trying to be like Warnie. I had watched him bowl in home series and I figured if I held my arm like he did and wrist like he did that was the key. I wasn't the only one in the late 90s at my school who did the same - I think everyone had a go at bowling leg spin. I don't think anyone knew what off spin was. It may well had not existed. The only spin bowling in town was leg. Such was his impact on the game at all levels. Inspired kids to take up a hard craft, one that - in his own words - most give up on, because of the difficulty. He made it look easy, and we all know it's not. I really struggle to think we'll ever see another leggie in our lifetime who could get as much rip as he did, let alone with the cricketing tactical mind that was the other side to his brilliance that as a kid you didn't really realise was needed to be a successful bowler. He wasn't just successful, he was a god damn juggernaught.

We've lost a great, and a library of spin knowledge. RIP Warnie.
 
HookShot

HookShot

U19 Vice-Captain
The 2005 Ashes series wouldn’t have been as half-as-good without Shane Warne’s genius and competitive instinct.

For all the great cricketing memories, thankyou.....

 
Adders

Adders

Cricketer Of The Year
Not much to be said that hasn't already in this thread. Unbelievably shocking news.

Was lucky enough to be at the G when Warnie got his 700th, was an amazing moment and it didn't matter a **** if you were Australian or English......everyone was on their feet in an instant to salute and celebrate a massive milestone by an absolute genius of a cricketer.

RIP SK Warne.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Oh wtf? I’m in San Diego hotel on business and I turned TV on and it’s currently on CNN in America! I legit thought it was the alcohol and I was hallucinating.

RIP. What an unbelievable player.
 
GotSpin

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
social said:
I was in Melbourne after Warne was sent home from SA

Most would have laid low for a while but not Shane

I saw him outside Crown with a woman who looked nothing like his wife while the taxi queue chanted “Warnie, Warnie.”

Had an amazing ability to shut out the noise
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That is so good
 
vicleggie

vicleggie

State Vice-Captain
The thing everyone loved about Warnie was that he was relatable.

He wasn't blessed with supreme athletic ability- he was a chubby guy for most of his career.

He was ok looking without being a lothario like Imran Khan or Keith Miller.

He didn't possess the innate virtue of Steve Waugh, or have a character that immediately commanded respect like Viv Richards...

He ****ed up and made a fool of himself on many occasions.

That's what made his achievements even more remarkable.

He had a ferocious competitive spirit, a hunger for life and learning, and an insatiable love of the game. It outweighed all his character flaws and overwhelmed most of his opponents.
 
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halba

International 12th Man
Burgey said:
How can he be dead ffs? This is so ****ed.
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Poor lifestyle choices: Ian Healey pointed to his smoking, alcohol, diet(b beans famous for), constant weight changes, he got COVID last year, and constant travel. Most doctors don't recommend these.
 
vicleggie

vicleggie

State Vice-Captain
halba said:
Poor lifestyle choices: Ian Healey pointed to his smoking, alcohol, diet(b beans famous for), constant weight changes, he got COVID last year, and constant travel. Most doctors don't recommend these.
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Yeah I'm sure the smoking played a big part of it. As well as his well known habits for meat pies, Hawaiian pizzas and double cheese toasted sandwiches.
 
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