Shane Warne dead at 52

[Burgey]

Whose multi is HalBa?

It’s gotta be a multi of someone wHo otherwise tries to Be reasonable, However, can’t hide their Bias and tHeir Blatant Hatred towards all things aBout Australia and Australians.

 

[Prince EWS]

Whose multi is HalBa?

It’s gotta be a multi of someone wHo otherwise tries to Be reasonable, However, can’t hide their Bias and tHeir Blatant Hatred towards all things aBout Australia and Australians.

Australians are the worst, to be fair.

 

[vicleggie]

Barely weeks ago most people including me were dishing up his commentary. Now what would I give to hear him behind the mike again even for a little while. Some times you just don't realise how precious things are before they are gone

I'm glad someone said this.

 

[vicleggie]

Larger than life character...one of those people you assumed was going to live and be lively well into old age.

Got a text from my sister when I woke up...been absolutely numb since then.

RIP Warnie

 

[quincywagstaff]

Just totally stunned by this news.

Above all his immeasurable skills as a cricketer, he was probably the most prominent Australian sporting personality of the past 30 years; even after his retirement he was still massively prominent due to his social media and commentary work. It just makes his passing all the more shocking.

What a cricketer he was, there'll never be another like him.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Barely weeks ago most people including me were dishing up his commentary. Now what would I give to hear him behind the mike again even for a little while. Some times you just don't realise how precious things are before they are gone

Yeah I was one of those. Now via Kayo I just went back to listen to snippets of his commentary from the Oz v SL T20 less than two weeks ago.

 

[Spark]

I mean I won't pretend I liked his commentary, I didn't. But it seems a very small and petty thing to think about now.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Just announced that the Great Southern Stand at the MCG will be renamed after Warne.

This seems especially appropriate considering the first Test match that was played with the stand in operation - West Indies 1992 - was when Warne really made his mark on the international scene. And of course he was to have endless highlights at the ground over the years.

For Victoria's greatest ever cricketer it is the right call.

 

[trundler]

Just announced that the Great Southern Stand at the MCG will be renamed after Warne.

This seems especially appropriate considering the first Test match that was played with the stand in operation - West Indies 1992 - was when Warne really made his mark on the international scene. And of course he was to have endless highlights at the ground over the years.

For Victoria's greatest ever cricketer it is the right call.

They ought to introduce something in his name in the ongoing series too.

 

[subshakerz]

How blessed was the generation that could watch Warne live.

 

[social]

Barely believable news

RIP

 

[tony p]

Quite sad reading the various tributes to Warnie on twitter and on various sites, but a comment Rod Bransgrove, the Hampshire chairman said about Warne when speaking about him was typical Shane I think.
They were speaking and Shane said to Bransgrove, " I've done some STUPID things, but I'm not STUPID", just bought a smile to my face.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I like how at his statue among the flowers someone has placed a can of VB and a packet of fags.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

As a NZ fan I couldn't stand Warne in the early/mid 90's, he was just so good it almost seemed unfair. As time went on though it was hard not to admire his brilliance and showmanship. The fact that he wasn't perfect off the field probably made him more relatable. He was clearly generous too, being heavily involved in tsunami relief efforts for Sri Lanka in 2005 and lobbing up full tosses for John Key at the Basin Reserve to raise money for earthquake ravaged Christchurch. The way he interacted with the crowd that day and took time for kids seeking photos with him will be a lasting memory for me. A larger than life figure, gone way too soon.

Agree 100%

 

[Shady Slim]

been thinking about it more. warnie's in that rare category of people where though some may match his accomplishments (and indeed in his case only one has to my mind, but to others they'd disagree), but there are just no others who could match the way he made you feel when he had you transfixed, up there with ali, bob hawke, walter cronkite, david bowie, whoever, people who, again, they move on, and someone else fills their seat, maybe even does the job at hand better than they do, but you just can't ever replicate the effect they had on you while they were in business. ah. reminds me of a quote, regarding ali actually, iirc, tbh, one that i first saw on this very site -

"He is Hercules, struggling through the twelve labors. He is Jason, chasing the Golden Fleece. He is Galahad, Cyrano, D'Artagnan. When he scowls, strong men shudder, and when he smiles, women swoon. The mysteries of the universe are his Tinker Toys. He rattles the thunder and looses the lightning"

 

[honestbharani]

The best legal spinner of all time.

As classless as the slippy post mate.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

been thinking about it more. warnie's in that rare category of people where though some may match his accomplishments (and indeed in his case only one has to my mind, but to others they'd disagree), but there are just no others who could match the way he made you feel when he had you transfixed, up there with ali, bob hawke, walter cronkite, david bowie, whoever, people who, again, they move on, and someone else fills their seat, maybe even does the job at hand better than they do, but you just can't ever replicate the effect they had on you while they were in business. ah. reminds me of a quote, regarding ali actually, iirc, tbh, one that i first saw on this very site -

"He is Hercules, struggling through the twelve labors. He is Jason, chasing the Golden Fleece. He is Galahad, Cyrano, D'Artagnan. When he scowls, strong men shudder, and when he smiles, women swoon. The mysteries of the universe are his Tinker Toys. He rattles the thunder and looses the lightning"

I strangely felt Volodymyr Zelensky here...

 

[Xuhaib]

There may have been better cricketers then him in history though i can probably count that on my fingers but without any doubt there has never been a greater cricket superstar

 

[Shri]

I strangely felt Volodymyr Zelensky here...

family forum etc

 

[Victor Ian]

I'm one of the few who didn't mind his commentary. As I was driving in to work and turned the radio on and listened to what I thought were tributes to Marsh I couldn't help wonder why I was hearing Warne stories being mentioned. A real shock when I suspected why and flicked up Cricinfo hoping I was wrong. A lovable larrikin that everyone will miss.