Shane Warne RIP

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The death has occurred of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne, aged 52, of a suspected heart attack

https://twitter.com/foxcricket/status/1499746033085345796?s=21

KevIRL

Fox Cricket reporting Shane Warne has died from a suspected heart attack aged just 52. RIP

RobbingBandit

Jesus christ thats sad absolute legend RIP

tanko

That’s terrible news, just twelve hours ago he was tweeting his sympathy to Rodney Marsh’s’ family. Had he been in poor health or is this out of the blue?

thefallingman

I’m shocked, one of the best of all time RIP

byronbay2

Greatest bowler I ever saw. He could take wickets when NOBODY else could and always seemed to get the vital wickets. Great cricket brain as well, was able to deal with any situation that arose in a cricket match. Always had a plan to get a batsman out. He is a cricket immortal! RIP

Tom Mann Centuria

Unbelievable bowler and a huge personality in the game. RIP.

Royale with Cheese

Jesus, I absolutely loved Shane Warne. That's actually shocked me a bit.

9320

Hope this isn't true.

Had the pleasure of seeing him at Lord's and was pretty much in line with his bowling the turn he got on the ball was amazing, we were just laughing at how far he spun it.

There's a documentary on Amazon Prime if anyone has that - started watching it a few weeks ago, will finish it tonight and raise a glass to his memory.

county

Jesus Christ just seen the news from a BBC notification. Can't believe it, best spin bowler I've even seen imo. RIP Shane.

swimming in a sea

The most captivating player I ever saw, he could make batsmen freak out even when the pitch was as flat as road. He was also one of the most interesting commentators in the game and not afraid to make a prediction.

RIP

Henry Ford III

Very sad news. 52 is no age at all.

9320

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118731726#Comment_118731726

So you've carried out the autopsy already? Muppet.

alchemist33

I don't think I've ever before seen the notification of a death and exclaimed "Jesus" out loud like I just have at work. It's a huge shock and terribly sad news. He was a legend, and not just in cricket.

Mysterypunter

Absolute shock, a great of the game, amazingly skilled and interesting man, a fantastic cricket brain, RIP

Relikk

Safe to say that Shane's ball to Gatting was the reason why I became interested in Cricket and why it eventually became my favourite sport. Simply the greatest leg spin bowler of all-time and a massive personality within the sport, always good humoured and always professional and appreciative of the talent of other players, regardless of their nationality.

S.K. Warne, legend. R.I.P.

Strumms

Very sad, An absolute legend…

hed walk into any world best of 11 of all time…

I had the good fortune to meet the guy on one occasion and had a brief conversation with him and he was very friendly, nice, good natured, engaging and ego free…

52 is no age… 3 young kids too… he’ll be missed…

goldenmick

A terrible loss to cricketing fans everywhere, Australia and the world.

As one of the all time greats I've no doubt he'll be pitching his skills at the likes of other greats such as W.G.Grace, at Lords in Heaven.

VillaMad

Absolutely devastated. Warne was one of the reasons why I got into following the game. A larger than life character who simply was one of the greatest cricket players of all time. Even those who know nothing about cricket, have heard the name Shane Warne.

Even in retirement, he has been everywhere on TV on Sky or on Fox Sports in Australia and he always pops up for a comment somewhere. What he has done for spin bowling and the game of cricket in general is incalculable. Simply irreplaceable.

An icon. A legend.

RIP.

Strumms

Xander10

Like others, truly shocked when I heard this on the radio. A legend, was so entertaining to watch and could bat as well as bowl.

RIP

Beasty

Apologies, I've just had to remove some posts and one poster is now taking a break from the site

Comments like the one I deleted should never be made in an RIP thread

RIP to one true legend

EDIT - threads merged

Gillespy

I can't believe this. Only last week he was flirting with wanting the England job.

Wrist spin must be one of the hardest arts to master in all of sport and there was no one better than him to do it. Add his batting and catching he was an all round cricketer. His commentary, while not very polished, always made a lot of common sense and I enjoyed hearing his stories from his playing days. RIP.

y0ssar1an22

shocking news. and the death of rod marsh also announced today. RIP to both, and thoughts with family and friends

Pauliedragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118732180#Comment_118732180

Some ball. His first ball ever in an ashes test I think.

Richard Hillman

I am devastated. He was always my favourite. It's like we all knew him. He was Warney to all. A great cricketer and a great bloke.

He is such a loss to the game. He was always looking to innovate the game and improve it.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118732446#Comment_118732446

RIP Both

NedsNotDead

Very very sad news. He was easily the best spin bowler I've ever seen. And a larger then life figure in the best possible sense.

Travel well Shane

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118732513#Comment_118732513

i think that gif is of the delivery to Andrew Strauss in the 2005 ashes.

Tom Mann Centuria

https://youtu.be/wa_iG_W0gvk

https://youtu.be/wa_iG_W0gvk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733309#Comment_118733309

Yeah think you're right.

Not great quality, but this is it I think.

What a player.

Ireland's own Duckworth Lewis Method summed up his magic in their song Jiggery-pokery. (See above which I somehow have managed to post twice and can't work out how to delete it!)

corny

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118732513#Comment_118732513

No. You're thinking of the Ball of the Century from the 93 Ashes. The clip is of Strauss walking all around it in 2005.

Loved Shane Warne. In this country people tend to think you're insane when you tell them you're staying up to watch Australia V India. I loved it. The battles between Warne V Sachin were epic.

Rikand

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118733339#Comment_118733339

The look of pure befuddlement from Gatting is what got me every time. A combination of how..... and who ?

Just total shock hearing of his untimely passing this afternoon. Such an amazing player and the reason I got into cricket at all. I'd throw tennis balls and plastic golf practice balls up and down the hall or from one end of the sitting room to the other while watching the ashes in the summer time trying to spin the ball, all because of Warney. Then in later years, I used to use the name Shane Warne when playing the computer game Counter Strike and anytime I threw a nice grenade, I'd get my mates to say "Nice Bowling Warney!" Great memories because of a great player!

Beasty

Not a good enough for Accrington:

https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/53465043

Tom Mann Centuria

Sky just had the Warne in a million Interview/documentary on. He was so open about everything (and I tend to believe him about his drug ban) and I think he probably really was what you see is what you get, I know he was friends with Kevin Pieterson but boy did talent and fame affect those two in very different ways. No time at all for KP, but I could easily imagine going for a pint with Warne. I'm surprised just how sad I am about him dying.

swimming in a sea

Just saw Mike Gatting giving an interview, the man was at the receiving end of that 1993 ball yet they were great mates. It seems every opposing player is as gutted as the Aussie lads, shows how genuine he must have been.

Gusser09

Rip shane shocked. Way to early.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118732180#Comment_118732180

I’ve watched this repeatedly like 100 times since I posted it, it’s mesmerising me.

the ball doesn’t seem to pitch in rough, yet it spins vastly, fastly and furiously almost three feet from pitching to hitting, incredible…

James M. Morales

The lion king of spin.

James M. Morales

The lion king of spin.