Hard to take in. If you were looking to create a side made up of the best 11 to have ever played the game, Warnie would be one of the first names on the team sheet. On a spinning pitch he was unplayable, on a flat track he was un-scorable. Without equal as a spinner.
Hard to take in. If you were looking to create a side made up of the best 11 to have ever played the game, Warnie would be one of the first names on the team sheet. On a spinning pitch he was unplayable, on a flat track he was un-scorable. Without equal as a spinner.
RIP Shane
For me, his would be the very first name. And he'd have a little asterisk next to it.
Gutted , loved his enthusiasm for the game . What a bowler RIPped it like no other , a pleasure to have watched him ply his craft throughout his career , even if at the time he was pissing me right off .
I am a little bit to young to have seen him in his prime, but absolutely loved the work he did with Sky and other media outlets. Whilst he looked like an absolute laugh to be around, he was also so passionate about cricket and you could tell it was such natural enthusiasm that stemmed from a pure love of the game.
Such a sad loss. I am sure he probably crammed more into his 52 years than others would in 100. He always looked like a character that loved life, and just listening to him talk about Cricket, or just having a laugh in the commentary box, cheered me up no end as I'm sure it did many others.
I am distraught. I've spent most of the afternoon trying not to cry at my desk. Shane Warne is the reason I play cricket, because for all it was England's win in the 2005 Ashes that made me love the sport, Warne did things with the ball that blew my mind - and still do.
I wanted to be a spinner because of Warne. I nominally follow the Royals in the IPL because he was there. His influence has filtered through into one of the most crucial parts of my life, recreational or otherwise.
And to find out he's gone... I have no words. Rest in peace, Warnie.
what an appalling day for cricket and not only the Aussies,Warnie was universally loved for his brash personality,his easy going attitude and most of all his unsurpassed ability to bowl a cricket ball. RIP,Warnie you were a diamond.
Thinking of Beefy at this moment, he and Warney were such great pals. I remember a few years back the howls of laughter when the Sky commentary team (at Lords I think it was), were being told of a stunt Beefy pulled on him during a lunch break. Evidently there was as usual a very decent lunchtime spread and Beefy was waxing lyrical about a particular cake which he enticed Warney to sample. Beefy had laced it with an incredibly hot chilli pod which had Warney gasping for breath and running around like a demented ape. Loved Warney for his wholly unbiased commentary, his roots were of course well set in Australia but he loved England and us Pommes almost as much and boy how he showed it. Great character as well as being consistently the worlds greatest ever spinner time and time again. RIP…..Shane…..RIP……and thanks for the memories cobber.🥲
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Sad news. Bowled THE ball of the century to Gatts....which made us all sit up a bit.
Best spinner ever.
RIP.
Taken far too soon.
Unbelievable.
RIP Shane.
Only 52 and feel totally shocked.
RIP legend Shane Warne.
If you were looking to create a side made up of the best 11 to have ever played the game, Warnie would be one of the first names on the team sheet. On a spinning pitch he was unplayable, on a flat track he was un-scorable.
Without equal as a spinner.
RIP Shane
Probably the greatest ever spin bowler.
RIP
What a bowler RIPped it like no other , a pleasure to have watched him ply his craft throughout his career , even if at the time he was pissing me right off .
I am a little bit to young to have seen him in his prime, but absolutely loved the work he did with Sky and other media outlets. Whilst he looked like an absolute laugh to be around, he was also so passionate about cricket and you could tell it was such natural enthusiasm that stemmed from a pure love of the game.
Such a sad loss. I am sure he probably crammed more into his 52 years than others would in 100. He always looked like a character that loved life, and just listening to him talk about Cricket, or just having a laugh in the commentary box, cheered me up no end as I'm sure it did many others.
I wanted to be a spinner because of Warne. I nominally follow the Royals in the IPL because he was there. His influence has filtered through into one of the most crucial parts of my life, recreational or otherwise.
And to find out he's gone... I have no words. Rest in peace, Warnie.
RiP
RIP,Warnie you were a diamond.
RIP Rod
Did more than anyone in my lifetime to reinvigorate the great game.
RIP Warnie.
RIP a cricketing legend.
I remember a few years back the howls of laughter when the Sky commentary team (at Lords I think it was), were being told of a stunt Beefy pulled on him during a lunch break.
Evidently there was as usual a very decent lunchtime spread and Beefy was waxing lyrical about a particular cake which he enticed Warney to sample.
Beefy had laced it with an incredibly hot chilli pod which had Warney gasping for breath and running around like a demented ape.
Loved Warney for his wholly unbiased commentary, his roots were of course well set in Australia but he loved England and us Pommes almost as much and boy how he showed it.
Great character as well as being consistently the worlds greatest ever spinner time and time again.
RIP…..Shane…..RIP……and thanks for the memories cobber.🥲