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Am still getting over Deano going and now this??

why do the great ones always die young? Aside from his brilliance he was a great bloke and not afraid to be himself. His commentary was very good too

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I was in London the day Warnie Bowled Gatting with THAT ball

It was incredible, he became a hero overnight 

London was just in shock. Cabbies would be talking at you, just shaking their heads

 
Proud to be a Victorian, i will never forget that time in 1993

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41 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Am still getting over Deano going and now this??

why do the great ones always die young? Aside from his brilliance he was a great bloke and not afraid to be himself. His commentary was very good too

I agree. But he did manage to attract a lot of haters in his capacity as a commentator. And yes, at times he could be annoying but what I absolutely loved about his commentary is how unbiased he was. And it wasn’t contrived, it was organic. Unlike some other commentators (looking at you, Bill Lawry and Ian Chappell, among others) who could barely manage to keep the flimsy veil covering their disdain of, in particular, sub-continent players. 

soz if I’ve upset anyone by casting aspersion on the likes of Lawry and Chappelli. Just calling it as I saw it. 

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In disbelief. Thanks for all the golden memories Shane. 52 years old ..so young 😔

Can’t help thinking about a verse from Neil young’s “ hey hey my my” when I think on this. 

“..The king is gone but he’s not forgotten. This is the story of johnny rotten.

It’s better to burn out than it is to fade away… hey hey my my” 

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15 minutes ago, Wells 11 said:

In disbelief. Thanks for all the golden memories Shane. 52 years old ..so young 😔

Can’t help thinking about a verse from Neil young’s “ hey hey my my” when I think on this. 

“..The king is gone but he’s not forgotten. This is the story of johnny rotten.

It’s better to burn out than it is to fade away… hey hey my my” 

An apt song, indeed. I just listened to a song called “23” by a band called Blonde Redhead. Nothing to do with Warnie but it puts me in mind of that god-awful men’s cologne that he brought out, SW23. 🙂

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His first wicket was R Shastri, caught in the outfield by DM Jones. He changed the game before our very eyes. We knew he was special and we were so, so lucky to see it. 

He’s been ever present for 30 years and it just doesn’t feel right that he’s gone, just like that.

Vale Warney. Will never see his like again.

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41 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I agree. But he did manage to attract a lot of haters in his capacity as a commentator. And yes, at times he could be annoying but what I absolutely loved about his commentary is how unbiased he was. And it wasn’t contrived, it was organic. Unlike some other commentators (looking at you, Bill Lawry and Ian Chappell, among others) who could barely manage to keep the flimsy veil covering their disdain of, in particular, sub-continent players. 

soz if I’ve upset anyone by casting aspersion on the likes of Lawry and Chappelli. Just calling it as I saw it. 

Agree on Warne. I don’t believe you are casting aspersions on the other two. Their mouths are proof enough.

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3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

A true original that wasn't afraid to be himself. An old fashioned larrikan.

That's a character that seems to have disappeared.

 

Whilst different ‘characters’ it also explains why Gawn is universally admired. Max is a true original who isn’t afraid to be himself. He also encourages this trait in others and that makes you like him even more

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Some of the greats exceed the sport they play.

Jordan in basketball. Peter Brock in V8 car racing. Tiger Woods in golf. Federer in tennis.

I will put my hand up as a test cricket tragic - loving it with a passion equal to following the Dees. Warne was on a different plane to all others. To watch him bowl you sat forward on your chair trying to see which small nuance of change he was implementing, or which batsman he was out thinking/outmanouvering. 

He was magnetic, brilliant, belligerent, joyful. He gambled, whored, smoked, ate rubbish food, dyed his red hair blonde, and messed up his family. His commentary was insightful, brutally honest and uncompromising. 

As for his cricket, it was the closest thing to perfection you could see. Possibly best summed up by quoting the poet John Keats: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever".

 

 

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No no no. So terribly sad. It’s a big shock. 
 

Shane Warne.  What a cricketer.  Legend. One of our greatest ever.
708 test wickets.  

His hat trick at the G was incredible.  

His first ball v Poms in England.  Ball if the century.  

His ‘99 World Cup semi final v SthAfrica. We were gone. SK WARNE 4/29.  Springboks were 0/50 odd chasing 210 and were in top.  Suddenly Warne gets 3 wickets in 3-4 overs.  It was such an amazing game and Warnie was heroic  

At absolute larrikin at times. Lover of baked beans.  Liz Hurley !!  Great storyteller and if half true, it was an incredible life  🍺RIP SKW!! 
 

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1994 Ashes test at the MCG: off I go with a packed lunch of sandwiches and tetra pack of soft drink. Get into the ground, get nice seat on level 2 almost behind bowlers arm. And what damn well happens? Shane Warne gets a hat trick: DeFreitas, then Gough then - and thanks to a diving catch from David Boon - Devon Malcolm!  Gee I remember it like it was yesterday.
Soon after, Craig McDermott got Tufnell and it was all over before lunch. A nice day at the cricket ruined by Shane Warne and his spectacular bowling Damn! If only he wasn’t so bloody good I’d have had a pleasant day at the cricket.

I went home, sat down in my kitchen and ate my sandwiches.                 

 

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2 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

No no no. So terribly sad. It’s a big shock. 
 

Shane Warne.  What a cricketer.  Legend. One of our greatest ever.
708 test wickets.  

His hat trick at the G was incredible.  

His first ball v Poms in England.  Ball if the century.  

His ‘99 World Cup semi final v SthAfrica. We were gone. SK WARNE 4/29.  Springboks were 0/50 odd chasing 210 and were in top.  Suddenly Warne gets 3 wickets in 3-4 overs.  It was such an amazing game and Warnie was heroic  

At absolute larrikin at times. Lover of baked beans.  Liz Hurley !!  Great storyteller and if half true, it was an shading life  RIP SKW!! 
 

 

was heroic. 
 

Just so many memorable performances - that early Test against the Windies where Benaud had the pleasure of seeing a young peroxide blonde leggie take 7/52 in 92/93; exploding into stardom with the Gatting ball - a perfect leg break; bowling Basit Ali between his legs, bowling possibly Chanderpaul (?) on the cusp of the end of a day's play after a theatrical mid-pitch chat with the 'keeper; his hattrick (I was there - paid for a ticket for about 50 mins of play but damn it was priceless); his taunting of P. Collingwood ("17 runs and no wickets for an OBE" in reference to his contribution in the 2005 Ashes series) and other England players in his last batting innings; so many others. He was a test player for half my life by the time he retired. Incredible, mercurial, biggest of big-game and big-moment players. An absolute privilege to have seen play live, on TV, and he was even riveting listening to scratchy 774 broadcasts of our overseas games. Never felt like a wicket was far away when he had the ball.

RIP.

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Im gutted.Read the news last night before bed and couldnt sleep for ages. Im only 18 months or so older than him but have already had a heart attack (more than 10 yeras ago) which i was fortunate enough to live through. Not about me though, im sorta just saying that things like these remind you how fragile life is.

I loved that he never wasted a moment of his life worrying about being P.C. He was himself from day 1 until the end.

 

Still cant believe it.

Rest in peace Legend.

 

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1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

 

A heart attack can happen to anyone at anytime. I had a massive heart attack 23 years ago and was very lucky to survive. Came out of the blue with no pre existing conditions. I was fit and healthy.  It was caused by a blood clot from a detached platelet somewhere. It happened whilst driving and I managed to drive to the Epworth private hospital emergency a couple blocks away. They treated me because it was too late to transfer me to St Vincent’s. Because  I had no private insurance it ended up costing me around $24,000. Getting early and timely treatment saved me and bugger the cost. Unfortunately for Shane he did not have timely intervention or help to save him. 

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