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Shane Warne RIP

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  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    shocked. RIP
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,622
    Wow. 

    Sad news. Bowled THE ball of the century to Gatts....which made us all sit up a bit.

    Best spinner ever.

    RIP.
  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,547
    edited March 2022
    Chippycafc said:
    Found unresponsive in his villa in Thailand.
    Might have been my neighbour, I spend half my time in Koh Samui. Poor sod. RIP a great bowler.
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,736
    Sleep tight, Shane.

    Taken far too soon.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,166
    Very shocking.  Great cricketer.  Heard him chatting to Chris Evans on his breakfast show a little while back - came over as a great guy.  RIP.
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,180
    edited March 2022
     
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,705
    Struggling to comprehend this. 
    Unbelievable.
    RIP Shane. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Just heard and can't believe that the greatest spinner and character has died so young. 
    Only 52 and feel totally shocked.
    RIP legend Shane Warne.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    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
  • greenwichred68
    greenwichred68 Posts: 277
    Truely shocked.The greatest spin bowler ever.R.I.P Warney.
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    bobmunro said:
    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. 
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    And Rodney Marsh too in the same day! Wow a sad day for Australian cricket
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Huge shock, the greatest of all spin bowlers. RIP
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Big, big shock.
    Probably the greatest ever spin bowler.
    RIP
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Couldn't believe it when I heard this incredibly sad news this afternoon, far too young to die.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    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 .
  • Notts_Addick
    Notts_Addick Posts: 376
    Couldn't believe it when I heard the news.

    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. 
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,035
    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.
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    Fantastic player. I was lucky enough to have had a couple of beers with him a few years ago, interesting character.

    RiP
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,983
    Watching ‘Shane’ on Prime. Hard to believe this doc has recently been released and now he’s gone. 
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  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,951
    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.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,763
    Says as much about Bumble as it does Warnie


  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,879
    golfaddick said:
    Wow. 

    Sad news. Bowled THE ball of the century to Gatts....which made us all sit up a bit.

    Best bowler ever.

    RIP.
    Corrected it for you 
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    StrikerFirmani said:
    Yes a complete shock. Possibly one of the best spin bowlers ever.  RIP
    Along with Jim Laker

    RIP Rod
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Lincsaddick said:
    THAT Ball .. https://youtu.be/KWZXPLhuwbo
    I think it was Gooch who said that if it had been a cheese roll no way would it have got past Gatt...
  • mid_life_crisis
    mid_life_crisis Posts: 3,263
    A true sporting icon.
    Did more than anyone in my lifetime to reinvigorate the great game.
    RIP Warnie.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Streuth!

    RIP a cricketing legend.
  • dicktracey
    dicktracey Posts: 318
    In disbelief.... full of charisma and fun.  RIP.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,475
    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.🥲
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    A larger than life character, and an absolute beast of a bowler, he was brilliant, absolutely shocked when I saw the headline for this thread.

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