I’m feeling more disconsolate by the minute. Genuinely gutted by this.
For all his flaws, I absolutely idolized Warne as a young cricket tragic growing up in the 90’s.
This is just crushing.
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Turn it on Channel 501 folks.
Live tribute on now from 2pm with Howey, Mark Taylor and Kerry O’Keeffe.
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Even if you are not a cricket fan/follower it still hits home
I’m still in disbelief
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I just watched his best 50 wickets in Australia on Kayo. Wow he was amazing. Kayo has so much good footage to saviour.
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I must have a look at it later on today, cheers!
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Been walking around most of the day wanting to break into a waaaarnie chant.
Loved watching him play and loved as a Victorian he was ours.
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So happy about this.
It should be that forever. He is immortalised.
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You’ve done it Isa Guha. I was going ok up until that 
. Great tribute.
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So much this. It was England vs Warne that series.
I hated him as a player yet had massive respect for his talent. He is the main reason I supported the Melbourne stars instead of the renegades. I wanted to know what it felt like supporting him instead hating him. It was quite enjoyable. Him being mic’s up and telling the viewers how he was going to bowl mccullum round his legs, and then doing just that the next ball was amazing
Whether he had the ball in his hand or the bat in his hand, anything was possible each and every delivery
Was a pretty good coach/ manager as well. Took a poor team on paper and guided them to a T20 title in the IPL’s inaugural season. The only title they have won since the comps inception.
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I remember the barmy army chanting “we wish you were English” during the last days play in the 2005 ashes.
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Well this thread is tough reading…
I remember one Saturday in my late teens, I caught the train to the MCG for a Sheffield Shield match. It was Warney’s first match after getting shoulder surgery. And there was a lot of gossip about the fact he will never bowl the same way again.
I remember sitting next to an old gentleman who was an MCC member and volunteered with the MCG tours. And we sat there, and watched Warne get smashed all over the park. He said to me, ‘I think he’s done, unfortunately’.
As we passed the time we exchanged great cricketing stories, and I asked questions about great Victorian Cricketers of the past.
He said Warne, Lawry & Jones were the stand outs for him. It’s hard to believe that there is only one left.
Warnie ended up getting back into the test squad, and played some of his best cricket after the surgery. Just goes to show what a legend he was.
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I’ve been close to tears from the moment I woke up and heard the news. Feels like a mate has passed even though I’ve never met him.
Apparently resting in his room watching cricket, not a drink him as he was on a diet, before he was to get ready to meet up with friends at 5pm for dinner.
An non conforming Victorian Icon. Vale.
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Feel for his mates that tried to wake him up and couldn’t they probably felt they could have done more once he passed
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He actually made leg spin bowling “cool”. That is no mean feat
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Just reminded me how weird it is that we had another genuinely good leg spinner in the same era.
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They couldn’t have been more polar opposites too haha. Including in how they were embraced by the public.
Pulled out an old pamphlet of a Victorian one day cricket match I went to.
Line up:
Elliott
Ayres
Jones
Hodge
Vimpani
Dodemaide
Berry
Reiffle
Warne
Fleming
Saker
A team that would have beaten most international sides. Absolute legends.
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