Vale Shane Warne

[NSWCROW]

I'd been a little emotional watching all the tributes and things today, but this is the one that broke me. Vaughan speaking well and clearly about an old friend and you can see in his face when it clicks for him at the end of that interview that he won't get to make any more of those memories. Brutal

After that Beatles doco that came out a few months ago, i ended up watching YT vids about Johns death.

Barbara Walters interviews Ringo in one.

She asks him when was the last time he saw him and there's a moment when he realises he'd used a past-tense term and the next words catch in his throat that you can see it hit him.
****ing heartbreaking to watch.

 

[Gough]

Probably already said but he dragged the " dark art " of Leg spinning in the light.


Spoke to my 14 yo nephew earlier and just said " I wish you could've seen him play, mate "



If his death inspired even 1 parent to show their kid what leg spin is, then it's already a mighty legacy he's left us.

I bowled leggies at school before Warne came along, nobody really knew what to do with you and if it wasn't for the dad of an Aussie Indian in our team nobody really coached me. As soon as he came along it was like the lights coming on.

 

[Plugger35]

Probably already said but he dragged the " dark art " of Leg spinning in the light.


Spoke to my 14 yo nephew earlier and just said " I wish you could've seen him play, mate "



If his death inspired even 1 parent to show their kid what leg spin is, then it's already a mighty legacy he's left us.

You could tell how much Richie Benaud loved watching him bowl being a leg spinner himself.

It was appropriate that he was commentating when Warnie bowled the ball of the century.

 

[Festerz]

My sister and her partner visited Delhi sometime around 2000 and wherever she went the locals, the locals wanted to talk about Shane Warne. Sadly she had zero knowledge or understanding of cricket but listened anyway.

One of her taxi drivers insisted on taking her to his home where he had put together a small 'shrine' to Shane's greatness with models of a pitch and players with newspaper cuttings of Warn glued on the cupboard it stood on. He assumed she knew Shane personally and asked her to take photos of his model and show them to Shane when she got back home to Australia.

The reverence with which Warnie was held by millions of ordinary cricket lovers people across the sub continent cannot be understated. I imagine they will be in deep shock at his loss

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Raising a glass to the great man today

 

[Nuggetz]

I still can't believe it. Watching foxcricket coverage of his passing. Having all the greats talk about him. Emotional stuff. He was just a mate to them all, just a friend that cared about them, their family etc. Feel for his family and friends.

 

[mrmonkey]

Gilly spoke really well. Murali too. Healy probably harmless but just didnt seem right to me.

Was thinking the same thing with Healy. I'm thinking his head isn't in the right frame of mind. Admittedly I didn't see his interview on the today show. Was he asked Was he shocked or did he just say what he said. I think of Paul Mccartney after John Lennon had been murdered he said 'it's a drag' he just didn't have the right words.

 

[Nuggetz]

My sister and her partner visited Delhi sometime around 2000 and wherever she went the locals, the locals wanted to talk about Shane Warne. Sadly she had zero knowledge or understanding of cricket but listened anyway.

One of her taxi drivers insisted on taking her to his home where he had put together a small 'shrine' to Shane's greatness with models of a pitch and players with newspaper cuttings of Warn glued on the cupboard it stood on. He assumed she knew Shane personally and asked her to take photos of his model and show them to Shane when she got back home to Australia.

The reverence with which Warnie was held by millions of ordinary cricket lovers people across the sub continent cannot be understated. I imagine they will be in deep shock at his loss

Thanks for sharing. Amazing story. He was truly loved worldwide.

 

[kickazz]

Never wore sunscreen? The zinc cream on the nose and lips were part of his trademark, along with the white floppy hat.

Indeed the whole "everyone has to wear the baggy green for the first session" was one of the ongoing beefs he had with Steve Waugh.

 

[Bjchan13]

Was thinking the same thing with Healy. I'm thinking his head isn't in the right frame of mind. Admittedly I didn't see his interview on the today show. Was he asked Was he shocked or did he just say what he said. I think of Paul Mccartney after John Lennon had been murdered he said 'it's a drag' he just didn't have the right words.

No I didn't see the today show, just watched him on fox cricket tribute. Just didnt seem like he could say the right thing. Understandable considering the circumstances. But everyone else has seemed to be able to speak well or find the right words.

 

[to1994]

Gutting.

For the people who loved him on the field but weren't fans of him off it, I highly encourage you to watch the video podcasts he's done with the Sky Sports Team on their YouTube channel, also the interview with Athers a few years ago that has a professional interview feel to it. It's a different side of him that I think gets missed by the people who think he was just a one note waffler on Channel 9/Fox.

Don't think I've been this upset by a sportsmen's passing since Phil Hughes. Guys like Rod Marsh obviously mean a lot to so many but for plenty of us they were a bit before our time. The passing of someone like Warne feels a lot closer to home and it'll take some getting used to next summer when he's being talked about it in the past tense.

 

[BigPond101]

Cant believe it. I remember his son talking about his crash diets and how he would go a month without eating to lose weight, it can't be good for you to do that too many times. In the Ashes he was bigger than I'd ever seen him then suddenly he appeared for the Sri Lanka series looking very trim. I'm assuming he didnt eat at all from like mid janurary to mid February then started partying again in Thailand and it was too much

 

[Plugger35]

Indeed the whole "everyone has to wear the baggy green for the first session" was one of the ongoing beefs he had with Steve Waugh.

Yeah he wasn't a fan of wearing the baggy green cap, loved his white floppy hat.

 

[mrmonkey]

Gutting.

For the people who loved him on the field but weren't fans of him off it, I highly encourage you to watch the video podcasts he's done with the Sky Sports Team on their YouTube channel, also the interview with Athers a few years ago that has a professional interview feel to it. It's a different side of him that I think gets missed by the people who think he was just a one note waffler on Channel 9/Fox.

Don't think I've been this upset by a sportsmen's passing since Phil Hughes. Guys like Rod Marsh obviously mean a lot to so many but for plenty of us they were a bit before our time. The passing of someone like Warne feels a lot closer to home and it'll take some getting used to next summer when he's being talked about it in the past tense.

Whether you enjoy his commentary or not, it's certainly going to be weird not hearing his voice when watching the cricket. It's the same with Tony Greig and Ritchie Benaud.

 

[western royboy]

In early 2005, I was in NZ for A Cricket Coaching seminar, having been gifted a junket by CV for some of my work that got lifted by a the employee and used extensively elsewhere (the full story of that is worth telling in itself - but not here). I was in Auckland on the Friday while Australia began a Test in NZ, the day was washed out and so after doing my day (and watch Elsu win the Inter Dominion at Alexandra Park) I flew down to Wellington and watched Day 2 at the Basin. The pitch was difficult but DM Martyn played one of the great and largely underrated Test match innings getting a crucial ton.

By a stroke of luck I was staying at the same hotel as the Aussies, Wellington Intercontinental and was surprised as they wandered around as virtually unknowns whilst the staff fapped over a South African domestic Rugby Union team who were in town to play the Hurricanes. The next morning I was up early but the infamous Wellington Fog rolled in and play was delayed. I had breakfast with a former Randwick club mate and another player from the group who have me the heads up on how to get a few more autographs for my two young boys autograph bats.

A group began to gather in the foyer getting ready to head to the ground for a hit, Hayden, Langer, Ponting & Co. This was Ponting’s first tour as Captain and the game was at an interest stage due to Day 1 being washed out and Day 2 being tough for batting. Australia was 337/5 overnight and as I wandered towards them, Ponting wondered allowed as to what to do. As I got to the group Warne took over the conversation and said “I’ll tell you what we’re gonna do, we’re gonna bat once get 600 and then rip them out and send them back in!” I arrived on the group as soon as he’d finished and said “sounds like a good idea to me…how about signing these bats for my boys?” A couple of them looked at me like I had two heads but sign away they did.

The game eventually got going and Gilchrist murdered the kiwi attack blasting a run a ball century. As the game wore on the kiwi commentator Brian Wardle wondered aloud as to what Australia’s tactics might be? I’m sitting in the crowd, thinking, “I know what they are!”

And Warne’s plan was followed to a “T” - They declared just before lunch on about 580 after Warne got his 50 and then McGrath removed SP Fleming very cheaply.

The game ended in a draw but NZ were ripped out and made to follow on.

Cricket has lost one of its greatest tacticians. Vale

 

[Geelong_Bisons_#36]

Been sitting on the couch most of the day, nursing a hangover from the Foo Fighters concert last night.
Spent my later childhood and twenties watching and idolising the great man.
On a personal note March 5th can go suck it. 6 years ago on this day I lost my sister to cancer. Massive difference in feelings of course, but it has made a sad day even sadder.
Few people can say they changed the sport they played. Shane Warne can.
R.I.P Warnie. The GOAT.

 

[footyfan1978]

Drinking and smoking should be compulsory in the Shane Warne stand.

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John Elliott would have endorsed this.
He hated having to walk outside to have a smoke.

 

[footyfan1978]

In early 2005, I was in NZ for A Cricket Coaching seminar, having

and and... do not leave me hanging

 

[footyfan1978]

Two bowling legends I've been lucky to see in my life.
D.K. Lillee and S.K. Warne

Cannot believe Warney has passed on first.
Dennis would be very sad. Lost a great mate of his own generations in Marshy and now he sees the next bowling legend after him gone within same day.

 

[Mootsy]

As influential as Michael Jordan in Australia sports in the 90s!
A true magician!
In fact there was a segment on wide world of sports in the late 90s where they both meet and interview each other.

 

[kickazz]

He lived life, and perhaps his life itself can be summed up with those three words the great R Benaud used after his first ball in Ashes cricket:

He's done it.

 

[footyfan1978]

To be honest those were my thoughts, if any cricketer of his generation was going early it was him. Parties, booze, smokes, food, drugs, Shane lived it up, but certainly tone deaf to say that kind of thing in the media on the day he passed.

Do not think he was a drug taker according to a few friends of his.
Suspect he had the odd dart but more just a regular drinker. But he never been slim, so maybe the fat face and stocky body was too much work for the heart to distribute what it needed out.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

John Elliott would have endorsed this.
He hated having to walk outside to have a smoke.

Elliot and I enjoyed the same French bistro. One reason was it had a covered smoking area. We once debated the toss about footy and politics for half an hour or so.

Jack sent in for a bottle of red to keep is going. Good times

 

[mrmonkey]

John Elliott would have endorsed this.
He hated having to walk outside to have a smoke.

Maybe Bay 13 can be converted to a smokers lounge

 

[Plugger35]

Two bowling legends I've been lucky to see in my life.
D.K. Lillee and S.K. Warne

Cannot believe Warney has passed on first.
Dennis would be very sad. Lost a great mate of his own generations in Marshy and now he sees the next bowling legend after him gone within same day.

I was fortunate enough to see Lillee live too, my first test match at the WACA against England in 1982, the infamous test where Alderman did his shoulder tackling one of the English supporting yobbos that ran on the field. Also saw Warnie live at the WACA against England, NZ and South Africa.

They are two of those rare cricketers that were living legends while they were still playing the game and who you are grateful to have witnessed live.

It would have been the same for those people that were fortunate enough to see Bradman play back in the day.