New Delhi, March 04,2022: Cricket legend and former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne passed away on Friday. Shane Warne passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand, of a suspected heart attack, according to Fox Cricket. He was 52.
In a statement, Shane Warne’s management said, “Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived.”
Warne’s demise comes hours after another legendary Australian cricketer Rod Marsh died on Friday after suffering a major heart attack last week.
Warne, affectionately called ‘Warnie’, had a stellar international career, spanning across 15 years. Warne scalped 708 Test wickets — the most ever by an Australian, and the second-most of all time behind Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan.
Considered as one of the all-time greats of the game who redefined spin bowling, Warne also took 293 One-Day International wickets and was also named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century.
Warne hogged the limelight very early in his career when, during the 1993 Ashes tour of England, he bowled England captain Mike Gatting with his first delivery, later dubbed “the ball of the century”. (Agency)
Following the news of Warne’s shock demise, several cricketers paid tributes to the Australian legend.
