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Shane Warne has died

52 points by trifit 5y ago

ungamed 5y ago
Warne and Marsh within a few days, sad day for cricket australia.
ehnto 5y ago
Most people will be asleep in Aus right now, this will have the nation talking tomorrow. I recall Shane as an icon of my childhood, while he was at his prime. He was an inimitable character in the sport and someone looked up to by so many young athletes.
tomhoward 5y ago
Seeing the news here for the first time. Shocking and terribly sad news. He'll be unknown to a lot of readers here, but to everyone in the cricket-following world, which is a huge portion of the world, he was a bona-fide superstar. (For context, to Australians and many others around the world, this will be felt as deeply as the passing of Steve Irwin was). He was one of the biggest names in the game from the early 90s till the mid-00s, and has continued to be a well known figure through the media and on Twitter. He made his mark with his first-ever delivery for Australia in England, which was dubbed "the ball of the century". It completely bamboozled one of the world's best batters, and was the first of many amazing feats through his career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3V-sYH0Sks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3V-sYH0Sks
- palerdot 5y ago
  Off topic > to everyone in the cricket-following world, which is a huge portion of the world I'm from India. But as much as we like to believe, cricket is not followed worldwide compared to other sports like Football (American soccer).
  - wittycardio 5y ago
    He didn't say it was, because of the subcontinent it is objectively a large chunk of the world's population
    - tomhoward 5y ago
      Yep that’s what I meant - subcontinent plus England plus Australia is about 20% of the world. And there are plenty from other countries too of course.
thunderbong 5y ago
This is unbelievable and very, very sad. He was only 52. In fact, he had tweeted a few hours previously about fellow cricketer Rod Marsh having passed away less than a day ago.
bdz 5y ago
RIP truly a legend. Warne, Kumble, and Murali was my childhood
Gatsky 5y ago
RIP Warney. A consummate competitor.
GoOnThenDoTell 5y ago
I learned wrist spin by watching him on tv as a child
pixxel 5y ago
So sad. Damn these heart attacks.
- t0bia_s 5y ago
  He was double vaxed. He was even propagator and against Djokovic stance. Just sayin.
triggercut 5y ago
Was just about to go to sleep and saw this. Now I'm on YouTube remembering how her could make that ball seemingly teleport, defying time, space, physics. If we didn't have slow-mo to see what really happened people would claim it was magic. https://youtu.be/Qs2Pw952rcI https://youtu.be/Qs2Pw952rcI There'll never be another Warney.
- pmyteh 5y ago
  I saw the number 1 on that list, the famous 'Gatting ball', live. You could tell that something odd had happened because Gatting was obviously bowled and yet didn't immediately walk off, and also that there was a loud 'ooh' from the spectators behind Warne's arm. But it wasn't until we saw the instant replay on the big screen that it was clear just how impressive that ball had been. Plus it inspired the song 'Jiggery Pokery' by The Duckworth Lewis Method, which is another reason to remember it fondly.
dmode 5y ago
Such a sad news. Even though he would destroy India on a regular basis, I remember being completely awestruck by the amount of spin he could get on a ball. Truly a remarkable cricketer who changed spin balling completely.
hvmonk 5y ago
I grew up watching him and was my role model in cricket. I'd imitate his bowling action and would bowl for hours during practice.
amanzi 5y ago
Such sad news. Definitely the greatest leg spinner of all time and one of the best bowlers of all time. I remember watching him bowl in a test series in South Africa in the 90s, and we were all shocked by not only the turn he managed to generate, but the variety of balls he could bowl, including the deadly googly. I remember him opening the bowling in one of the test matches, which was relatively unheard of at the time (although I'm unable to verify this through some quick searching, so hopefully my memory doesn't deceive me.) Such a joy to watch, even if you were on the opposing team.
- bdz 5y ago
  Your memory is correct, he indeed opened bowling twice in his career. Once against SA and once against Sri Lanka. Both were 2nd innings though, so by the time the wicket was most likely more deteriorated and perfect for spinning https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?bowling_positionmax1=2;bowling_positionmin1=1;bowling_positionval1=bowling_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;player_involve=2000;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?bo... (On a side note Cricinfo's Statsguru is crazy good and you can pretty much find any cricket stat you want)
  - amanzi 5y ago
    Thanks for finding that! I was sure it was against SA and yes, I remember it being in the second innings.
tekichan 5y ago
RIP legend!

52 points by trifit 5y ago

Warne and Marsh within a few days, sad day for cricket australia.

Most people will be asleep in Aus right now, this will have the nation talking tomorrow. I recall Shane as an icon of my childhood, while he was at his prime. He was an inimitable character in the sport and someone looked up to by so many young athletes.

tomhoward 5y ago

Seeing the news here for the first time. Shocking and terribly sad news. He'll be unknown to a lot of readers here, but to everyone in the cricket-following world, which is a huge portion of the world, he was a bona-fide superstar. (For context, to Australians and many others around the world, this will be felt as deeply as the passing of Steve Irwin was). He was one of the biggest names in the game from the early 90s till the mid-00s, and has continued to be a well known figure through the media and on Twitter. He made his mark with his first-ever delivery for Australia in England, which was dubbed "the ball of the century". It completely bamboozled one of the world's best batters, and was the first of many amazing feats through his career. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3V-sYH0Sks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3V-sYH0Sks

palerdot 5y ago
Off topic > to everyone in the cricket-following world, which is a huge portion of the world I'm from India. But as much as we like to believe, cricket is not followed worldwide compared to other sports like Football (American soccer).
- wittycardio 5y ago
  He didn't say it was, because of the subcontinent it is objectively a large chunk of the world's population
  - tomhoward 5y ago
    Yep that’s what I meant - subcontinent plus England plus Australia is about 20% of the world. And there are plenty from other countries too of course.

thunderbong 5y ago

This is unbelievable and very, very sad. He was only 52. In fact, he had tweeted a few hours previously about fellow cricketer Rod Marsh having passed away less than a day ago.

bdz 5y ago

RIP truly a legend. Warne, Kumble, and Murali was my childhood

Gatsky 5y ago

RIP Warney. A consummate competitor.

GoOnThenDoTell 5y ago

I learned wrist spin by watching him on tv as a child

pixxel 5y ago

So sad. Damn these heart attacks.

t0bia_s 5y ago
He was double vaxed. He was even propagator and against Djokovic stance. Just sayin.

triggercut 5y ago

Was just about to go to sleep and saw this. Now I'm on YouTube remembering how her could make that ball seemingly teleport, defying time, space, physics. If we didn't have slow-mo to see what really happened people would claim it was magic. https://youtu.be/Qs2Pw952rcI https://youtu.be/Qs2Pw952rcI There'll never be another Warney.

pmyteh 5y ago
I saw the number 1 on that list, the famous 'Gatting ball', live. You could tell that something odd had happened because Gatting was obviously bowled and yet didn't immediately walk off, and also that there was a loud 'ooh' from the spectators behind Warne's arm. But it wasn't until we saw the instant replay on the big screen that it was clear just how impressive that ball had been. Plus it inspired the song 'Jiggery Pokery' by The Duckworth Lewis Method, which is another reason to remember it fondly.

dmode 5y ago

Such a sad news. Even though he would destroy India on a regular basis, I remember being completely awestruck by the amount of spin he could get on a ball. Truly a remarkable cricketer who changed spin balling completely.

hvmonk 5y ago

I grew up watching him and was my role model in cricket. I'd imitate his bowling action and would bowl for hours during practice.

amanzi 5y ago

Such sad news. Definitely the greatest leg spinner of all time and one of the best bowlers of all time. I remember watching him bowl in a test series in South Africa in the 90s, and we were all shocked by not only the turn he managed to generate, but the variety of balls he could bowl, including the deadly googly. I remember him opening the bowling in one of the test matches, which was relatively unheard of at the time (although I'm unable to verify this through some quick searching, so hopefully my memory doesn't deceive me.) Such a joy to watch, even if you were on the opposing team.

bdz 5y ago
Your memory is correct, he indeed opened bowling twice in his career. Once against SA and once against Sri Lanka. Both were 2nd innings though, so by the time the wicket was most likely more deteriorated and perfect for spinning https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?bowling_positionmax1=2;bowling_positionmin1=1;bowling_positionval1=bowling_position;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;player_involve=2000;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/8166.html?bo... (On a side note Cricinfo's Statsguru is crazy good and you can pretty much find any cricket stat you want)
- amanzi 5y ago
  Thanks for finding that! I was sure it was against SA and yes, I remember it being in the second innings.

tekichan 5y ago

RIP legend!