And now Shane Warne RIP!
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And now Shane Warne RIP!
One of the greatest cricketers ever, certainly top 10, probably top 5. Aged 52.
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Devastating news
A great bowler and a decent bloke.
When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease...
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A great bowler and a decent bloke.
When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease...
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Positive Passion wrote:One of the greatest cricketers ever, certainly top 10, probably top 5. Aged 52.
Easily
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Lord Rother wrote:And there was me thinking you'd say "Fair enough, you have a point Bob".
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Without in the top 3 of best-ever bowlers I've seen
Too young to die...
Too young to die...
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His final Tweet was a tribute to Rod Marsh who preceded him by a few hours.
Shocked isn’t an adequate word.
Shocked isn’t an adequate word.
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Crazy.
No doubt one of the most talented and also the most outspoken and influential cricketers.
No doubt one of the most talented and also the most outspoken and influential cricketers.
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wonderful piece about Warne from my favourite sports writer
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... -each-hour
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... -each-hour
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Rayge wrote:wonderful piece about Warne from my favourite sports writer
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... -each-hour
Very good.
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I think it's easy to forget how Warne really did 'change the game' back in '93, with the 'Gatting ball'.
From that point on, legspin (which had become a largely forgotten art) re-emerged as a vaild and exciting form of bowling. We had pace, swing and finger spin at that point - and millions of mundane medium pace trundlers. Warne completely blew that status quo to smithereens and re-introduced a new, exciting, tactically and strategically interesting version of cricket. Single-handedly. Very, very sportsmen/women can claim that (I'm thinking Lawrence Taylor in the NFL, who utterly ripped the offensive playbooks up throughout the game on his introduction in the early 80's). It's like there is cricket before Warne, and after. And there is a very strict difference between the two games and a clearly identifiable delineating timepoint.
I particularly loved the story of Richie Benaud going to see Warne in the nets in the early 2000's (Warne would have been around 33 at the time) and asked what he was trying to bowl. Warne replied he was working on his FOURTH Googly variation - by this time I guess he already had 550-600 Test wickets or so. Benaud (who had been a trusted friend/mentor/idol in the emerging years) said he realised right there exactly why he was still breaking/going to break all the records - that insatiable desire to keep improving as a player. Yes he was supremely gifted but, yes, he worked his nuts off to stay at the top of his game and continue to get better too.
What a player. And a great commentator too. And, to cap it all off, a genuinely nice guy as well. R.I.P. Shane Warne.
From that point on, legspin (which had become a largely forgotten art) re-emerged as a vaild and exciting form of bowling. We had pace, swing and finger spin at that point - and millions of mundane medium pace trundlers. Warne completely blew that status quo to smithereens and re-introduced a new, exciting, tactically and strategically interesting version of cricket. Single-handedly. Very, very sportsmen/women can claim that (I'm thinking Lawrence Taylor in the NFL, who utterly ripped the offensive playbooks up throughout the game on his introduction in the early 80's). It's like there is cricket before Warne, and after. And there is a very strict difference between the two games and a clearly identifiable delineating timepoint.
I particularly loved the story of Richie Benaud going to see Warne in the nets in the early 2000's (Warne would have been around 33 at the time) and asked what he was trying to bowl. Warne replied he was working on his FOURTH Googly variation - by this time I guess he already had 550-600 Test wickets or so. Benaud (who had been a trusted friend/mentor/idol in the emerging years) said he realised right there exactly why he was still breaking/going to break all the records - that insatiable desire to keep improving as a player. Yes he was supremely gifted but, yes, he worked his nuts off to stay at the top of his game and continue to get better too.
What a player. And a great commentator too. And, to cap it all off, a genuinely nice guy as well. R.I.P. Shane Warne.
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