Former Australia captain Ian Chappell on Saturday hailed late Shane Warne as a "generous and honest" champion who never considered himself to be a superstar despite being one of the all-time greats of the game. Warne, a spin wizard who made the world fall in love with his craft, died at the age of 52 due to a suspected heart attack in Thailand on Friday, leaving the world shell-shocked. "Warne was not only a champion leg-spinner, I also found him to be an exceedingly generous person and a honest bloke," Chappell wrote in his column for ESPNcricinfo.