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Comfortably history's best leg-spinner, arguably history's best bowler and surpassed only by Sir Donald Bradman as Australia's greatest cricketer, Shane Keith Warne has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52.
Joe Root admitted he idolised Shane Warne in his youth and so he and the rest of England’s dressing room have been rocked by the death of the former Australia leg-spinner at the age of 52.
Shane Warne, who has died aged 52 of a suspected heart attack, was almost certainly the greatest spin bowler cricket has ever produced. More than that, he was one of the most outsize personalities of any sport. Everything he did in his game and his life was on a grand scale: he lived fast and, it transpires, died young.
Former Australia captain and 'voice of cricket' Richie Benaud, who passed away in 2015, credited Shane Warne with reviving the art of spin bowling, particularly leg spin, after an era dominated by fast bowlers.
When the Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched in 2008, nobody expected a semi-retired 37-year-old Shane Warne to lead a Rajasthan Royals side built on a shoestring budget to win one of the most lucrative tournaments in the world.
Mike Gatting hailed Shane Warne as cricket’s “number one” after the death of the Australian great on Friday.
The news that Shane Warne has passed away at the age of just 52 has devastated a cricketing world that he undoubtedly helped shape.
Cricketers past and present around the world from Sachin Tendulkar to Brian Lara and Ben Stokes paid shocked tribute on Friday to Australian spin maestro Shane Warne who died of a suspected heart attack at 52.