Daughter of cricket legend Shane Warne calls TV miniseries into his life 'beyond disrespectful'

By Ben Morse, CNN

Updated 0822 GMT (1622 HKT) September 16, 2022

Brooke Warne speaks on stage during the state memorial service for her father, Shane Warne, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 30, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia.

(CNN)The daughter of cricket legend Shane Warne has called a TV miniseries which will dramatize his life «beyond disrespectful.»

Warne's sudden death from a suspected heart attack on the Thai island of Koh Samui in March shocked the cricketing world, particularly in Australia where he was regarded as one of the country's greatest sportsmen. At a press conference on Wednesday, Australia's Channel 9 confirmed plans for a two-part miniseries called «Warnie» which will document the spinner's life.Channel 9 called it a «fitting tribute to one of the greatest Australians of all time, the Aussie larrikin who lived and loved large» in what it describes as the «must-see drama event of 2023.»But Brooke Warne, Warne's eldest daughter, has called the series insensitive.Read More«Do any of you have any respect for Dad? Or his family?» she wrote on an Instagram story. «Who did so much for Channel Nine and now you want to dramatize his life and our families [sic] life 6 months after he passed away? You are beyond disrespectful.»Shane Warne attends a press conference at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to announce that he is coming out of retirement to play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League Twenty20 competition on November 8, 2011. In June, Warne's long-time manager James Erskine criticized plans for the biopic, calling it a «disgrace.»«He's only been dead for a couple of months and for them to turn this around and think about doing some sensational thing, well, they should be ashamed of themselves,»