Friend of Shane Warne reveals final hours before cricket legend's death

Shane Warne offered gifts of his old cricket clothing and ate the traditional Australian snack of Vegemite on toast in the final hours before his death on Friday, an associate of the cricketing great said. Tom Hall was staying at the resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where Warne was found unconscious in his room in a villa he shared with three travelling companions. Hall, chief executive of The Sporting News website, said there were "no unusual circumstances" surrounding Warne's death on Friday after the former spin bowler caught up with friends and watched some cricket on TV.

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Australia cricket great Shane Warne, widely regarded as the greatest leg-spinner of all time, has died aged 52, according to a statement issued by his management company on Friday. The statement said he died in Koh Samui, Thailand, of a suspected heart attack. It comes just hours after the death was

"The first question is, 'How can we watch Australia v Pakistan Test here in Thailand; the game’s about to start?', Hall wrote on the website, quoting Warne. "Warney and cricket were never far apart." A few balls into the Test match, Warne jumped up and rushed off excitedly to his room. "He came back with an armful of clothes looking like he had been at a yard sale," said Hall. "Shane had been working with me at The Sporting News for the past year or so and he presented me with his jumper from the 2005 Ashes Test, his 2008 IPL shirt and a one-day international shirt and cap to place in the TSN offices in Australia and the UK."

He said Warne told stories about his first Indian Premier League (IPL) season where he led the Rajasthan Royals to the inaugural title in the Twenty20 competition. After