Shane Warne died of 'natural causes' say Thai authorities as his children speak of 'the best dad anyone could ask for'

By Jack Bantock, CNN

Updated 1011 GMT (1811 HKT) March 8, 2022

Shane Warne during a Melbourne Stars Twenty20 Big Bash League announcement at Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 8, 2011.

(CNN)Shane Warne died of natural causes, Thai police said on Monday after releasing details of an autopsy on the Australian cricket great.

The 52-year-old died on the Thai island of Koh Samui on Friday of a «suspected heart attack», his management company MPC Entertainment announced.Following the results of an autopsy, deputy national police spokesman Kissana Phathanacharoen said the death was of natural causes and that the family had accepted the findings, Reuters reported.«Investigators will summarize the autopsy result for prosecutors within the timeframe of the law,» Kissana added.Thai police, citing the late cricketer's family, also told reporters over the weekend that Warne had experienced chest pain before his death and had asthma and heart issues, a Reuters dispatch said.Read MoreWarne's body will now be moved to Australian consular officials ready for return to his family, who spoke out for the first time on Monday of their «never-ending nightmare» in the days since the cricket icon's death. «To find words to adequately express our sadness is an impossible task for us and looking to a future without Shane is inconceivable,» his parents Keith and Brigitte Warne said, according to Australia's Nine News, a CNN affiliate.«Hopefully the mountain of happy memories we all have will help us cope with our ongoing grief.»Warne will be remembered as one of the sport's greatest ever players.'The best Dad anyone could ask for'Warne is survived by his three children — daughters Brooke and Summer, and son Jackson — who all paid their own