Warne 'a hero' to current Australia team, says captain Cummins

Pat Cummins, currently leading the team on a tour of Pakistan, said legendary spinner Shane Warne, who died Friday, was "a hero" to the current generation of cricketers. "So many guys in this team and squad still hold him as a hero," he said in a video message released to the media Friday night.

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Australia cricket legend and one of the greatest leg-spinners of all-time, Shane Warne, died, aged 52, on Friday after a suspected heart attack in Thailand. Warne is regarded as one of the finest leg-spin bowlers of all time after a career in which he took 708 Test wickets in a career which spanned

"The loss that we are all trying to wrap our heads around is huge. The game was never the same after Warnie emerged, and the game will never be the same after his passing."

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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 Australians are playing in Pakistan for the first time since 1998, having declined to tour previously because of security issues. Pakistan were 245 for one at the close of play on the first day of the opening Test in Rawalpindi on Friday.