Cricket-'Amazing guy, amazing life', Warne's family pay tribute to cricketing great


  • Cricket
  • Monday, 07 Mar 2022

Tributes and flowers lie at the statue of the late cricketer Shane Warne outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia, March 5, 2022. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders

(Reuters) - Shane Warne's family expressed their sorrow and shock on Monday at the sudden death of the Australian cricket great and paid tribute to the leg-spinner, in their first public comments since his demise last week.

One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52 on Friday, a day after arriving on Thailand's island of Koh Samui for a vacation.

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