Category: Shane Warne

UN Honours Cricket Legend Shane Warne With Conservation Grant

Australian cricket great Shane Warne’s legacy will live on beyond his sporting achievements, with his animal conservation work for the United Nations to be honoured with a new grant. At a state memorial service in Melbourne on Wednesday, Andrea Egan from the UN Development Programme revealed Warne joined its wildlife fund, Lion’s Share, in 2021. Egan…


Body of Cricket Great Shane Warne Arrives Back in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia—The body of cricket great Shane Warne is back in Australia. Just before dawn outside Bangkok his coffin—draped in an Australian flag—was put into an ambulance at the Thai Police Forensic Institute and driven to an international airport. A private jet flew Warne’s body back to his hometown of Melbourne, landing at Essendon airport…


Playing With Shane Warne ‘Highlight Of My Cricketing Career’ Adam Gilchrist Says

Australian cricket veteran Adam Gilchrist paid tribute to long time friend and teammate Shane Warne in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporations’s Leigh Sales. When asked about what it was like to play with Warne, Gilchrist said: “It was the highlight of my cricketing career as simple as that.” “The team victories were amazing,…


Shane Warne State Memorial Service Set for March 30

A state memorial service celebrating the life and accomplishments of Australian cricket great Shane Warne has been confirmed by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews. The service will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday, March 30. “There’s nowhere in the world more appropriate to farewell Warnie than the ‘G.” Andrews said in a…


Rod Marsh’s Family Offered State Memorial by West Australian Government

The family of late Australian cricket icon Rod Marsh has been offered a state memorial service by the West Australian (WA) Government. Born on 1947 in the WA suburb of Armadale in the city of Perth, Marsh is likely to be laid to rest in the state of South Australia, where he resided. Should the…


Autopsy Shows Australian Warne Died of Natural Causes: Thai Police

KOH SAMUI, Thailand—An autopsy showed the death last week of Australian cricket great Shane Warne on an island in Thailand was due to natural causes, the Thai police said on Monday. Warne’s family had accepted the finding and his body would be transferred to Australian consular officials for return to the family, a deputy police…


Shane Warne and Rod Marsh: 2 Australian Cricket Legends

Commentary Australian cricket unexpectedly lost two legends on the same day this week: Victorian leg-spinner Shane “Warnie” Warne and West Australian wicketkeeper Rod “Iron Gloves” Marsh. Whilst Marsh became famous for his acrobatic catching of many balls edged by batsmen facing the devastating pace bowling of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson in the 1970s and…


Shane Warne and Rod Marsh: Two Australian Cricket Legends

Commentary Australian cricket unexpectedly lost two legends on the same day this week: Victorian leg-spinner Shane “Warnie” Warne and West Australian wicketkeeper Rod “Iron Gloves” Marsh. Whilst Marsh became famous for his acrobatic catching of many balls edged by batsmen facing the devastating pace bowling of Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson in the 1970s and…


Shane Warne Had Chest Pains Before Death: Police

Shane Warne suffered chest pains before he travelled to Thailand for a holiday, where the cricketing great died from a suspected heart attack on Friday, Thai police say. “He had asthma and had seen a doctor about his heart,” Yuttana Sirisombat, superintendent at the Bo Phut police station, has told reporters. “We learned from his…


Aussie Sporting Legend Shane Warne Had Chest Pains Before Death: Police

Shane Warne suffered chest pains before he travelled to Thailand for a holiday, where the cricketing great died from a suspected heart attack on Friday, Thai police say. “He had asthma and had seen a doctor about his heart,” Yuttana Sirisombat, superintendent at the Bo Phut police station, has told reporters. “We learned from his…