The Cricket Thread

[mpickard2087]

Oh wow. My absolute favourite player as a kid. Loved the seemingly effortless shuffle into the crease and raise of that right arm, and then to just let rip with deliveries that he could turn square on any surface. Was the epitome of cricket cool to me, and the reason I became a leg spinner... pathetically mediocre attempts at copying his action and all.

RIP ledge.

 

[midoshairband]

i was lucky enough to see him live over here a few times - for the first time in 1997 at the Oval, as a young kid fresh into cricket. was also lucky enough to be in stands for that ball to Strauss. loved listening to his commentary, test cricket or BBL. just loved and admired everything about him, such a character.

this has stopped me in my tracks, not going to lie.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

One of the greats

RIP

 

[brendanb50]

Definitely a player who transcended the sport of cricket. Big personality, a winner, a nightmare to play against and fundamentally one of the best cricketers the world has ever seen. Could even chip in with a few runs down the batting order and catch. Would have attracted many, many fans to the game during his career.

Gone much too early. RIP.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Rod Marsh too. One of the great keepers

Terribly sad day for all us cricket lovers

 

[josedominguezspurslegend]

Can’t believe it, this is so sad - absolutely bloody awful news it’s really floored me. He was the epitome of everything great about cricket in general for me - prodigiously talented, such a likeable and enigmatic character, it’s weird to feel like this about someone you never met but his loss will be felt by so many and sport as a whole. RIP Warney

 

[Rocksuperstar]

Virat Kohli shared a great picture on his Twitter

Legend, will forever be remembered.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Some great laughs in this. He really was a great character on and off the field. Still hard to believe he's gone.

 

[tommo84]

Saw the news a couple of hours ago and have barely stopped thinking about it since. A magician and genius with the ball. Even though he was part of some incredibly strong Aus test teams, any time they were in trouble they put the ball in his hands as he could swing any game in their favour, on just about any wicket. Really enjoyed his punditry/analysis post retirement too.

Very sad. As good a cricketer as any of us will ever see.

RIP Shane.

 

[aussiespursguy]

I just woke up, was having my crap and the wife yells out "Warney's Dead"
I simply cannot process this.
The bloke is a legend in every cricketing country.
I just have no words.
Im really empty at the moment.

 

[midoshairband]

I just woke up, was having my crap and the wife yells out "Warney's Dead"
I simply cannot process this.
The bloke is a legend in every cricketing country.
I just have no words.
Im really empty at the moment.

legend the world over. friends who have no interest in cricket have been speaking about him. says it all.

 

[Spurs 1961]

Sad week with the passing of three cricket greats. Warne was a real shock though Rod Marsh wasn’t exactly old. Sonny Ramadhin at 92 had a good innings.

 

[Delboy75]

Genuinely can’t process it. Such a larger than life character, hard to think of someone more full of life. Last pictures I saw he looked fitter than when he was playing. Just can’t comprehend it very sad.

 

[Ossie'sAardvark]

I'm still shocked with the Warney. Jesus...its like a member of my family died.

 

[1961beavera]

At first I was saddened by the death of Rod Marsh. I saw him in 1975 at Headingly keeping to Lillee and Thomson. Next time was 1981 first day last test at the Oval, as the players were warming up in the nets a chant was started up - He's fat, he's round, he bounces on the ground. Rodney Marsh..... None the less he did not appreciate this. However that gritty grumpy persona slid away when he finished playing. RIP.

I never managed to see Warne play in the 'flesh' but he and McGrath tormenting England over so many years was both pain and pleasure. The best anecdote for me was after he dropped Pietersen in the Oval test, which if he had hung on would have altered the course of history, and someone did the should have gone to Specsavers piece on the still shot which printed A3 and stuck on an Aussie colleague's desk. For both the pain and pleasure, RIP.

 

[ljinko888]

I'm still totally stunned at Warne's passing. I think it is more hard to believe because he is the first all time great player to have died whose career I watched unfold with my own eyes. 52 is no age.

 

[whitechina]

I saw Warney once with Pat Cash at a tennis open day thingy in Melbourne some years ago.
Those two together were hysterical in a QnA~ evidently the only reason Warne was there was because they'd been out on the lash before hand and he didn't want to go home yet!

RIP

 

[carmeldevil]

 

[JCRD]

Good start for England

 

[midoshairband]

lipstick on a pig.