Australia’s cricket teams observed emotional minute’s silences for Shane Warne the day after he died, while fans flocked to the MCG to leave flowers, beer cans, photographs and cigarettes by his statue.
Australia’s cricket teams observed emotional minute’s silences for
Australia and Pakistan men wore black armbands and held a minute’s silence before play on the second day of the first Test in Lahore. Fans left a range of memorabilia and items by Warne’s statue at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he took his first Test hat-trick and also claimed his 700th Test wicket in 2006. The beer cans and cigarettes were in fond reference to his colourful persona off the pitch.The MCG also confirmed a stand would be permanently renamed the SK Warne Stand as a tribute.
‘So many of us in the playing group grew up idolising him and fell in love with this great sport as a result, while many of our support staff either played with him or against him.‘It has been a terrible couple of days for Australian cricket with the passing of Rod Marsh and now Shane. Our thoughts are with both families and, in Shane’s case, particularly with his parents Keith and Bridgette, his brother Jason and his children Jackson, Summer and Brooke.
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