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Post by gazz on Mar 4, 2022 15:22:33 GMT
Utterly gobsmacked to hear of his passing today, aged just 52. The title of 'legend' is handed out far too readily for me, but this guy was fully deserving of it. He was the greatest bowler of them all for me, he was just pure box office. His masterclasses on Sky's cricket coverage were also a joy to watch, seeing a master explaining his craft. There'll never be another like him and he'll be sorely, sorely missed. RIP, Warnie. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60622426 |
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Post by countyfan on Mar 4, 2022 15:24:39 GMT
Totally got to me this one! I had to read the news about 6 times and I'm still finding it hard to believe!
Such a talent but also such a top bloke.
RIP Shane
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Mar 4, 2022 15:47:59 GMT
saw him at headingley in a mostly washed out day in 1997 i think. he was getting 'bantered' and appeared to be enjoying it. Rest in peace.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Mar 4, 2022 15:53:45 GMT
What a shocker !
Legend of the game.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Mar 4, 2022 16:29:49 GMT
That's such a shock - not least because he had tweeted his condolences 12 hours earlier on the passing of another Aussie cricketing legend, Rod Marsh: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60508396In the hope that nobody minds, I am expanding the thread's title to cover the two of them. RIP, both. |
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Mar 4, 2022 19:15:03 GMT
Good grief. Didn't hear about Rod Marsh. Legendary wicketkeeper.
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Post by irishcountyfan on Mar 4, 2022 20:17:22 GMT
Total legend of the game and such a like able bloke.RIP Shane.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Mar 4, 2022 21:25:42 GMT
Bawl Shayne is something my son and I shout all the time. We shan’t stop. RIP legend
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Post by gazz on Mar 5, 2022 8:19:51 GMT
Still can't believe it.
I got into cricket through a work mate before Warnie came along. He played himself and used to listen to England matches on TMS all the time in our office, so it eventually grew on me.
After Warnie announced himself to Getting, there were people who had no interest in the sport that thought it was boring who suddenly became engrossed themselves, often sitting in our office listening with us.
That's what Warnie did for Cricket, and I imagine that was a pattern that spread around the world - the guy was a one-off, he was box-office.
I'm struggling to agree with the Gatting ball being his best, though. It was an amazing piece of bowling, but since it was his first ball in an Ashes series I guess it'll always be 'the' ball that defines him.
My favourite was against Graham Gooch when he bowled him round the back of his legs. I remember Warnie slowly dragging him out of his crease with middle and off stump deliveries, he clearly had a plan and executed it perfectly. Eventually, he pitched one wide of his leg stump that Gooch thought was going nowhere, which took the bails off - Goochie was shellshocked. Warnie couldn't just spin the ball better than anyone else, he had a sharp cricketing brain, he was deep thinker - he was a genius.
There won't be many cricketing losses that will send such a shockwave around the world, as someone else said in one of the tributes I've read: "he transcended his sport" - that is the measure of the guy's impact and that's what all great sportsmen do.
Still shocked, still gutted.
Here's the Gooch ball:
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