RIP Warney
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In the mid 1990's when every NZ batsman after Martin Crowe used to fall bowled or plumb in front to flipper after flipper, there used to be worrying news clips out of Australia showing apparently every blond ten year old in Australia bowling leg spin in the nets. It was said that he was inspiring a generation of young kids, and that there was a looming army of Australian leg spinners on the way, set to cause havoc for the rest of us for decades.
It's true that he inspired just about everyone to try the odd wrist spinner or two in the backyard. But it slowly dawned on me a few years ago that the army of marauding Australian next-gen S. K. Warne's had never actually materialised.
Shane Warne's bowling inspired so many, yet he was so brilliantly difficult to replicate.
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The accuracy. The drift. The turn and bounce. It was masterful.
And the way he set guys up. He seriously might be the best cricketer of my generation.
Saw him get his 300th v South Africa at the SCG. That's really my only big warny live story
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@mariner4life Absolute legend who put fear into the hearts of many NZ cricket fans. You just knew he was going to break the comeback partnership and start a collapse.
Saw him at a petrol station in Melbourne in 2004. Assumed he was buying pre-paid SIM cards.
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@mariner4life said in RIP Warney:
The accuracy. The drift. The turn and bounce. It was masterful.
And the way he set guys up. He seriously might be the best cricketer of my generation.
Saw him get his 300th v South Africa at the SCG. That's really my only big warny live story
Itās actually very hard to argue that much as Iād like toā¦..
Who else is there ? Tendulkar ? Lara ? ( my personal favourite ) Kallis ? Murali ?
Pace bowlers like Ambrose and McGrath were outstanding but weāve seem guys like that beforeā¦..Warne was outstanding in his uniqueness
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If anyone has access to Amazon Prime, there is a recent documentary about Shane Warne hosted on there. I watched it a couple weeks ago so I was pretty shocked hearing the news this morning. RIP Warney.
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@canes4life is it a good watch?
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@kiwimurph yeah really good, but Iām a simple man.
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Shane Warne was watching cricket, about to go to dinner before 20 minutes of CPR
Harry Morrow left a can of VB, a meat pie and a packet of cigarettes at Warneās feet on Saturday, in memory of the man he said āwas Australian cricketā.
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