RIP Warney

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@donsteppa that is fucking gold.

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Mar 7, 2022  /  Sport

Shane Warne died as he lived, leaving a hurricane of emotions and memories | Jonathan Liew

He achieved greatness but never pretended to be perfect, and perhaps we all loved him a little bit more because of that

[Bones]

@dogmeat

a cheeky six over the infield

Tough to get any other kind of six really.

[scribe]

@bones a cheeky little run-2-and-get-4-overthrows?

[voodoo]

@scribe quick single and the overthrow hits a fielders disgarded powerade bottle?

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[Bones]

@voodoo said in RIP Warney:

disharded

Sounds painful

[voodoo]

@bones said in RIP Warney:

@voodoo said in RIP Warney:

disharded

Sounds painful

You get used to it

[MajorRage]

@scribe said in RIP Warney:

@bones a cheeky little run-2-and-get-4-overthrows?

And a world cup ....

[scribe]

@majorrage Eh? No idea what you are talking about …

[Paekakboyz]

@scribe this is the way! 😁

[Bovidae]

A long read but well worth it for the anecdotes from three Kiwi cricketers.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/128012988/he-just-made-legspin-really-cool-shane-warnes-lasting-impressions-on-nz-cricketers

[broughie]

Shane Warne if in one of my gaps from NZ/ Aussie history due to being in the States. Never saw him bowl. From what I am reading a street smart person and probably I high IQ. Like most I think I would like to meet him. RIP.

[Donsteppa]

A bloody good read, but especially:

...
It turned out it wasn’t just verbal tuition – which was always positive and encouraging – for Sodhi, either. The master, one year shy of the half century, was able to give an in-the-flesh demonstration.

“One distinct memory I have was a net session, we were in there and [England international] Jos Buttler was the batter,” Sodhi says.

“No-one could get him out, all these young fellas were trying really hard and couldn’t do it. And then Warnie, who’s 49 at the time, rolls his shoulder around, gets a little bit warmed up, and three balls in, bowled a ball that pitched like seven stumps outside leg, Buttler’s run down, it’s turned past him and nailed off-stump.

“It was like, ‘Oh my god. This guy, he’s taking the piss’.”
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Source: 'He just made leg-spin really cool': Shane Warne's lasting impressions on NZ cricketers

[Donsteppa]

@broughie said in RIP Warney:

Shane Warne if in one of my gaps from NZ/ Aussie history due to being in the States. Never saw him bowl. From what I am reading a street smart person and probably I high IQ. Like most I think I would like to meet him. RIP.

Quite a skill - Warnie getting the MCG crowd to stop throwing things at the English outfielders:

[canefan]

@donsteppa said in RIP Warney:

@broughie said in RIP Warney:

Shane Warne if in one of my gaps from NZ/ Aussie history due to being in the States. Never saw him bowl. From what I am reading a street smart person and probably I high IQ. Like most I think I would like to meet him. RIP.

Quite a skill - Warnie getting the MCG crowd to stop throwing things at the English outfielders:

He was their Prince. They would do anything for him