The cricket legend grew up in Victoria and went on to play cricket for Australia at the highest level, taking more than 700 Test wickets and being regarded by many as the best ever.Warne receives Lord's tribute
The memory of Shane Warne has continued to live on even months after the Australian cricket icon's tragic death. In the first Test match played in the UK since his passing, play was paused after the 23rd over of Day 1 at Lord's. Players from England and New Zealand lined up and took part in a 23-second round of applause to honour the fallen legend on June 2.3 of 28Shane Warne waves to the MCG crowd for the final time as he is chaired off by Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden after Australia won the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG on December 28, 2006.
This image of Shane Warne dancing with a stump to celebrate Australia's Ashes series victory in 1997 became iconic for the way it characterised the man as a genius on the field and a party boy off it.Mark Waugh and Shane Warne are led into a press conference at the Adelaide Oval in 1998 amid a scandal after it was uncovered that they had been secretly fined by the Australian Cricket Board for selling information to an Indian bookmaker.
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