Who said what: Football World mourns as Shane Warne dies aged 52 due to suspected heart attack
The footballing world united to mourn the passing away of Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne. The 52-year-old ex-cricketer passed away after a suspected heart attack whilst in Thailand.
Many famous personnel from the beautiful game took to social media to pay their homage to the recently deceased spinner. Football icons including Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and Stan Collymore amongst others tweeted regarding the same.
Here's what the footballing world had to say about Shane Warne:
Shocked beyond words on hearing about the passing of Shane Warne. Grew up watching and idolising him for the way he played the game. What a loss...
We are saddened by the demise of Australian Cricket legend Shane Warne, who passed away earlier today. May his soul rest in peace 🙏
#RIP 💐 https://t.co/jxdAIOYPpy
Oh no ! News that shakes you and stops you right in your track. RIP Shane Warne ❤️❤️
Terribly saddened and shocked to hear the news that Shane Warne has died. The greatest spin bowler of all time. Can’t quite believe it. RIP Shane
RIP Shane Warne, the best bowler I’ve ever seen ❤️ twitter.com/basstunedtored…
Ah man, just can't get over the Shane Warne news. What an absolute legend of the game. 52. That's just so, so sad.
My goodness, Shane Warne has died.
52 years old, this is truly awful news.
Rest in peace Ledge.
An icon https://t.co/XXswdf6coY
Can't compute this. Desperately, desperately sad news. What a cricketer he was. Watching him bowl was mesmeric, even when he was skittling out England. An absolute genius at work. Can't believe it. RIP Warney twitter.com/FoxCricket/sta…
Devastating news. Such an icon. twitter.com/timgatt/status…
Absolutely devastated to hear that @ShaneWarne has died from a heart attack aged just 52.
He was a genius cricketer, a supreme entertainer, a fantastic bloke and a great loyal friend for many years.
Just gutting news.
RIP Warnie, I loved every minute in your company. https://t.co/RCUGuTU4Gm
And what a life he lived...
RIP Shane Warne https://t.co/FSwxVUxtT5
Warne's management team put out a statement regarding the unfortunate incident. The statement (via Fox Sports) reads as follows:
“Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.”
It is a devastating blow for the cricketing fraternity in Australia. Hours before Warne passed away, the country learned about the demise of ex-wicketkeeper Rod Marsh. Marsh also died due to a heart attack, with Warne himself tweeting on the same.
Sad to hear the news that Rod Marsh has passed. He was a legend of our great game & an inspiration to so many young boys & girls. Rod cared deeply about cricket & gave so much-especially to Australia & England players. Sending lots & lots of love to Ros & the family. RIP mate❤️
Shane Warne enjoyed a legendary cricketing career
Shane Warne was arguably one of Australia's finest cricketers ever. The leg-spinner took 708 Test wickets and 293 wickets in the One Day Internationals. The 52-year-old spinner was the first bowler to capture 700 wickets in Test match history and is currently the second-highest wicket taker in the format. Only Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has more Test wickets than him (800).
He is also the leading wicket taker in the history of the Ashes with 195 scalps to his name.
Warne also had a close connection with India. The Australian spinner captained Indian Premier League (IPL) side Rajasthan Royals (RR) during the initial years of the tournament. He led RR to the title in the very first edition of the IPL back in 2008.