RIP Warney
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@dogmeat said in RIP Warney:
@donsteppa I remember reading an article in one of the UK papers ahead of that first Ashes series. In it Crowe warned England that Warne was something special and to be feared.
The general tone of the article was very condescending, implying NZ might have struggled but facing England would be an entirely different proposition
BOOMFAH!
Yep. That sounds like our press.
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@donsteppa that is fucking gold.
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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
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@majorrage Eh? No idea what you are talking about …
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A long read but well worth it for the anecdotes from three Kiwi cricketers.
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A bloody good read, but especially:
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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’.”
...Source: 'He just made leg-spin really cool': Shane Warne's lasting impressions on NZ cricketers
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@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:
