RIP Warney
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@no-quarter said in RIP Warney:
We had a pretty small back yard growing up, and I can remember my brother and I spending countless hours bowling Shane Warne style leggies at each other. We even roughed up the grass to create some footmarks to aim for. Throughout his career he inspired kids everywhere to give it a go instead of always trying to bowl as fast as we possibly could. **He definitely made leg spin cool, I don't think you can overstate the impact he had on the game.
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I could never get the hang of all his variations, but my brother actually got pretty good at it and became a spin bowler, taking a few 5-fors emulating Warnes action.The control Warne had while putting so much turn on the ball was just out of this world. Some of my first memories of NZ v Aus are of him absolutely terrorising our batsmen. I hated the fluffybunny for being so damn good, which is the highest form of respect fans can give an opposition player.
RIP and thanks for all of the memories. A true great of the game.
Yeah he was unique which made him arguably the best player of his generation. In that aspect the only one who in my opinion comes close is Gilly, no keeper is supposed to bat as well as he did.
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
They are ridiculous. So ridiculous they changed the Laws to accomodate him.
... and McGrath, Lee and all the other fast bowlers who it turns out straighten their arms.
Murali is nothing if not divisive - people drop into black and white veeery quickly. So probably better leave it for when the rugby season's done
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@nzzp said in RIP Warney:
@nta said in RIP Warney:
but Muralis numbers are absolutely ridiculous. 67 Michelles and TWENTY TWO 10 fers !!!!!
They are ridiculous. So ridiculous they changed the Laws to accomodate him.
... and McGrath, Lee and all the other fast bowlers who it turns out straighten their arms.
Murali is nothing if not divisive - people drop into black and white veeery quickly. So probably better leave it for when the rugby season's done
incredibly hard to do what he did, bowling with rubber arms and dropping it on teh spot
but a massive cheat
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loving all the Warnie magic videos being shown
That 1999 CWC semi final might be the most Shane Warne moment ever though. Aussies have a shit total, South Africa are cruising. Up steps warnie, takes 3 quick wickets, completely fucks the South Africans heads, and Australia go on to win. Force of personality as much as skill won that.
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@mariner4life said in RIP Warney:
but a massive cheat
See, like I said. Divisive. Never let the facts get in the way of perception.
Anyway, its' all done now, probably not the thread to derail.
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@mariner4life said in RIP Warney:
I've read so many nice columns over the weekend
but i think this paragraph is as good as any for the majority of punters
“Bowling, Shane” can be heard countrywide on a Saturday or Sunday, usually with ironic overtones as some poor b*stard decided to copy Warne 20 years ago and take up the hardest skill in cricket, only to be pumped into the car park on a weekly basis. That same person plays for that very occasional genuine “bowling, Shane”. We all do. Partly because amateur cricketers at one point dreamed of being as good as Warne, but just as much because they want to be considered a decent, fun bloke. It’s was his character that appealed as much as anything.
Shane Warne: Beckham, Gazza and Ronaldo in one - Cricket365
Will Ford has tried comparing Shane Warne to footballers so you don't have to. He was an incomparable sportsperson.
haha that’s classic. I never tried the Warnie, because I was too busy trying my Hadlee, Malcolm Marshal and Merv Hughes impressions, but anyone that tried it on me my eyes lit up because that thing was going for 6
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Having him on the mike for BBL games really showed just how fantastic a thinking he was. He'd often tell the commentators what his plan for the next couple of balls were and then execute it perfectly and get the wicket exactly as predicted. Aussie probably missed a trick by never making him captain.
But the memory that I'll remember best is rigor catching him on 99 off a vettori no ball than wasn't called. He was a guy you loved to hate and see fail because he was so damn good and it happened so rarely.
Murali was better than him on the subcontinent but anywhere else is the world Warne was the goat. He's probably the second name on the all time teamsheet behind Bradman.
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@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Murali’s action was cleared wasn’t it ?
I also never realised he was a Rugby player too.
I had a Sri Lankan mate as a kid who said he found the move to NZ easier than he thought as cricket and rugby were both the big sports for kids in each country and he played both.
I'm not sure if rugby is still popular in Sri Lanka but he probably knew the name of more ABs at the time (the 80s) than I did.
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@nepia said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Murali’s action was cleared wasn’t it ?
I also never realised he was a Rugby player too.
I had a Sri Lankan mate as a kid who said he found the move to NZ easier than he thought as cricket and rugby were both the big sports for kids in each country and he played both.
I'm not sure if rugby is still popular in Sri Lanka but he probably knew the name of more ABs at the time (the 80s) than I did.
Well yeah cos Murali played for Team Rugby in the Black Clash so he must have been an All Black without me realising it.
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@nepia said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Murali’s action was cleared wasn’t it ?
I also never realised he was a Rugby player too.
I had a Sri Lankan mate as a kid who said he found the move to NZ easier than he thought as cricket and rugby were both the big sports for kids in each country and he played both.
I'm not sure if rugby is still popular in Sri Lanka but he probably knew the name of more ABs at the time (the 80s) than I did.
Rodney So'oialo coaches a school rugby team in Sri Lanka and he said the fans there are more passionate than NZ fans, so I'm guessing it's still popular.
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
What a dick.
Cricket is one of those games where you can delve enough and pick apart anyone’s record to suit an argument. Warnies achievements as a player speak for themselves….but no matter who the player is there will always be the train of thought they didn’t do well vs x, or overseas or whatever.
You’d expect that sort of chat from rabid uneducated bobs and vagene fuck you bloody type munter Indian fans but not from one of their all time greats ( lets not forget what an amazing opener Gavaskar was )
Poor form.
In saying that I’ve had a look at Sunils stats and he only averaged 38.20 against England vs a career average over 50. Based on that he sucked as a player.
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the most laughable part of Sunil's shit take is
during Warnies career the Aussies won at about twice the rate the Indians did. They were barely rivals except at home on doctored wickets
Indian cricketers and fans, seriously
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@nta said in RIP Warney:
@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
In saying that I’ve had a look at Sunils stats and he only averaged 38.20 against England vs a career average over 50. Based on that he sucked as a player.
Zero runs against India as well. What a loser. FYB!
65.45 against the West Indies when they were at the best though !!!
Ok, say what you like about Sunil being a bit of a dick but the guy sure could play with the absolute best of them.
Even more so when you consider Indian first class cricket wouldn’t exactly be ideal preparation for facing Roberts, Holding, Garner, Croft, Marshall etc.
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@mn5 said in RIP Warney:
Ok, say what you like about Sunil being a bit of a dick but the guy sure could play with the absolute best of them.
OK: dick comments from a guy who did well against the West Indies.
Had 6 not out innings (4 in WI) which is amazing for an opener, and probably shows the rest of the team did NOT enjoy West Indian bowling nearly as much as he did.
