Shane Warne mixed legendary cricket deeds with lurid headlines away from the pitch in a career as bewitching as his famed wrong 'un. | Sport24news
Warne, who died at the age of 52 from a suspected heart attack on Friday, was never one for half-measures throughout his extraordinary 15-year Test career.
Along with flowers laid by his statue at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, there was a can of beer, a packet of cigarettes and a meat pie; a nod to the unconventional sporting lifestyle that won him legions of fans on and off the field."His humour, his passion, his irreverence, his approachability ensured he was loved by all."
Warne's first leg-break delivery in an Ashes Test turned viciously to bamboozle England's Mike Gatting at Old Trafford in 1993 that heralded the arrival of a cricketing superstar. But even Warne himself once described his life as a soap opera, such was the litany of off-field controversies. A series of infidelities culminated in a public break-up from his wife of 10 years, Simone, with whom he had three children. At one point he was engaged to British actress Liz Hurley.And yet, his performance in Australia's failed Ashes campaign in England in 2005 is regarded by some pundits as the pinnacle of his career, when he overcame his disintegrating marriage and a tabloid frenzy to take 40 wickets.
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