“It was a privilege and a pleasure to play alongside you” – Steve Waugh on Shane Warne


“It was a privilege and a pleasure to play alongside you” – Steve Waugh on Shane Warne

Steven Waugh, the former captain of Australia, expressed his condolences on Saturday following the death of spinner Shane Warne, 52 years old, who died from a suspected heart attack. In Warne’s autobiography, titled ‘No Spin,’ the spinner wrote about his feelings of being let down by Steve Waugh, the then Australia captain.

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“Too many memories and moments that will never be forgotten. It was a privilege and a pleasure to play alongside you. My thoughts and condolences are with the Warne family. R.I.P. Warnie,” Waugh wrote on Instagram.

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Australian opening batter Mark Waugh also condemnes Warne’s death

Mark Waugh

“This just unfathomable to lose another great of our cricket family. Warnie was the ultimate entertainer on and off the field, never a dull moment who lived life to the fullest. My deepest condolences to his loved ones. RIP mate,” tweeted Mark Waugh.

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In the early 1990s when he burst onto the international scene with the advent of leg-spin, Warne was almost single-handedly responsible for redefining the art of leg-spin. By the time he ended his international career in 2007, he had become the first bowler to reach 700 Test wickets.

Shane was named one of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack’s Five Cricketers of the Twentieth Century for his achievements during Australia’s triumphant ICC Cricket World Cup campaign in 1999. He was named Player of the Match in both the semifinal and the final. During his international career, Shane took 708 Test wickets and followed that up with 293 One-Day International wickets, moving him into second place in the list of all-time international wicket-takers behind his great friend and rival Muttiah Muralitharan (1,347) of Sri Lanka. In addition to Australian one-day internationals, Shane captained the side for 11 of them, winning 10 and losing just one.

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