Shane Warne dies aged 52 of suspected heart attack
March 4, 2022
Former Australian international cricketer Shane Warne has died aged 52 of a suspected heart attack in Thailand, Fox Sports reports.
"Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived," according to a statement from Warne's management quoted by Fox Sports.
"The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course."
Warne made his Test debut for Australia in 1992 against India and played his last Test in 2007.
A leg-spinner, he set a world record of 708 Test wickets which has only been broken by Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
He is also the only batsman to have scored more than 3,000 Test runs without a career century.
Known affectionately as 'Warnie', the Victorian is regarded as one of the finest cricketers in history, and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.
He was named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir Vivian Richards.
more to come
"Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived," according to a statement from Warne's management quoted by Fox Sports.
"The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course."
Warne made his Test debut for Australia in 1992 against India and played his last Test in 2007.
A leg-spinner, he set a world record of 708 Test wickets which has only been broken by Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan.
He is also the only batsman to have scored more than 3,000 Test runs without a career century.
Known affectionately as 'Warnie', the Victorian is regarded as one of the finest cricketers in history, and was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.
He was named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir Vivian Richards.
more to come
Source: ABC News