Shane Warne: Rebel with a heart of gold
LAYTH YOUSIF reflects on the life of one of Cricket’s all-time greatest players

THE reaction that comes from an untimely, unexpected death is invariably one of shock.
Even more so when that person, beloved of so many, is a force of nature.
A week after the jarring news of Shane Warne’s sudden passing in Thailand at the age of 52 — which is no age at all — there is a feeling of implausibility.
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