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Men’s Cricket / 11 March 2022
Shane Warne: Rebel with a heart of gold
LAYTH YOUSIF reflects on the life of one of Cricket’s all-time greatest players
Australia's Shane Warne celebrates taking the wicket of England batsman Marcus Trescothick in 2005
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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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