Shane Warne believed that cricket should always be fun
The best-ever leg-break bowler died on March 4th, aged 52
IF SOMEONE invited him to a fancy restaurant, Shane Warne could tell them there wasn’t much point. A white-bread cheese sandwich or a bag of chips was just as good for him. Spaghetti bolognese was as far as he went in the gourmet department. And there wasn’t much to beat those warm pies you could buy at stalls, the ones he could demolish in about 30 seconds, with that sauce that inevitably ran down his chin and dribbled all over his jacket.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “The blond bombshell”
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