Remembering Shane Warne
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
As cricket comes to terms with the death of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne at the age of 52, Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew and former England spinner Phil Tufnell to remember his life and career.
Former team-mate Stuart Law, friend Pat Cash and Hampshire chairman Rob Bransgrove discuss what made Warne so special. They also hear from Mike Gatting, the man dismissed by Warne’s ‘ball of the century’.
Australia captain Pat Cummins and England captain Joe Root also pay tribute to the man who took 708 test wickets, while cricket writer Geoff Lemon explains why Warne was a role model for a generation of young Australians.
TOPICS: 2.37 – Jonathan Agnew and Phil Tufnell discuss Warne’s life 4.59 – Geoff Lemon on Warne inspiring a nation 15.32 – Joe Root and Pat Cummins pay tribute 21.40 – Mike Gatting remembers Warne’s ‘ball of the century’ 29.26 – Stuart Law on being a team-mate of Warne 41.27 – Rob Bransgrove on Warne’s legacy at Hampshire 45.32 – Pat Cash on being Shane Warne’s friend
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.1 | Good evening and welcome to Five Life Sport. |
| 0:07.3 | On an evening when the sporting world is coming to terms with the loss of a legend. |
| 0:12.3 | You know, I had a lot of fun. I was lucky enough to play in an ear of Australian cricket. |
| 0:15.5 | It was pretty awesome. We beat every team home in a way. |
| 0:18.8 | We had a lot of fun. There was some great characters. |
| 0:20.7 | We played off some of the all-time great players. |
| 0:23.2 | And also that I'd like to think that we entertain people and that I made people smile. |
| 0:28.4 | You know, I made them think, I love watching Test Create. |
| 0:30.4 | What's he going to do this time? What's warning going to do this time? |
| 0:32.5 | So thinking about that, you know, that made me proud of what I've been able to achieve. |
| 0:36.8 | Shane Warn, the legendary Australian spin-bola who has died today |
| 0:41.7 | of a suspected heart attack while on holiday in Thailand. |
| 0:44.9 | He was just 52. |
| 0:47.0 | As England cricket put it in a tweet earlier, one of the greatest of all time, |
| 0:51.2 | a legend, a genius, you changed cricket, RIP, Shane Warn. |
| 0:57.1 | We'll have reaction to this just shocking news from Joe Root, |
| 1:01.6 | Pat Cummins, Mike Gatton and Pat Cash. |
| 1:04.3 | But with me for the next hour to reflect on the life of Shane Warn, |
| 1:07.9 | our cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew, the former England spinner Phil Toughnell, |
| 1:12.6 | and the Australian cricket journalist, Jeff Lemmon. |
| 1:15.4 | Good evening to all of you. |
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