Great Southern Stand At The MCG All Set To Be Renamed In Honour Of Australian Great Shane Warne
Updated - 05 Mar 2022, 07:40 PM
The Great Southern Stand at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is all set to be renamed in honour of the former Australian great and one of the most influential cricketers in history, Shane Warne.
Former Australia National Cricket Team player and the greatest leg-spinner of all-time, Shane Warne, passed away due to a suspected heart attack in Thailand, at the age of 52, on Friday, March 4.
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According to a brief statement released by Warne’s management, the spin great was found unresponsive in a private villa in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Meanwhile, Thai police told that Warne’s four friends battled for 20 minutes to try and save the life of the Australian legend but they failed and Warne died from a heart attack.
Shane Warne, who was the biggest artist of the art of leg-spin, had made his debut in 1992, and he went on to bag 1001 wickets in international cricket, which puts him second in the list of leading wicket-takers.
Great Southern Stand At The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Will Be Renamed After Shane Warne
On Saturday, Victorian Sports Minister Martin Pakula announced that the Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will be renamed the SK Warne Stand in honour of the spin wizard.
“I don’t want to talk through talk about the renaming process other than to say I had a conversation with Dan a couple of hours ago and he’s exchanged messages with Shane’s brother and whilst they might be a technical process that would normally be gone through, sometimes you need to dispense with that,” Sydney Morning Herald quoted Pakula as saying.
“You need to respond in the way that I think the whole community would think is appropriate,” he added.
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