His so crystal-clear enthusiasm and conviction meant that Shane Warne was prone to occasional periods of overbearingness behind the TV microphone.
But that was a very small price to pay, I usually felt, for the charismatic figure’s arsenal of attributes in the job: he will be missed in that capacity almost as much as he was for pure legendary status on the field of play. The cricket world remains shocked and saddened by the leg-spin maestro’s sudden death in Thailand a few days ago, aged 52.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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