Warne will never wear thin
In the Age , Adrian Proszenko, who watched Shane Warne play his first Test in Sydney in 1991-92, says he'll miss Warne the man just as much as Warne the cricketer following his retirement from all competitive cricket.
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
In the Age, Adrian Proszenko, who watched Shane Warne play his first Test in Sydney in 1991-92, says he'll miss Warne the man just as much as Warne the cricketer following his retirement from all competitive cricket.
In Warne, we saw one of us. A knockabout bloke who got himself into trouble only when he wasn't true to himself. We can forgive the weather reports to subcontinental bookies, the banned diuretic and the even the way he pursued ordinary sorts with the same zest as good ones. What we couldn't stand for was the Nicorette deal (how can he have such white teeth while smoking so many durries?) or putting his name to a wine range. Shane Keith Warne is a joker, a smoker, a midnight toker - and he definitely gets his lovin' on the run.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo