Piers Morgan has called for Shane Warne to receive a posthumous knighthood following the Australian cricket great's tragic death, aged 52.
The sporting world was shocked on Friday when Warne was found dead in a villa in Thailand having suffered a suspected heart attack.
Friends and medics tried to revive the former Test legend but he sadly passed away, leaving friends, teammates, colleagues and fans devastated.
One such pal was TV personality Piers Morgan, who is a keen cricket fan and enjoyed a friendship with Warne.
And Morgan, a fierce critic of the government through the Covid-19 pandemic, has called for Warne to be knighted, while also managing to take a swipe at sacked education secretary Gavin Williamson.
The former Good Morning Britain host tweeted: "Shane Warne was the only one of Wisden’s 5 greatest cricketers of 20th Century not to be knighted.
"He wasn’t Mother Teresa but if Gavin bloody Williamson can get a gong then so should Warnie, posthumously, for services to cricket & charity. Make it happen @BorisJohnson #SirShane."
The other four cricketers Morgan referenced are Donald Bradman, Garfield Sobers, Jack Hobbs and Vivian Richards, all knighted for their services to the sport.
Among tributes and flowers left to Warne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were a can of beer, a meat pie and a packet of cigarettes in a nod to his renowned party lifestyle.
And while some criticised the gesture, Morgan loved it.
He added: "Amid all the flowers left by Shane Warne's statue... one fan left a beer can, meat pie and a packet of cigarettes. Brilliant."
Warne is the second-highest wicket-taker of all time in Test matches, taking 700 scalps, behind only Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
He is survived by both his parents and three children.
