The Latest Breaking News from Shane Warne

Rawalpindi (Pakistan) (AFP) - The Australian and Pakistan teams paid tribute to the legendary spinner Shane Warne Saturday with a minute's silence as play resumed in the first Test in Rawalpindi. 

Breaking down the career of Australia's greatest bowler and showman is virtually an impossible exercise, given the breadth of Warne's leg-break mastery. But for the sake of starting arguments, here are five moments that stand out.

SURAT THANI: No foul play is suspected in the death of Australian cricket great Shane Warne on Thailand's southern resort island, police said on Saturday.

Melbourne (AFP) - Beneath Shane Warne's fittingly one-and-a-half times larger than life bronze statue, stunned fans in his native Melbourne made votive offerings of flowers, beer, cigarettes and a meat pie Saturday, remembering an imperfect hero whose outsized skill and personality transcended cricket.

Tributes poured in after the former Australia leg-spinner, one of the finest cricketers of all-time, suffered a suspected heart attack in Thailand.

Pakistan strengthens its position in the first Test at Rawalpindi, defying Australia's bowlers through day two played with the memory of Shane Warne conspicuously in the foreground.

His family has also been offered a state funeral.

The death of Australian cricketing great Shane Warne features alongside Ukraine on the front pages.

As fans reel from the news of his death, it is impossible to avoid conjuring images of Shane Warne that are not sombre and serious at all. How could a "Warnie" moment ever be sombre and serious, writes Russell Jackson.

When the news broke it was tempting to conclude swiftly that Shane Warne died as he had lived. On holiday in Thailand, nudge nudge. The tabloids, especially in Britain where he lived much of his life, had luridly chronicled his life. Many may have speculated that he died living life…

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