When Warne passed away, he left behind a legacy as the greatest bowler of his generation, a top bloke, a dedicated father and – it must be said – a bit of a hit with the ladies.
Cricket and the wider world have been stunned by the sudden loss of two greats of the Australian and international game, Shane Warne and Rod Marsh. I was fortunate to have seen them both play and watching their on-field personae gave some clues as to their off-field ones. Warne’s hunting down of batsmen, physically and psychologically, implied a shrewd operator who pushed