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Shane Warne Tribute

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The ball is tossed from right hand to left by a flick of the wrist as he waits to start his run up. The eyes focused, the mind thinking faster than most. You knowa plan is in progress. He begins his walk to the crease in his patented style and the ball is released with a grunt. Twenty-two yards away a confused batsman is standing nervously not knowing what to expect. But then again who could? It might be a zooter, the wrong’un, a slider, a drifter, a classic leggie or my personal favorite, the flipper. The ball pitches and does exactly what he wants it to. The result was either the sound of timber or a catch. The legend had just pulled of another one. Shane Warne will be remembered for a number of things, but he will be remembered most for being the greatest. Warne has always been my favorite cricketer, more than even Sachin Tendulkar. No bowler has captured the imagination of the cricketing world more than him. His presence on the field and his ability to do things with a cricket ball