great australian spinner Shane WarneThose who died of a heart attack on Friday were on the mission for the past few days. Describing it as ‘Operation Shred’, the cricketer was working towards regaining fitness once again. Apparently last week, Warne mentioned it on Twitter with ‘July’ in mind.
On the last day of this February, he said on Twitter, Operation Shred has begun (in 10 days) and by July the goal is to get back to the shape it was a few years ago! let’s go
According to Fox Cricket’s report, Warne died of a suspected heart attack. “Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and, despite the best efforts of the medical staff, could not be revived,” a statement on the Fox website said. “The family requests confidentiality at this time and will provide further details in due course,” it added.
Shane Warne was one of the best leg-spinners to adopt the game. Warne took 708 wickets in 145 Test matches in his illustrious career.
Warne played 194 One Day Internationals for Australia in which he took 293 wickets. The right-handed batsman was also working with the bat as he scored 3,154 runs in his Test career. He scored 1,018 runs in the 50-over format.
The leg-spinner was known for his deceitful bowling and took a total of 1001 wickets. He became the first bowler to reach the peak of 1,000 international wickets.
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