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Great Southern Stand at Melbourne Cricket Ground to be renamed in honour of Shane Warne

By Aman Shukla

The Great Southern Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will be renamed after the SK Warne Stand as soon as possible, Victorian Sports Minister Martin Pakula announced on Saturday. Australian cricket, alongside the whole cricketing world, is in a state of shock at the loss of Shane Warne, who passed away at age 52. The legendary spinner died after a suspected heart attack.

“I don’t want to talk through talk about the renaming process other than to say I had a conversation with Dan a couple of hours ago and he’s exchanged messages with Shane’s brother and whilst they might be a technical process that would normally be gone through, sometimes you need to dispense with that,” Sydney Morning Herald quoted Pakula as saying.

“You need to respond in the way that I think the whole community would think is appropriate,” he added.

Shane finished his international career with 708 Test wickets and a further 293 in One-Day Internationals, putting him second in the list of all-time international wicket-takers behind his great friend and rival Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (1,347).

 

Aman Shukla

Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication. A media enthusiast who has a stronghold on communication, content writing, and copy writing. Aman is currently working as a subeditor at dailyindianews.com and can be reached at [email protected]