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🗞 “You can’t afford to live your life with regrets.”

March 06, 2022

G'day sports fans,

There's nothing I can add that you haven't seen written better elsewhere, but I thought it would be remiss for me to acknowledge the great man.

Therefore, I've collated a couple of lesser-known stories, images, GIFs from the last few days about Shane Warne, and added them below.

Shane Warne's family has accepted the offer of a state funeral, says Victorian Premier Dan Andrews.

Classic quotes: "Part of the art of bowling spin is to make the batsman think something special is happening when it isn't." - S.K. Warne.

'I smoke, I drank, I bowled a bit of leg spin' - S.K. Warne.

🇦🇺 Aussie Sport

🏏 Khawaja leads fightback as batters continue dominance. Australia’s top order took the opportunity to bat on a flat Rawalpindi surface with both hands, as Usman Khawaja (97) fell just short of a century on day three.

Match report: Stumps: Australia trail Pakistan by 205 runs with 8 wickets remaining. (match report)

Here's the tale of Melbourne-born Adam Hollioake making his first appearance against Australia.

Hollioake recalled: “I knew when I came out to bat, I’m gonna get it. You just know it.

“[They said] ‘Here he is playing his first game for England, all his family back in Australia wishing he was playing for Australia — Uncle Rex, Aunty Jan’.

I was like, ‘How the hell do you guys know Aunty Jan?’

“All I can go to in my mind is, I knew Warnie was a bit of a womanizer at the time. Has Warnie been with my Aunty Jan?

“As I faced my first ball in Test cricket, that’s all I can think about. My first ball is just a blur.

I’m just trying to solve the puzzle: has Warnie been around to see my Aunty Jan?"

Ahead of the 2005 Ashes, Warne was captaining a Hampshire team that included rising star Kevin Pietersen, who had yet to make his test debut.

One day KP took Warne aside and said "can I have a quick chat to you about the Ashes and what's it all about".

"Sure," Shane replied. "Let's discuss it over a game of golf".

They had a good game and the match was all square going into the final hole. Both players hit their tee shots down the left side of the fairway.

As they walk down, Warne spots a ball in the rough next to a tree and asks, "KP, can I have a drop shot? I can't hit this."

KP says no, so Warne tries to get his body in a position to hit it, but he can't.

"I can't hit this, I need a drop," he insists. But Pietersen refuses to budge, telling him, "You're not allowed a drop".

"Are you sure?" Shane asks, a twinkle in his famous blue and green eyes.

"Positive," says KP.

"Good, cos that's your ball. And that's what Ashes cricket is all about".

🏉 On this day: 2003: The Bulldogs name boom 19-year-old Johnathan Thurston at five-eighth for the club's opener against South Sydney.

2013: Sonny Bill Williams makes his return to the NRL after a five-year absence, lining up for the Sydney Roosters after leaving the Canterbury Bulldogs for French rugby mid-season in 2008. Come season's end, SBW would be basking in the glory of another premiership

❌ Brayden Maynard is in the book after this incident with Daniel Lloyd. Spoiled the ball first? or will miss the first round?

🎾 ICYMI: Australia, Spain, France, and the United States are among 12 nations who qualified for the next stage of the Davis Cup on Saturday.

Australia, the 28-time champions, came from 2-1 down against Hungary to win both Saturday's singles matches and progress.

🚗 Reigning Bathurst 1000 champion Chaz Mostert claimed victory in race two in the Sydney 300 to snatch the Supercars championship lead in wet and challenging conditions.

🏍 Jack Miller, who last week expressed his frustration over constant speculation over his future as Ducati factory rider, retired after just six laps, in Qatar.

He had started in fourth place on the grid but dropped down to ninth after just one lap before running into what looked like technical issues.

🌍 World Sport

🏀 LeBron James scored 56 points, his highest-scoring game ever with the Lakers, and tied for third-highest in his 19-year career, as Los Angeles rallied from a 14-point deficit to win 124-116.

👊🏻 It was a night to remember at UFC 272 in Las Vegas as Colby Covington outpointed bitter rival Jorge Masvidal over five rounds in the main event.

Ultimately, Covington's wrestling was the difference as he controlled Masvidal throughout the welterweight bout to secure a unanimous decision win (49-46, 50-44, 50-45).

🥊 Heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk says his "country and honour" are more important than any fight in the ring as he prepares to defend Ukraine's capital Kyiv against invading Russian forces.

🐂 Dad's instincts kick in as he jumped on his unconscious son to prevent him from being gored by a 1,500-pound bull.

⚽️ Arsenal climbed into the Champions League places with an entertaining 3-2 victory over lowly Watford in a game with five quality goals.

⚽️ Manchester City outclassed Manchester United (4-1) to maintain control of the Premier League title race with an outstanding display at Etihad Stadium.

City remain six points clear of Liverpool having played one game more after a victory that was arguably even more convincing than the scoreline suggests.

Ralf Rangnick's side were without injured Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani, as well as Raphael Varane and Luke Shaw, who have Covid-19, and found themselves overwhelmed by the quality and intensity of the reigning champions.

🏃🏾‍♂️ South Africa's Stephen Mokoka broke the men's 50km record in his first race at the distance.

The 37-year-old won the Nedbank Runified 50km (31 miles) in Gqeberha in two hours 40 minutes 13 seconds, beating the time of 2:42:07 set by Ethiopia's Ketema Negasa last year.

🏃🏾‍♂️↪️ Meanwhile, Kenya’s double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge narrowly failed to beat his own world record in a dominating performance at the Tokyo marathon - cruelled by a wrong turn 10kms in.

🏏 In Virat Kohli’s 100th Test and Rohit Sharma’s first as captain, Jadeja became the first man to hit (150+ runs and 9 wickets in an innings) with an unbeaten 175 in India’s 574-8 declared and then claimed a match tally of nine wickets with his left-arm spin in Mohali.

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