The Federal and Victorian governments have made the supply of a state funeral following the shock loss of life of Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.
Warne handed away in a single day from a suspected coronary heart assault whereas on vacation in Thailand. He was aged simply 52.
Tributes have poured in from round Australia and the world following his passing, with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews saying the MCG's largest grandstand — the 45,000-seat Nice Southern Stand — will likely be completely renamed in Warne's honour.
"The Authorities will rename the Nice Southern Stand on the MCG — the place he took his hat-trick and 700th wicket — to honour Shane and his contribution to the sport," Mr Andrews mentioned on Twitter.
"The S.Okay. Warne Stand will likely be a everlasting tribute to a tremendous Victorian."
Mr Andrews had earlier supplied Warne's household a state funeral, as had Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
"Now we have misplaced one among Australia's biggest cricketers and right this moment we're bewildered by this unhappy and sudden loss," Mr Morrison mentioned in a press release.
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"In recognition of Shane Warne's nationwide achievements, his household will likely be supplied a state funeral by the Commonwealth Authorities.
"This will likely be finished in session with the Warne household, Cricket Australia and the Victorian Authorities to make sure we honour Shane's passing and reminiscence."
Cricketers previous and current have been fast to pay tribute to Warne.
Australia's main run-scorer of all time, Ricky Ponting, who captained Warne within the ultimate years of his profession, labelled the spinner as "the best bowler I ever performed with or towards".
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"Exhausting to place this into phrases," Ponting wrote on Twitter.
"I first met him after I was 15 on the [Australian Cricket] Academy. He gave me my nickname.
"We have been teammates for greater than a decade, using all of the highs and lows collectively.
"By means of all of it, he was somebody you would at all times depend on, somebody who beloved his household, somebody who can be there for you while you wanted him and at all times put his mates first."
"Warney was an all-time nice, a once-in-a-century-type cricketer, and his data will dwell on ceaselessly," Cummins mentioned.
"All of us grew up watching Warney, idolising him, all of us had posters (of him) on our wall, had his earrings.
"We love a lot about Warney: his showmanship, his charisma, his ways, the way in which he simply willed himself and the group round him to win video games for Australia and, most likely above all else, his unimaginable ability as a leg-spinner.
"There's so many guys on this group and squad who nonetheless maintain him as a hero, their all-time favorite participant, and the loss we're all making an attempt to wrap our heads round is big."
Tributes additionally got here in from internationally, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, and British comic and actor Stephen Fry simply a number of the notable abroad names to react to Warne's loss of life.
One of many biggest bowlers of all time, and arguably Australia's most interesting cricketer behind solely Sir Donald Bradman, Warne completed his profession with 1001 worldwide wickets.
708 of these got here in Check cricket, a file on the time of his retirement which has solely been bettered since by Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.
Warne was the primary bowler within the sport to succeed in each the 600- and 700-wicket mark, and is one among solely 9 Australians to have taken a Check hat-trick.
He was additionally a World Cup winner, taking dwelling participant of the match honours within the 1999 ultimate when Australia defeated Pakistan.