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More now from former England captain Andrew Strauss: "He got me out 10 times in my career but that ball [at Edgbaston] is the one that keeps getting played over and over again. Every time I watch it I get more an more embarrassed by it.

"I was the latest in a long list of people that were made to look very foolish by Shane Warne. He was a wizard, he had great variety in the way he bowled but also he has this incredible aura in the middle. He taunted you to play the man and not the ball.

"When the quality of the delivery was so good and then you were confused by the theatre he was introducing into things, it was the greatest challenge for any cricketer to face him. If you were able to come off and get some runs against him it was one of the greatest achievements a cricketer can have.

"That was Shane Warne introducing himself on the international stage [best ball of a decade to dismiss Gatting], certainly in England, and we had 15 years of him doing the exactly same thing. His contribution to cricket is unmatched and unrivalled I think and we will all be happy and proud to have played against him and watched him in action.

"No one grew the sport more than he did. It's just so hard to believe he's not with us anymore. He was a character that had so much vibrancy and energy about him that you never thought his time was anywhere near up. And this is on the back of Rodd Marsh, another Australia great passing recently. It's been a really tough week for the sport."

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Former England captain Andrew Strauss told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I'm utterly shocked and saddened. Shane Warne was cricket's greatest star and he was a guy who, I suppose, you felt the rules of life didn't apply to him.

"To hear about his untimely demise is genuinely shocking and I know the whole cricket world is in a great deal of mourning.

"He was the greatest showman. There were other great cricketers when you look at their records, who would potentially equal Shane's or maybe better it. But there was no greater star in cricket than Shane Warne, certainly in the time I have been around.

"You felt every time you were on the pitch against him it was his show and you were just a small part of his show. He used that to his advantage in terms of getting you out.

"He had such charisma and such a passion for the game that it was infectious, so if you were lucky enough to spend time with him off the pitch, it was always a privilege.

"A man of great generosity of spirit, great passion for the game and a man who is going to be sorely missed."

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We recently heard from current England captain Joe Root, but now it's time to hear from a former one.

Andrew Strauss was beaten by a Shane Warne ripper in 2005, and we'll hear from him next...

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South Africa's JP Duminy pays his respects...

From one of the game's most powerful batters to it's most lethal bowlers...

More now from England captain Joe Root: "I was 14 when the 2005 Ashes was on, so in many ways, that series was a massive influence to my career. The way he captured the nation with his phenomenal performances throughout, are the sort of things that make you want to get into the game.

"Even now, he was great to chat to about the game and he was very knowledgeable. I never got the chance to play against him, but anybody that did would always say how formidable he was. Not only with his skill but he played in the right way."

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England captain Joe Root said: "It has shocked us all in the dressing room. First thoughts go out to his family and his closest friends. Many condolences to all of his loved ones.

"We had just started the game and the news filtered through the dressing room. It has been quite a quiet dressing room off the back of it.

"It is hard to know what to say really. My experience of Shane was someone that also loved the game of cricket. He was always a joy to be around and gave so much energy to the sport.

"As a kid growing up, he was a massive idol of mine. Someone you wanted to emulate the way he could win a game on his own, his skill level was incredible. To have had the opportunity to get to know him a little bit it, was deeply saddening to hear the news."

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England were pictured paying their respects after the news emerged earlier.

They are currently in the Caribbean where they are playing the President's XI in a warm up game.

We'll hear from captain Joe Root next...

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Shane Warne spoke to the BBC in 2001 about cricket and his favourite grounds he had played on at that point in his career.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam, whose side are playing a Test against Australia this week, calls it a "devastating loss for the cricket world".

And another West Indian batting great, Sir Viv Richards, says he is "shocked to the core" by Shane Warne's death.

Ex-Manchester United and England footballer Gary Neville has paid his tribute to Shane Warne.

More now from that statement from Cricket Australia:

Shane finished his international career with 708 Test wickets and a further 293 in One-Day Internationals, placing him second in the list of all-time international wicket-takers behind his great friend and rival Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka (1347). Shane also captained Australia in 11 One-Day Internationals, winning 10 and losing just once.

At first-class level he was a passionate Victorian and enjoyed a long association with English county Hampshire. And at the end of his playing career, he also had successful stints in the Indian Premier League, captaining the Rajasthan Royals to the inaugural title in 2008, and the Big Bash League in Australia with the Melbourne Stars.

After he hung up his bowling boots, Shane continued to offer so much to the sport as a coach and commentator. In 2021 he worked with the London Spirit in the inaugural edition of The Hundred in the United Kingdom, something he was set to reprise this year.

He also worked as a broadcaster, and his forthright views and incredible insights gave viewers all over the world a deeper insight into the sport he loved.

Here is a statement from Cricket Australia, following the passing of Aussie legend Shane Warne:

Australian cricket, along with the whole cricketing world, is in a state of shock at the loss of Shane Warne, a true cricketing genius, who has died aged 52.

Warne almost single-handedly reinvented the art of leg-spin when he burst onto the international scene in the early 1990s, and by the time he retired from international cricket in 2007 he had become the first bowler to reach 700 Test wickets.

A central figure in Australia’s ICC Cricket World Cup triumph in 1999, when he was player of the match in both the semi-final and the final, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack recognised Shane’s achievements by naming him as one of its Five Cricketers of the Twentieth Century.

Shane’s strength of character and enormous resilience saw him bounce back from career-threatening finger and shoulder injuries, and his stamina, his sheer will to win, and his self-belief were key factors in Australia’s great side of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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There will be a special programme on 5 Live tonight from 19:00 GMT with Elly Oldroyd, Jonathan Agnew and Phil Tufnell paying tribute to Shane Warne.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport

The year 1993 was one for shifts in the sporting landscape.

Pete Sampras began an era of domination at Wimbledon which would see him go on to win seven men's singles crowns in eight years, while Manchester United won the first of 13 Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson.

There was, though, one more golden era that began in that summer, sandwiched between the successes of United and Sampras, just down the road from the footballing Old Trafford at the cricket ground of the same name.

Shane Warne's coronation as the king of spin bowling was as swift as it was unexpected. Few outside Australia knew of the potential held by the bleach blond 23-year-old from Victoria.

The announcement of his coming lasted all of the seven seconds he took to prepare and deliver his first ball in a Test in England and his first in Ashes cricket, known now as the Ball of the Century.

Read more here.

THE delivery that went down in history.

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BBC presenters Gary Lineker and Dan Walker were among those to pay tributes to Warne.

One of the great battles of that infamous 2005 Ashes series was Warne's guile against Pietersen's swagger.

They may have been teammates at Hampshire, but international honours were at stake...

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