Cummins leads tributes to Warne, ‘a once-in-a-century type of cricketer’

Shane Warne is applauded off the field by his teammates on day one of the fourth Ashes Test match at the MCG in 2006. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The cricketing world was left in shock and disbelief after the death of Shane Warne aged only 52, as if collectively bamboozled by one of the ripping leg-breaks that were the hallmark of the former Australia spinner’s iconic career.

Pat Cummins, the Australia men’s captain, was among those struggling to process the devastating news that Warne had died from a suspected heart attack in a villa on holiday on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand.