Australian cricket has paid a fitting tribute to iconic leg-spinner Shane Warne by renaming a prestigious honour after the legend.
The Australian Men’s Test Player of the Year award has been named after Warne, to mark the cricket icon's achievement of playing 145 Tests for his country over 15 years, between 1992 and 2007.
Warne died of a suspected heart attack in March while on holiday in Thailand which shocked the cricketing world. Tributes were paid to the 52-year-old before Australia took on South Africa in their traditional Boxing Day Test held at Warne's home ground the MCG. After his death earlier this year, the MCG’s Great Southern Stand was renamed in his memory.
