Shane Warne’s household and pals say goodbye to Australia nice at personal funeral in Melbourne

Shane Warne’s household and pals have attended a non-public funeral in his hometown of Melbourne to pay their closing respects to the cricketing legend.

Shane Warne’s household and pals say goodbye to Australia nice at personal funeral (Reuters Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSShane Warne’s household and pals have attended a non-public funeral in his hometownThe personal funeral service was held at St Kilda Football Club in MelbourneWarne died on March 4 whereas on trip with pals on Samui Island

Shane Warne’s household and pals attended a non-public funeral in Melbourne to pay their closing farewell to the Australian cricketing nice on Sunday.

Warne’s three youngsters, dad and mom and pals together with retired Test captains Mark Taylor and Allan Border and former England skipper Michael Vaughan, had been amongst about 80 visitors on the service on Sunday.

The personal funeral service was held at St Kilda Football Club in Melbourne and two Saints scarves had been laid over the picket coffin as pallbearers, together with Warne’s son Jackson, carried it from the service to a lap of honour across the Moorabbin Oval.

Warne was broadly thought to be one of many high gamers of all time. He died on March 4 whereas on trip with pals on Samui Island in southern Thailand. An post-mortem report mentioned the 52-year-old Warne died of a suspected coronary heart assault. McGuire hosted the funeral and delivered the eulogy.

His stays had been repatriated from Bangkok, Thailand to Melbourne simply over per week in the past.

A state memorial on the Melbourne Cricket Ground — the scene of a lot of Warne’s iconic bowling moments together with a hat-trick towards England in 1994 and his 700th check wicket on Boxing Day in 2006 — will happen in March 30 and can be open to the general public.

The floor’s Great Southern Stand will even be renamed in Warne’s honour.