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Spin magician Shane Warne no more – died of heart attack at the age of 52

Shane Warne of Australia, one of the world’s greatest spinners and known as the magician of leg spin, has passed away. He was 52 years old. According to Fox Sports News, Warne was in Koh Samui, Thailand. It is believed that he had suffered a heart attack. According to a statement issued by Warne’s management team, Shane was found unconscious in a villa in Koh Samui, Thailand. Later they could not be saved. Warne holds the record for most wickets after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. He played 145 Test matches from 1992 to 2007, in which he took 708 wickets at a bowling average of 25.41. Muralitharan took 800 wickets in Tests. From 1993 to 2005, he took 293 wickets in 194 ODIs. He was instrumental in the winning Australian team of 1999 Cricket World Cup.