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FORTEANA FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD COMPILED BY BARRY BALDWIN

275: WARNE OUT To ‘Warnie’, I’d be just another pommy bastard (when it comes to bowlers, I worship at the shrine of Freddie Trueman), but I am still very sorry to be in a position to write this column. Opinions about Shane Warne differ sharply. Nobody, though, could deny the genius of his spin bowling. And I cannot dislike a man who, asked by a journalist to suggest his own obituary notice, replied: “I drank a lot. I smoked a lot. I did a bit of spin bowling. That’s me.” Warne’s early death (4 Mar 2022) has an ancient connection, namely the death of superstar charioteer Diocles, aged 42. This happened after his retirement. Not alone in this, as we shall see. Should emphasise I am not dealing with the…

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