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Mark Taylor, Warne’s second test captain, will be part of a panel discussion and on Wednesday afternoon described the spinner as a genuine man with the X-factor on and off the field.
Melbourne Cricket Club president Michael Happell said a small group of cricket executives, including Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley and Cricket Victoria chair David Maddocks, laid wreaths at Warne’s statue outside the MCG on Wednesday afternoon. Gloria Dellora came from Fawkner to pay her respects to the cricket legend waving with a flag emblazoned with the words “long live cricket” and with her foster daughter’s cricket medal around her neck.Ms Dellora, who was a player with the Coburg Women’s Cricket Club, said she had met Warne at a cricket luncheon on two occasions.“Life is too short. I said I better go because I won’t have any other chance to see the lights of the MCG, the action, the people shouting and all these other VIPs.
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