At the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the Ashes is usually a fierce battlefield. It is where Aussie fans and the English “Barmy Army” trade loud chants and not-so-friendly insults. But on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test, the usual rivalry took a backseat to honor a true icon: the late, great Shane Warne.
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At exactly 3:50 pm, the massive stadium witnessed a touching wave of unity that stopped the game cold.
The timing was deliberate. 3:50 pm was chosen to match Warne’s Australian Test cap number, 350. As the clock ticked over, play was paused. In the stands, over 90,000 fans, many wearing the wide-brimmed “floppy hats” that Warnie made famous, rose to their feet.
It wasn’t just the crowd. Cricket legends Ricky Ponting, Ian Botham, and Michael Vaughan stood side-by-side. These men spent decades trying to beat each other on the pitch. But in this moment, the competition vanished. They all tipped their hats together to honor the greatest leg-spinner the game has ever known.
A record #Ahs The crowd tip their cap to Shane Warne at 3:50pm, a nod to his cap number being 350. pctitrcmM3iQDeebr2,22
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