Shane Warne to be immortalised in a bronze sculptor at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Cricket News Update
The Melbourne Cricket Club is paying tribute to the former Australian leg spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672, by erecting a bronze sculpture of him outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to honour his services to Australian Cricket.
The statue has not been made public as yet and it will be uncovered on Thursday, December 22, by the legendary leg-spinner himself, along with former Test captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Anthony-Taylor-c74540, at a ceremony scheduled for 10.30am EDT.
Louis Lauman, who is an artist and sculptor, is the creator of the statue. The artist disclosed that the figure does not resemble the present looks of the spinner but rather it will bring back memories of how Warney looked during his playing days.
While speaking to the Herald Sun, Lauman said, “It was a challenge for me because Warnie is so fresh in everybody's memory and I guess everybody has their opinion of what it should look like. You couldn't do it the way he is now. He is a different figure
and has done a lot of work to get as trim as possible, probably to the point of being underweight. But I have tried to be as respectful as possible. It is a very striking pose.”
The 42-year-old leg spinner will not be the first sportsperson to have his figure placed outside the MCG, as 10 others before him have been honoured the same way. Don Bradman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dennis-Keith-Lillee-c53639 are the cricketers to have statues
outside the MCG, while Olympic athletes Betty Cuthbert and Shirley Strickland and footballers Haydn Bunton, Leigh Matthews, Ron Barassi and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-John-Blakey-c85123 Reynolds have also been honoured the same way.
Warne, who was the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets, retired from international cricket after the Ashes series in 2007. The leg-spinner played 145 Test matches taking 708 wickets at an average of 25.41.
Warne has not retired from all forms of cricket as he is currently playing in Australia’s domestic competition, the Big Bash Twenty20 tournament. He is a part of Melbourne Stars team, who are captained by Cameron White. This will be his last tournament,
as he will bid adieu to professional cricket after this event.
Tags: