'We miss our two mates': The beautiful BBL tribute to late greats Warne, Symonds.
It’s hard they’re not here,” Waugh said. We grew up with them and we played a lot with those two guys. “What they said made sense most of the time.” “It’s going to be a tough summer because we’re going to think of them everyday,” Gilchrist admitted. “Their record on the field was well documented – they were national icons, they were our icons, our favourites here in the commentary box on Fox Cricket. “We love the Big Bash, it’s our favourite time of the year,” Gilchrist said in a teary moment caught on camera.
Australian cricket legends Warne and Symonds passed away earlier this year and Gilchrist paid tribute to his former teammates and commentary colleagues ...
Mark Waugh added: "We grew up with them and we played a lot with those two guys. What they said made sense most of the time.” It is our favourite time of the year and it was Warnie's and Roy's as well. You think you’re going to live forever." "What beautiful characters they were. That's what makes this so hard," Gilchrist said.
Adam Gilchrist paid a poignant tribute to the late Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds as the Big Bash League kicked off on Tuesday night in Canberra.
Warne (left), Symonds (middle) and Gilchrist (right) were crucial figures of the all-conquering Aussie team that ruled cricket across multiple formats in the 1990s and 2000s [died in March at the age of 52](/sport/cricket/article-10578667/Shane-Warne-one-time-rebel-revolutionised-leg-spin-never-like-him.html) while on holiday in [Thailand](/news/thailand/index.html), while [Symonds passed away two months later](/sport/cricket/article-10845497/Five-Aussie-cricket-greats-farewell-Andrew-Symonds-memorial-service-late-rounder.html) in a car crash in Townsville. And a visibly emotional Gilchrist struggled to hold back the tears as he offered a touching homage to his late teammates ahead of the first game of the competition between the Melbourne Stars - Warne's former team - and the Sydney Thunder. - Both were icons of the Aussie team that ruled cricket in the 1990s and 2000s [Shane Warne died in March while on holiday in Thailand aged 52](/sport/cricket/article-10578667/Shane-Warne-one-time-rebel-revolutionised-leg-spin-never-like-him.html) [Andrew Symonds passed away in a car crash in Townsville two months later](/sport/cricket/article-10845497/Five-Aussie-cricket-greats-farewell-Andrew-Symonds-memorial-service-late-rounder.html) Adam Gilchrist pays emotional tribute to 'national icons' Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds ahead of BBL starts, choking back the tears as he remembers the two late cricket greats: 'We miss our two mates'
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