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Australia's top men's Test player each year will forever more be presented with the Shane Warne Award.

and once they came, nobody knew how to put on a show quite like Warnie – particularly here at the MCG." He played an important role in the formative years of the ACA and never knocked back an opportunity to promote and grow the game … That is narrowly ahead of Khawaja's 824 at 68.66.

Cricket Australia has announced the Australian men's Test player of the year will be named after the late Warne.

Also significantly, Warne was the only one of the five players not to be knighted. Warne’s “ball of the century” to Mike Gatting in the 1993 Ashes series is an iconic sporting moment. This is the first Boxing Day Test at Warne’s home ground since he died suddenly on 4 March, aged 52.

Everywhere you looked at the MCG on Boxing Day there was a sign of the esteem cricket fans had for the late great Aussie leg-spinner Shane Warne.

Flying down from Newcastle, they were there to tick an item off their bucket list, decades after Merv coached the trio cricket as children. Although, they cannot recall what year it was, their memories of winning a rich reward with a group quaddie bet while at the MCG remain crystal clear. “We’re here for Scotty Boland,” one said, excited to see the damage the Victorian bowler could inflict on the South African batsmen. Chants of “Warnie” echoed in the stands. Many were there for the tribute to Shane Warne on first Test at his home ground since While they’ve had their fair share of memorable outfits (last year’s involved a homage to COVID check-in QR codes), this year’s is the most meaningful.

The Australian skipper surprised most with a curious act on Boxing Day, but a cricket great thinks he knows why.

“We talk about it a lot. [Cricket Australia pay tribute to legendary spin king Shane Warne.](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/new-honour-for-spin-king-shane-warne-as-cricket-australia-makes-sentimental-move-c-9274837) [Follow all the stats, updates and info live](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/match-centre?competition=2997&match=54101) [Pat Cummins](https://7news.com.au/sport/pat-cummins) made the call to bowl first after winning the toss ahead of the second Test against South Africa at the MCG. [the Proteas finished on 4-58 at lunch](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/match-centre?competition=2997&match=54101). But the decision to bowl was a surprising one at the time, with South Africa captain Dean Elgar saying he would have elected to bat if he won the toss.

There have been emotional scenes at the 'G to honour the cricketing great, while the game's governing body has unveiled another touching tribute.

Everyone in the crowd stood in Warne’s honour. and once they came, nobody knew how to put on a show quite like Warney – particularly here at the MCG.” Australian Cricket Association CEO, Todd Greenberg said: “I’m proud that the ACA, along with Cricket Australia, is able to recognise the incredible impact Shane had on Test cricket with an award named in his honour.

Almost 70,000 fans poured into the MCG on Monday to see Australia host South Africa and pay tribute to the late great Shane Warne.

“I know he loved to play in SA, he had a great record there as well. He could spin it that far.” “That and his wrong’uns. I’m sure Warnie with 95,000 here against England playing against Kevin Pietersen and that, he would have loved it. “It’s just really special for me to be here today because he’s like the Babe Ruth of baseball. He was also good for a bit of banter, he was always giving it to the South Africans and the Indians but he would also take a joke.