Cricket Australia renames Test Player of the Year award in honour of Shane Warne | Cricket News – Act Daily News

MELBOURNE: Australia’s males’s Test Player of the Year award has been renamed to honour legendary spinner Shane Warne, the nation’s cricket board introduced on Monday.
The Shane Warne Men’s Test Player of the Year award will likely be offered yearly on the Australian Cricket Awards.
Cricket Australia (CA) chief government Nick Hockley and Australian Cricketers’ Association CEO Todd Greenber, introduced the renaming of the award throughout the Boxing Day Test in opposition to South Africa as a tribute to Warne. He died of a suspected coronary heart assault in Thailand earlier this 12 months.

“As one of Australia’s all-time greats, it is fitting we acknowledge Shane’s extraordinary contribution to Test cricket by naming this award in his honour in perpetuity,” Hockley was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“Shane was a proud advocate of Test cricket and you only have to look around at all the fans who came out to the MCG in their floppy hats and zinc on Boxing Day to realise what a profound impact he had on the game.”

Warne himself gained the award as soon as in 2006 for his document 40 wickets in 2005.
This Australian Cricket Awards will likely be introduced on January 30.

“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,” Greenberg stated.
“While he was a once in a generation player, he was very much a man who understood the important contribution all players made to Australian cricket.
“He performed an necessary position within the adolescence of the ACA and by no means knocked again a chance to advertise and develop the sport … and as soon as they got here, no one knew how one can placed on a present fairly like Warnie – significantly right here on the MCG,” he added.