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Former Australian coach Justin Langer, who played alongside Shane Warne for years in the Australian line-up, has been talking to Summer Grandstand on ABC radio.
Asked by Ben Cameron for his favourite memory of Warne, Langer began with one answer, and then gave two!
He focused on an evocative scene from a 2004 Test match in Cairns against Sri Lanka:
"The first (memory) is his 700th (Test) wicket at the MCG – that was unbelievable, it was theatre, the drama because he was at his home ground at the MCG.
"Obviously he loved Melbourne, he loved the Melbourne Cricket Ground. So that was a special moment.
"But I remember playing against Sri Lanka, it was a game up in Cairns, we were playing the Test match and it was just … again, this is Shane Warne, just the theatre of it! And the sun was setting and we were trying to get the last wicket (or two), and there were men all round the bat.
"I was at silly mid-on, and it was just this … competitive instincts of Warnie, you could almost hear the ball fizzing – and people go 'Yeah, whatever' – but no, where I was fielding you could almost hear the ball fizzing, such was the revs he put on the ball.
"So, that was a magic moment for us, just being there and seeing him go about his business – with like I say, the backdrop of the sunset and the heat and the sweat pouring off him and he had dirt all over him … for me that's my favourite memory (of Warnie)."