Cricket Australia has announced they will rename the annual men's Test Player of the Year award after the late, great Shane Warne. Tributes flowed as an emotional Melbourne crowd honoured the cricket legend before the Boxing Day Test. 9News MORE:
"It's a beautiful moment," Warne's former teammate Adam Gilchrist says on Fox Cricket.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground paid an emotional tribute to its favourite son ahead of the Boxing Day Test match.It's the first Test at the iconic venue since Warne died suddenly in March at the age of 52. On Monday, players from both Australia and South Africa donned floppy white wide-brim hats - which Warne famously wore - during warm-up.Painted on the MCG surface in big white letters is "Warne 350" - 350 being his Australian playing number.
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