NEIL MANTHORP: Reaction to Warne’s loss shows cricket needs a sense of proportion
There are so many other stories we can tell rather than just the big ones
The death of the great Australian spin bowler Shane Warne literally took my breath away. A gasp and momentary dizziness, and then a pause to compose myself and confirm it as fact. Many must have experienced something similar, even if briefly, which is understandable — he was one of the finest cricketers to have played the game and a mesmerising entertainer.
It’s less easy to understand the length of time it took for so many cricket lovers to regain their composure in the wake of his death in a holiday villa in Thailand. The distress and grief seemed disproportionate given that there’s a war on in Europe, where thousands of civilians have already been killed and millions have fled their homes. ..
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