Steve Smith mirrored on what he described as a “sad week” following the deaths of Australian cricket legends Rod Marsh and Shane Warne.
Speaking after day 4 of 5 within the first of Australia’s three-match Test sequence in Pakistan, the batsman stated his teammates “are in decent spirits and focusing on our job over here, but obviously it’s been a sad week.”
“We feel for both the Marsh and Warne family and our thoughts are with them, that’s for sure”, added Smith, who was dismissed for 78 in his first innings as a draw looms in Rawalpindi.
Steve Smith says the deaths of Shane Warne and Rod Marsh has put a cloud over Australia’s sequence towards Pakistan however says the gamers had been bearing up. pic.twitter.com/P7l6eH2RD6
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Tributes proceed for former wicketkeeper Marsh, who handed away aged 74 on 4th March after struggling a coronary heart assault eight days earlier, and for leg-spinner Warne who was discovered unresponsive in his villa resort in Koh Samui on Friday evening and couldn’t be revived.
Thailand police stated on Monday they obtained a preliminary post-mortem report from Surat Thani hospital this morning and preliminary investigations confirmed no indication of foul play within the 52-year-old’s demise, however an post-mortem was nonetheless anticipated to be carried out in Thailand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
