By the time I wake up tomorrow morning, chances are that the greatest bowler of our generation would have bowled his last bowl in international cricket. A personal favourite, watching this man bowl is one of two reasons that can still make me sit through a cricket match – the other being watching a certain Brian Charles Lara bat. Of course, in India he has not always been given the respect he deserves, thanks to the not so great record he has against the Indians, but I have never had any doubts about his quality or the fact that cricket will be a lesser game without his charismatic presence.
You’ll be missed mate.
PS – Of course, test cricket might well become a real sport again now that both Warne and McGrath are going. Where by the term “sport” I mean something that’s competitive, where you don’t know who the winner’s going to be before the competition has begun. For example, Golf is not a sport when Tiger Woods is around or F1 with Ferrari of a couple of years ago.