Andrew Alderson: Flowers, beer and pies - The fitting memorial to Shane Warne

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 6, 2022 · 2m

It seems a fitting memorial to Australian cricket legend Shane Warne.

Following his death in Thailand on Friday, fans have gathered at Warne's statue outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground placing not just flowers but also beer, cigarettes, pies and cans of baked beans.

Warne's reported love of baked beans was came about in the 1998 tour of India when he said he was only eating the canned goods because he wasn't used to the local spicy cuisine. A reported 1,900 tins of baked beans were then shipped out to Warne and the side.

The Victorian state government, which has offered Warne's family a…