It's been a real shocker. Two giants of not just Australian cricket, but also world cricket passed away within hours of each other. Rodney Marsh had suffered a sudden heart attack last week and his heart had actually stopped beating for a few minutes. He was miraculously revived, but because of the heart having stopped for few minutes, he was put in an induced coma. Survival after such an attack is extremely tough and age was probably not on Marsh’s side and he passed away after fighting for his life for a week. Even as the cricketing world was coming to terms with this loss came the news of Shane Warne passing away with a suspected heart attack. This was even more shocking for Warne, who loved life was only 52 years old.

A terrible day for Oz cricket

The Australian cricket team who were playing their first Test match in Pakistan this century had a terrible first day when they picked up only one wicket as the home team batted confidently to reach 245. So March 4 really was a terrible day for Australian cricket.