Shane Warne's 4 pals frantically tried to revive him after he suffered a deadly coronary heart assault on vacation in Thailand, in line with police.
The Australian cricket champ handed away instantly from a cardiac arrest aged 52 regardless of his pals battling to avoid wasting his life for 20 minutes
Shane, who has been branded the 'biggest leg spinner in historical past', was holidaying in Koh Samui when he was discovered unconscious in his villa at present (Friday).
Police in Thailand have now revealed that he was present in his room in an unresponsive state at round 5pm native time by one of many group.
In response to their report, the 4 pals he was staying with carried out CPR on him for round 20 minutes in a bid to revive him earlier than the ambulance got here.
Shane was then taken to the Thai Worldwide Hospital, however was pronounced useless.
Police Senior Sergeant Main Suporn Hemruangsree mentioned: “Police obtained a report about anyone who died on the Thai Worldwide Hospital so we went and requested the resort, and came upon that the deceased was with 4 different pals and died within the room.
“Within the villa, the individuals had been sleeping in separate rooms. They had been sleeping from afternoon to night, till about 5pm.
At 5pm anyone got here to name out this individual for dinner however the deceased didn't reply in order that they known as three different pals to carry out CPR for 20 minutes. They waited for the ambulance to come back.
“The physician introduced the dying of the individual at 6:53pm. Police went and checked the room and there was no signal of intrusion or possessions being searched by. The physique was despatched for an post-mortem at Koh Samui Hospital.”
Shane's dying has despatched shockwaves world wide - significantly after he had himself tweeted about his personal shock on the dying of Australia's nice wicket keeper Rodney Marsh, who additionally died following a coronary heart assault simply twelve hours earlier than.
Shane was seen arriving in Thailand yesterday by followers who chatted with him on the airport.
He was mentioned to be staying within the luxurious Samujana Villas resort in Koh Samui, the place he handed away this afternoon.
Charismatic Shane turned world well-known for his approach and was thought of by many to be the best bowler to have performed the sport.
In 15 illustrious years he took 708 Take a look at wickets - essentially the most ever by an Australian and solely behind Muttiah Muralitharan within the all-time standings.
He additionally took essentially the most wickets in Ashes historical past, with 195.
Shane's administration mentioned of his dying in an announcement: “Shane was discovered unresponsive in his villa and regardless of the most effective efforts of medical employees, he couldn't be revived."
"The household requests privateness right now and can present additional particulars sooner or later."
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