Shane Warne’s daughter opens up about life after losing her dad

As Shane Warne’s eldest daughter, Brooke, marked another milestone without her father at this year’s Melbourne Cup, she shared how her family is coping in the wake of the cricket legend’s sudden passing, finding strength in one another and their close-knit support system.

Warne passed away at the age of 52 while holidaying on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand on March 4, 2022.

Warne’s management released a statement at the time acknowledging the tragedy.

“Shane was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived,” the statement said.

Now, during this year’s Melbourne Cup, Brooke opened up to the Daily Mail about how the family is coping and how they are moving forward following the cricket legend’s passing.

“We’re going okay, we’re sticking together as a family and we’ve got a very good support base… and I’ve got a wonderful boyfriend of five years,’ she said.

Brooke went on to explain that in tribute to her late father, she was “backing [horse] Warnie in the race at 5:15pm”.

In addition to her tribute at the Melbourne Cup, earlier this year Brooke marked the two-year anniversary of her father’s passing in a post to Instagram in which she shared a series of photos depicting cherished memories, family gatherings, and snippets of Warne’s life beyond the cricket pitch.

“2 years today Dad,” she wrote at the time.

“It’s been the slowest and quickest 2 years without you. I feel like you were just here being silly with us and talking about how good the new season of Peaky Blinders is and we will watch the next episode together when you come home.

“Life really doesn’t make sense without you here. We try and do you proud every day. I miss you, i love you forever.”

 

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Warne, widely considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history, played his first Test match in 1992 and took over 1,000 wickets in Tests and One-Day Internationals over the course of his career. Warne’s 708 Test wickets from 145 tests was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket until 2007.

Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack recognised Shane’s incredible sporting achievements by naming him as one of its Five Cricketers of the Twentieth Century alongside fellow cricket icons Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs and Sir Vivian Richards. He was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2013.