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Why Shane Warne is a god in Sri Lanka

Why Shane Warne is a god in Sri Lanka

The late cricketer’s kindness has never been forgotten, and it continues to reflect on his country.

Around the world Australians are often welcomed as tourists but in Sri Lanka we are particularly popular thanks, in part, to the late Shane Warne. On a recent visit, however, our tour group is greeted with especial enthusiasm and no wonder: Australia has beaten Sri Lanka’s arch rival, India, in the Cricket World Cup.

Warne at a tsunami refugee camp in Galle, Sri Lanka in 2005.

Warne at a tsunami refugee camp in Galle, Sri Lanka in 2005. Andrew Taylor

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