Sky's main commentary box at Lord's to be renamed after leg-spin great
Tributes to Warne from former cricketing players and commentary colleagues
Two-part documentary to be shown
Sky Sports will pay tribute to cricket legend Shane Warne throughout England's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's next week.
The spin-bowling great, who passed away in March 2022, will be remembered throughout the first Test by former players and the Sky Sports cricket team, with whom Warne spent a number of years working following his playing career.
During the first Test, Sky Sports viewers will be shown a two-part documentary entitled Bowled Shane, which tells the story of the '05 and 06/07 Ashes series. Warne was the main character throughout both dramatic series, cementing his reputation as one of the game's greatest ever players.
In partnership with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Sky Sports will also be commemorating its former colleague by renaming their main commentary box in the J.P. Morgan Media Centre at Lord's after the former leg-spinner. The tribute will be unveiled on the morning of 2nd June by another of Warne's former Sky Sports Cricket colleagues Rob Key, now Managing Director of England Men's Cricket.
Mark Taylor, the former Australian captain and Warne's close friend, will also join Sky Sports' coverage to discuss Warne's impact on the game alongside Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, Mel Jones, Ian Ward, Simon Doull and Eoin Morgan.
Finally, to celebrate the cricketing great whose playing number was 23, there will be a minute's applause on 23 overs.
Sky Sports Director of Cricket Bryan Henderson said On the pitch, he was simply the greatest, while off it, he was a wonderful and loyal friend. No words can capture his contribution to the game, but his magic on the field as well as in the commentary box and in life itself will never be forgotten. We hope our tributes to him during this Test will remind those who witnessed him in action of his greatness as well as hopefully introduce young cricket fans to a cricketing legend.
Guy Lavender, MCC Chief Executive & Secretary, said: Shane Warne was a man who entertained us on the field and was passionate about improving the sport off it. He was an Honorary Life Member of MCC and we were fortunate to benefit from this directly through his work on our World Cricket committee and also as our Head Coach of London Spirit men's team last summer. We are hugely supportive of Sky's commemoration of Shane which I am sure will be a fitting tribute to a true legend of the game .
About Sky:
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Building on the success of Sky Originals like Chernobyl, Bulletproof and Brassic, we are doubling our investment in original content by 2024 through Sky Studios. Sky News provides impartial and trustworthy journalism for free and Sky Sports, our leading sports broadcasting service brings customers some of the biggest and best global sporting events from the Premier League to Formula 1 and everything in between. Sky Cinema is the home of Sky Original films with brand new films launching every month alongside an unrivalled range of the latest cinema releases and on demand library. Our new TV and movie studio, Sky Studios Elstree, which will open in 2022, is expected to create over 2,000 new jobs and generate an additional £3 billion of production investment in the UK over the first five years.
We believe that we can be a force for good in the communities in which we operate. We're committed to being Europe's first net zero carbon entertainment company by 2030 and we're proud to be a Principal Partner and Media Partner of COP26 - the UN Climate Change Conference. We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we've been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for our commitment to diversity, and we've set ambitious 2025 targets to continue to increase diversity and representation. We're also committed to investing £30million across our markets over three years to improve our approach to diversity and inclusion, and to tackle racial injustice.
Sky employs just under 1000 people in Ireland with over 750 of those based at its Head Office in Burlington Road in Dublin. As part of our Sky Cares programme, we teamed up with Age Action to support the charity in its mission to achieve fundamental change in the lives of older people. In 2021, Sky Ireland became the first ever, standalone Primary Partner of the Republic of Ireland Women's National Team.
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Sky's main commentary box at Lord's to be renamed after leg-spin great
