I hate to say it but I do think all this statue and hero worship is an aussie thing..like Big Bananas  only mad dogs and aussies build monuments to fruit..

as for warnies statue well thats not a bad idea, as every picture I see of him now reminds me of a waxwork..he does a great impression of one.

I used to often see Warnie strolling up the street to a cafe.

The guy had an entourage of about half a dozen who trotted along behind him. Two of them to hand him dialed and answered mobiles and another that lit his smokes and handed them to him.

Walk past the cafe and there's Warnie sitting at a table by himself, his entourage sitting at the two closest tables. It was funny as f-ck.

That was late 1990s.

One of the very few people who we wish was English.

An absolutely awesome player who I always hated when he played us.
He just seemed to destroy our top and middle order every time.

I always felt like whenever he was bowling we were liable to lose a wicket.

I was fortunate enough to bump into him in All Bar One in Covent Garden one night when he was there with another mate. He bought the three of us drinks, chatted a bit with us and was a bloody good bloke.

I told him should he stop playing he was always welcome to remain in England!!

Little did I realize he would later hook up with Hugh Grant's ex-missus!

Well done Mr Warne, well deserved statue, well deserved status of cricket legend.
Had it not been for the existence of Sachin Tendulkar, I would say the best player I have ever seen.
Most definitely second.