Australia Test captain Pat Cummins said that he was aonce-in-a-century cricketer, as he led the tributes to the legendary leg-spinner who died on Friday.
In his 15-year international career, he took
Fans and players alike were inspired by the charisma and showmanship of Warne.
Cummins said that the game of cricket was never the same after Shane emerged.
It will never be the same now that he is gone. Many of us in the playing group grew up admiring him and fell in love with the sport as a result. Rest in peace, King.
Cummins said: "Shane was a once-in-a-century cricketer and his achievements will stand for all time, but apart from the wickets he took and the games he helped Australia win, what he did was draw so many people to the sport."
Players all over the world owe him a lot for what he has done. He had an effect on everyone he met. He didn't care about cricket.
The former England captain said that he was the sport's greatest showman.
There were other great cricketers who could potentially be as good as or even better than Shane. There was no greater star in cricket than the man himself, said the man himself.
You felt like a small part of his show when you went on the pitch against him. He was the greatest showman.
In the 1993 Ashes in England, Warne shot to prominence in astonishing fashion.
The "ball of the century" was the delivery he used to bowl Mike Gatting, which pitched outside leg stump and clipped the top of off stump.
He became arguably the best player in Australia's all-conquering side of the 1990s and early 2000s, winning the 1999 World Cup.
Wisden named him one of the five outstanding players of the 20th century in 2000 after he claimed over 300 dismissals in one-day internationals.
Following Australia's clean sweep of England in the 5th and final Test of the series in 2007, cricket greats like Warne retired from international cricket.
He retired from first-class and List A cricket after seven years with Hampshire. He played Twenty20 franchise cricket until he retired from all formats.
I had the pleasure of knowing someone who loved the game of cricket.
He gave so much energy to the sport and was always a joy to be around. He was a huge inspiration to me as a kid and someone I wanted to emulate. He could win a game on his own.
I would have been 14 when the 2005 Ashes was on, in many ways that series was a massive influence on my career.
Phil Tufnell, a former England spinner who later shared a commentary box with him as a pundit, called the Australian an "absolute superstar".
Tufnell told 5 Live that he emptied bars when people came out and sat there.
He got people to fall in love with bowling. There was a time when everyone wanted to be a leggy and a spinner.
He had a great cricket brain. He had a love for the game and knowledge for it and I got to know him well off the field. Who could he help? What young spinner could he help with?
People say you are never bigger than the game, but if anyone got close to it, I think it was you.
Neil Robertson, the 2010 world snooker champion from Australia, said that the news of the death of Warne was like being hit by a truck. He is our national hero because of what he did for Australian cricket.
It is like when Diego Maradona died for Argentines. I feel terrible for his friends and family and cricket fans around the world.
The greatest to turn the cricket ball was said by the former India Test captain.
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