30 Mar 2022

Shane Warne farewelled at MCG

From Checkpoint, 6:17 pm on 30 March 2022

Later tonight much of Australia will come to a standstill to watch the memorial for cricketer Shane Warne.

The 52 year-old leg-spinner is being honoured at the ground considered the holy grail of Australian sport - the MCG.

A crowd of more than 50,000 will be there, and there's a star studded line-up of musicians, actors, comedians and sportspeople - all of them friends of the lovable larrikin who died of heart attack a month ago.

Australian journalist Annie Kearney is at the MCG to cover the event. She talks to Lisa Owen.