Shane Warne, Australian cricket legend, dies aged 52

• Australian icon's management team confirm death
• Warne understood to have died after heart attack
• Tributes paid after Warne's death - latest updates

Shane Warne, the greatest leg-spinner in the history of cricket and an Australian icon who transcended the sport, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52.

The news was confirmed by Warne's management company on Friday and released initially to Fox Sports, the network for whom he commentated after a playing career that returned 708 Test wickets from 145 caps between 1992 and 2007.