Sports fans will get the chance to farewell cricket legend Shane Warne as multiple grounds across Australia plan to livestream the service.
A state funeral for the spin bowling great will be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on March 30.
More than 50,000 free tickets will be available to the public and are set to be quickly snapped up when they go online at 3pm on Tuesday.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced new details about the two hour service scheduled to begin at 7pm on March 30.
Sydney Cricket Ground will host a free livestream event of the Melbourne Cricket Ground Shane Warne memorial service on March 30
‘We’ve got some details locked in for Warnie’s memorial at the MCG,’ the Premier tweeted on Tuesday morning.
‘And don’t worry – if you can’t make it, the memorial will be livestreamed.’
The public has until April 10 to submit an online tribute to the late cricket icon.
At least 50,000 fans will join Warne’s family, friends, dignitaries and invited guests, which will include former and current cricketers at the MCG, the scene of Warne’s famous Ashes hat-trick in 1994 and 700th Test wicket on Boxing Day in 2006.
Most of the public tickets will be in the Great Southern Stand, which will be renamed the Shane Warne Stand in his honour.
All attendees must be fully vaccinated and be seated by 6.45pm.
More public tickets may become available, depending on demand.
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who was friends with Warne, has indicated wants to be involved as has another close friend, UK pop star Ed Shearan.
Warne’s ex-fiancee British actress Elizabeth Hurley is understood to be trying to make it over for the service while Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed he will attend.
Mourners are asked to make a donation to The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in lieu of flowers at the request of Warne’s family,
It comes after family, friends and former teammates farewelled Warne at a private funeral at St Kilda Oval on…
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