Australian cricket celebrity Shane Warne shall be honoured with a state funeral on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the night of March 30, the Victorian state authorities stated Wednesday.

Warne died on the age of 52 on the Thai vacation island of Koh Samui on Friday. His physique is to be repatriated. An post-mortem discovered he had died of pure causes following a reported coronary heart assault.

A state funeral for the legendary leg-spinner shall be held on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with tickets open to the general public, stated an announcement by the Victorian authorities.

Warne “didn’t simply encourage a cricketing technology – he outlined it,” it said.

Further details were still being finalised, the state government added.

“There’s nowhere in the world more appropriate to farewell Warnie than the ‘G’,” stated Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

“Victorians will have the ability to pay tribute to Shane and his contribution (to) our state, and his sport, at a memorial service on the MCG on the night of March thirtieth,” he stated in an announcement.