MELBOURNE: Shane Warne donated his old cricket clothes and ate the traditional Australian snack Vegemite on toast in the last hours before his death on Friday, an associate of the great cricketer said.
Tom Hall was staying at a resort in Koh Samui, Thailand, where Warne was found unconscious in his villa room, which he shared with three traveling companions.
Hall, chief executive of website The Sporting News, said there were “no unusual circumstances” in Warne’s death on Friday after the former bowler met up with friends and watched cricket on TV.
“First question: ‘How can we watch the Australian and Pakistani tests here in Thailand, the game is about to start?'” Hall wrote on the website, quoting Warne.
“Warney and cricket have never been far apart.”
After several balls in a test match, Warne jumped up and rushed excitedly to his room.
“He came back with an armful of clothes, looking like he was at a yard sale,” Hall said.
“Shane has been working with me at The Sporting News for the past year or so and he gave me his 2005 Ashes Test jumper, his 2008 IPL jersey, and a one day international jersey and cap to place at the TSN offices in Australia and UK”. 
He said Warne told stories about his first Indian Premier League (IPL) season when he led the Rajasthan Royals to their first title in the Twenty20 competition.
After joking around with various cricket equipment and taking pictures, the friends decided to have a “quick bite”.
“I’ve dined with Shane at a lot of great places, but instead of tasting local Thai food, we’re eating a plate of Vegemite with toast,” Hall said.
“Shane chomps, ‘God, you can’t beat Vegemite with a bit of butter, always great, no matter where you are.’
“Aussie through and through – this should have been his last meal.”
Warne had experienced chest pains before his death in Thailand, had asthma and some heart problems, Thai police said on Saturday, citing information from Warne’s family.
Hall said that none of Warne’s fellow travelers knew he was seeing a doctor, although he complained to a friend of “some chest pains and shortness of breath”.
“He knew he was a bit overweight and that he was training harder again. His fellow travelers from Australia did everything they could, local ambulance crews arrived there quickly.”
On Sunday, Warne’s body was taken for an autopsy. The Thai police declined to comment on the probable cause of death, but did not consider it suspicious.
Warne’s family accepted the offer of a state funeral, the government of his home state of Victoria said.
On Monday, The Nine Network reported that the funeral could take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the Great Southern Stand will soon be renamed the SK Warne Stand in honor of the great cricketer.
“We will work through all the details of Shane Warne’s state funeral over the next few days, working closely with Shane’s family to make sure it is a fitting tribute to the distinguished Victorian,” Victorian Vice Premier James Merlino told reporters on Monday. .