The Thai police on Monday revealed that the autopsy of legendary cricketer Shane Warne showed that his death was due to natural causes and that the investigators will summarise the autopsy report soon.

Police Lieutenant General Surachate Hakparn, assistant commissioner-general, said Warne’s death had been investigated for several days and there were no signs of foul play.

Shane Warne’s family have conveyed the results of the autopsy and they accepted the finding, news agency Reuters reported. His body is all set to be transferred to Australian consular officials for return to the family.

“Today investigators received the autopsy result, in which the medical opinion is that the cause of death is natural,” Kissana Phathanacharoen said in a statement.

“Investigators will summarize the autopsy result for prosecutors within the timeframe of the law.”

Shane Warne on Friday passed away aged 52 on his personal trip to Thailand. His family had said in a statement that Warne died due to a suspected heart attack after he was found unconscious at a villa in Thailand.

A friend of Warne, Tom Hall, who was staying at the same resort where the cricketer was found unconscious in his room, said there were “no unusual circumstances” surrounding the death.

Hall, chief executive of website the Sporting News, said none of Warne’s travelling companions were aware of him visiting a doctor, though he had complained to a friend of “some chest pains and shortness of breath”.

Earlier, Thai police said Warne also had asthma and some heart issues, citing information from his family. Read full story

Australian media said Warne’s family funeral would be followed by a memorial service at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) within two or three weeks. The Great Southern Stand at the MCG, where the spinner took his 700th wicket on Boxing Day 2006, will be renamed the S K Warne Stand.