MCG to honour Warne during Boxing Day Ashes Test

Shane Warne's memory and legacy will loom large over the first Ashes Test at the MCG since his untimely death.

So much of Warne's outstanding cricket career was forged at the ground - the Southern Stand is now named in his honour - and he will be remembered throughout the Boxing Day Test.

Health stations around the MCG will be available for fans to check their heart health, now a feature of the game thanks to the Shane Warne Legacy.

Past greats such as Ricky Ponting, Michael Vaughan and Ian Botham will also honour Warne at 3.50pm on each day of the game, referencing his Australian Test cap number.

They will tip their floppy hats, in a tribute to the headwear that Warne preferred wearing in the field.

Warne took his first Test hat-trick and his 700th Test wicket in Boxing Day matches at the MCG against England.

His son Jackson fronted the media on Wednesday morning outside the ground, in front of the statue that honours the leg-spinning great.

"I feel like every single day I'm in this whirlwind or tornado of Dad, everywhere I go, it's just 'Dad, Dad, Dad'," Jackson said.

"But when I come to events like Boxing Day ... any activations for the Shane Warne Legacy, it just reminds me how many people love Dad - that's why the numbers are so high.

"So many people still feel that shock. It doesn't really feel real, that it will be four years in March - it's gone like 'that'.

"If we can just try and encourage as many people to look after their heart - a lot of people look after their brain and muscles and bones, but forget about the heart."

Jackson also remembered the 1999 one-day game at the MCG when England captain Alec Stewart called on Warne to calm down unruly Bay 13 fans.

"For that now to be the Barmy Army (in Bay 13), it's going to be pretty cool. I do know they're going to be singing a song for Dad as well," he said.

Jackson said he and the rest of Warne's family are doing well, nearly four years since he died of a heart attack.

"The family is going good, we're all as happy as we can be," Jackson said.

"It's sad that things like this are what make people come together, but we're lucky with my sisters and our family ... we're all on the same page."

Fellow spin bowler Todd Murphy, who also hails from the St Kilda Cricket Club, could return to the Australian team for the Boxing Day Test.

"He (Shane) would be loving it ... he'd love it to be 5-0," Jackson said of the Ashes series.

"It would be cool if he (Murphy) plays and gets a hat-trick. I know that's a very big wish," Jackson said.

Jackson also has visited an exhibition of his father's career, showing at the Australian Sports Museum inside the MCG.

"It almost seemed too good to be true, that was actually Dad's career," he said