‘I’ve one more opportunity against Warne’

VVS Laxman says he misses his duels against Shane Warne and is keen to make the most of the opportunity to take him on when batting for Lancashire in the County Championship match against Hampshire next week.

VVS Laxman says he misses his duels against Shane Warne and is keen to make the most of the opportunity to take him on when batting for Lancashire in the County Championship match against Hampshire next week.

Warne, the Hampshire captain, was at the receiving end of Laxman’s magical wrists during the last three encounters between India and Australia.

But Test cricket’s highest wicket-taker who was reduced to an average bowler by the stylish Hyderabadi player, won’t come face to face when the Indians tour Down Under in December-January, having retired from international cricket earlier this year.

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The County match, at Old Trafford from Tuesday, provides the fans with another chance to witness the two great masters of their respective crafts cross swords with each other and the Indian star is excited about the prospects.

“Luckily I have one more opportunity against him,” said Laxman who cast an everlasting spell on his Aussie rival with a record-breaking innings of 281 during the historic Kolkata Test in 2001.

“It’s always great to come up against a legend like Warne, and I am obviously looking forward to facing him again. You just always have to back yourself to do well against people like that,” he was quoted as saying by Manchester Evening News.

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