Out-tweaking the tweak king

All this on the same day he requested that he be switched from bowling to Team India to the world champions.

8216;8216;The ball pitched on the seam and bounced to hit Warne straight on his right hand thumb. Immediately he threw the gloves away. I went upto him and said 8216;sorry8217;, but he said 8216;it8217;s okay8217;,8217;8217;explained the latest cricketing celebrity around these parts.

But he added that Warne went on to play 20 more balls before calling off the session. 8216;8216;I went to shake hands with him, but he said 8216;mate, the finger8217;s got swollen8217; and couldn8217;t shake my hands,8217;8217; said Nizam.

Only when Nizam went back home and learnt the news that Warne had suffred a fracture on the thumb and ruled out of the Test, he 8220;felt bad8217;8217;.

Nizam though started feeling better soon. 8216;8216;I thought about Laxmanbhai and how he could now score runs freely,8217;8217; he said with a smile, in the context of Adam Gilchrist8217;s statement that Warne would be targetting VVS Laxman.

A student at Chandrakant Pandit8217;s Cricket Academy, Nizam also bowled to Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting at the nets. 8216;8216;While Hayden got a little upset by my bowling, I got Ponting out at least twice,8217;8217; he said taking a glance at his friends waiting to pull his leg over the new-found fame.