da stake casino： India’s batting stylist Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman (V.V.S.)Laxman admits he is in a rich vein of form but after three charminghalf-centuries in the 2002 Cable & Wireless Test series against theWest Indies, he is still without a century in the
Ezra Stuart24-Apr-2002India’s batting stylist Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman (V.V.S.)Laxman admits he is in a rich vein of form but after three charminghalf-centuries in the 2002 Cable & Wireless Test series against theWest Indies, he is still without a century in the Caribbean.The tall, elegant Laxman, who made international headlines last yearwhen he made a superlative 281 against Australia to steer India to amiraculous come-from-behind victory in the second Test at Calcutta,has merely teased his fans with two knocks of 69 and 74.This he says is simply not good enough and he has chided himself forgetting out at a crucial stage on the penultimate day of the secondTest at Queen’s Park Oval which signalled the start of a dramaticcollapse by India with the next five wickets tumbling for a mere 13runs.Right from the start of the tour, I’ve been timing the ball well fromthe first tour game [against Guyana’s President XI] I played when Igot 43 runs, said the 27-year-old who hails from Hyderabad.The form is okay but I want to translate it into big scores. I thoughtin the first Test, as well as today, I had an opportunity to get a bigscore. Hopefully I’ll do that in the remaining three Test matches.About his second innings dismissal, Laxman said: I was a bit unluckybecause it took the inside edge and came back on the stumps.But it would have been great if I had got a big score because Sourav(Ganguly) was batting so well and we would have got a lead, maybearound 400 runs. A little disappointed, definitely, added Laxman.About the outcome of the second Test, Laxman said the first session onthe last day was going to be very important.I think the bowlers are doing a great job and the wicket is not soeasy to play strokes so if you keep the ball in the right place, Ithink it is difficult to get runs, noted Laxman.