http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Moody-c77690 lauds Laxman’s feats against Australia – Cricket News Update
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“He was an amazing and beautiful player to watch. He was a player who seemed to thrive in the face of great challenges,” said Moody. “He scored runs against the Australian side when it was regarded as one of the greatest sides in the world.”
“The thing that really http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 was chasing or on the fifth day of a Test match, he seemed
to put up his hand.”
One-part of what had been counted among India’s best batting trios, Laxman made his debut for the national side in 1996, although it was his 167 against Australia during 2000 in Sydney which propelled him into the spotlight. The majority of his most memorable
performances came against the Aussies, who confessed, following India's 2003-04 tour of Australia, that they did not know where to bowl to him.
Laxman continued to deliver against Australia, going on to score a massive 281 against them during the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in March 2001. Then the highest Test score by an Indian batsman, the double century
formed part of a massive 5th-wicket 376-run stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 which won the team the match by a margin of 171 runs – a feat which brought the Aussies’ 16-match winning streak to an end.
Another brilliant performance against Australia came during a Test series in 2003-04, during which the right-hander scored two centuries, in addition to another 300+ partnership with Dravid. A veteran of 134 Tests, with 8781 runs at 45.97 to his name, 29
of Laxman’s Tests were played against Australia, with 6 of his 17 Test centuries having been scored against the formidable opponents. He was also the second Indian batsman, after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, to score 2000+ runs against the Aussies, and played his 100th
Test against Australia in Nagpur during 2008.
However, his inability to perform consistently hindered Laxman’s career to a considerable extent, and with dismal performances of late, during the Pataudi Trophy against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, followed by a shocking outing during the Border Gavaskar series in Australia
during 2011/2012, his future as a Test batsman came under doubt. The 37-year-old was selected for India’s ongoing Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, but chose to retire before it began, calling time on a 16-year career on August 18, 2012.
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