Will Laxman torment Australia one last time?
VVS Laxman makes another entry to the country in which he has scored a truckload of runs
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
VVS Laxman makes another entry to the country in which he has scored a truckload of runs. Another four Tests is a mouthwatering prospect. Jamie Alter looks back at his best knocks in Australia since 2000 in Cricketnext.
What is it with Laxman? Show him a baggy green cap, and he comes alive. From cumbersome, he becomes commanding. Not since Ian Botham has there been a tormentor of Australians. In 25 Tests against Australia, Laxman has scored 2279 runs at an average of 55.58, with six centuries. In Australia, he has 1080 runs at 54.05 with four centuries. Those are staggering numbers, considering the chunk of those runs came against what was the best team in Test cricket.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo