Nope. Warne like pitches with bounce and pace. He has ALWAYS struggled with sub-continental wickets that are low and slow. These days he can bowl faster and flatter to minimise the damage but it's not his natural game: he prefers his slow, high deliveries... but they just die and give the batsman no real challenge when the pitch is dead.

I should perhaps point out that I'm much taken with Laxman: along with Gower and Mark Waugh he strikes me as one of the most eminently watchable players of his generation. I'm not suggesting he is poor. I'm merely echoing a point made very forcefully in an in depth cricinfo article some time back - that he ain't the guy to pick if you want someone to bat for your life.

The cricinfo article accepted that the guy can play pace... and spin... but questioned his ability to cope with the toughest challenge of all: NOT playing pace and spin. It questioned his ability to play in tough situations when the judicious course of action is to leave everything that could possibly be left.

That's a pretty major weakness considering it's the basis of the sport!