Scott Oliver describes the impact that legendary Indian stylist VVS Laxman made when he graced the Bradford leagues

When VVS Laxman strode from the field unbeaten on 275 at the end of the fourth day of the middle Test of the 2001 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, few in the Eden Gardens crowd would have known that less than six years before he was working for £3 an hour at a West Yorkshire petrol station owned by Manish Patel, who became a lifelong friend.
But then there are many roads to cricketing immortality – in this case, the greatest Test innings played by an Indian, in one of the greate...