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    "editor1": "<p>Hyderabad, May 11 (CRICKETNMORE): Stylish former India batsman V.V.S. Laxman on Thursday became the latest ex-India player to be awarded an honorary life membership to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After fellow greats Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan, Laxmann is the fifth Indian to receive the honour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s an absolute honour to become a member at such a prestigious and historic cricket club. I have always admired the rich heritage the Club stands for and I look forward to being a part of the incredible culture of the Club,&quot; Laxman was quoted as saying by Crizbuzz.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>John Stephenson, MCC Assistant Secretary (Cricket) said: &quot;It&#39;s a pleasure to welcome VVS Laxman as an Honorary Life Member of the Club.He was a wonderfully talented batsman and a fantastic servant to cricket in India, making him fully deserving of this honour. It was always a joy to watch him when he played here and we look forward to him returning to Lord&#39;s as an MCC Member.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Laxman donned the India jersey for 16 long years, featuring in as many as 134 Tests and 86 One Day Internationals (ODIs).&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Laxman scored 8,781 Test runs at an average of 45.97 and 2338 ODI runs at 30.76.<\/p>\r\n",
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