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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Cedar Grove (Antigua), May 7 (IANS) West Indian fast bowling legend Curtly Ambrose has revealed the story about his infamous on-field spat with Steve Waugh in 1995, during which he says he came close to trying to &quot;knock out&quot; the Australian batsman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In his autobiography, Ambrose explained the verbal duel he and Waugh had on the first day of the third Test at Queen&rsquo;s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad, with the hosts trailing 0-1 in the four-match series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">After hearing from a teammate that Waugh had sworn at him, Ambrose had asked the Australian why did he do it, to which the right-handed batsman replied: &quot;I can say what I want to say&rdquo;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;That was when I ripped into him and let him have it: &lsquo;Man, don&rsquo;t you effing swear at me again.&rsquo; And I don&rsquo;t swear a lot so for me to use expletives it was clear that my anger was at boiling point. I lost it. If he had said nothing to what I had asked him, or even told me he didn&rsquo;t swear, it would have ended right there, but when he came back at me again with all guns blazing, there was no holding back,&quot; Ambrose was quoted as saying by The Guardian.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I got seriously heated. I told him, &lsquo;Man, I will knock you out - here and now. I don&rsquo;t care if I have no career left&rsquo;. That was when Richie intervened and told me to forget about it, and it was a good job he did because my ability to restrain myself was gone.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The then 29-year-old Waugh contributed an unbeaten 63 for Australia&rsquo;s total of 128 in the first innings where Ambrose took 5\/45 and went on to win the man-of-the-match award as West Indies won by nine wickets to level the series 1-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Australia, however, claimed the series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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