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Posted on 06/20/2006 in Kent

While Kent were dodging the downpours at The Rose Bowl, David Fulton found himself in a poker game sitting next to Shane Warne, whose vast wrath Fulton felt last September when that 1,000-1 shot of an arranged chase handed – as Warne saw it – the Championship to Nottinghamshire at Hampshire’s expense. “I felt a bit uneasy at first,” admits Fulton, now “thoroughly enjoying” a life of reduced responsibility. “Eventually I asked ‘Are we going to talk about this?’ He
grunted, so I said, ‘I presume I’m not forgiven.’ He said: ‘No. We move on but I’m still shitty about it.’

“Shane said it was a ridiculous chase. I said we did have a chance, however slim, and that, as it was our only route to winning the title and I’d made up my mind it was my last season as captain, I had to go for it. Still, our relationship was back on an even keel. I took all the money on the last hand, though, which was quite satisfying.”

There was no Kent generosity in this game, though. “Keysy didn’t want to know,” said Warne after offering a run chase. “We got down to 240 off 65 overs but they still weren’t interested at all. If I was offered that I’d take it anywhere in the world.”
Rob Steen, The Wisden Cricketer

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