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Stuart Law, Eurosport summariser and former Australia cricket batsman, talks about Shane Warne's strange eating habits and baby-poo cars.

What was your first car?

It was a 1972 baby-poo brown Toyota Corolla.

What is the best freebie you have been given?

I would have to say, being given tickets for the Australian Open tennis semi-final between Pat Rafter and Andre Agassi. I was courtside with pretty amazing seats.

If your house was on fire, what material possession would you save?

Well I'm not remotely materialistic, so I'm not too fussed to be honest.

Jack Russell is famous for sogging his Weetabix, but what is the most silly nuance you have come across with a from a team mate?

Geoff Foley, who I played with at Queensland, was a real cereal-killer. He didn't like milk on anything so he would douse it in water.

In the Australia side, one time we had a team meal in Tasmania at a superb seafood restaurant. It was all on Cricket Australia, so we helped ourselves to the top-notch lobster, king prawns and all the rest of it, apart from Shane Warne, who had a cheese pizza specially delivered. He refused to touch anything else.

Have you ever been on a blind date?

Not that I know of.

What is on your iPod?

A lot of rock: Foo Fighters, Offspring, Cold Chisel.

Who or what really gets on your nerves?

Just bad manners. Particularly people who haven't played cricket in a while, but still walk around grounds as though they own the joint. I'm renowned for clashes on the cricket field, but certain things just annoy me.

What is the most embarrassing moment you have ever had on a cricket field?

I dropped a catch in the 1996 Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka. It was off Asanka Gurasingha in front of what I thought was just a 40,000 crowd at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. That was until Mark Waugh said: "Don't worry mate, only 800 million people saw that!"

Which bowler do you most enjoy facing?

I have always said I would love to face myself, but I very much enjoy facing Monty Panesar.

What product would your team mates put you forward to advertise?

Perhaps flip-flops I would be known for, but I'm doing pretty well with the Mongoose bat at the moment.

Stuart Law uses the Mongoose cricket bat, designed specifically to meet the new distilled demands of Twenty20, and was first unveiled at Lord"s Cricket Ground on May 22 - www.mongoosecricket.com

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