London: India skipper Saurav Ganguly is keen to play for Lancashire County again saying he did not do justice to the team when he last played for it two years ago.

"I did not have a good time with Lancashire in 2000. Probably I had played too much cricket and should have taken a rest, but I went there when the offer came because I always had an ambition to play the county game in England," Ganguly was quoted as saying in 'The Guardian' on Monday.

Ganguly was also candid enough to admit that at that time he was a bit jaded. "I didn't do myself justice. I want to put that right before I finish my career," he said.

The newspaper described the Indian skipper as "distant, aloof, cagey: socially, he is about as warm as a lump of halibut plucked straight from the freezer. And though the eyes smile with amused recognition at the direction questions might be heading, he refuses resolutely to be drawn."

Asked whether revenge is motivating his players in this series, particularly the banning of Virender Sehwag from one of the Tests the last time the teams met, Ganguly said, "I don't think I should make a comment on that. It was in the past. Mistakes do happen and life goes on. That's all I'd say."

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