Blog entries tagged 'Graeme Swann'

Post-Mortem of English Team by British Media

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The 1-0 defeat continues a run that has seen their Test standing gradually eroded since the peak of the Ashes win three summers ago. Six of their last 12 series have now been lost, with the three of the four wins coming against weak New Zealand and West Indies teams. All five of the most recent series against the top four ranked nations ended in defeat.

With next summer's Ashes dominating every England fan's horizon, it doesn't bode well. In the corresponding [...]

English Experts Compare Swann and Panesar after Test against India

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Defeat should not have been an option. Instead they now have no time at all to pick themselves up before Friday's second Test in Mohali. It's going to take a hell of an effort.

Clearly India batted out of their skins in the final innings but I believe an area of the game that has been overlooked was the seventh-w [...]

Flintoff Safeguards Himself on Previous Statements on IPL

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had reservations about touring India after last month's Mumbai terror attacks but the talismanic all-rounder eventually joined the Test squad and the decision, he says, has nothing to do with IPL.

"There was safety to consider and also whether it was right to be playing in India so soon after Mumbai. I can't vouch for [...]

Will Swann be able to revive England's luck?

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why he should have been played earlier by scalping 12 wickets, though he was expensive at the same time.

Losing the first two matches, the English should have known that the grassless nature of Indian pitches tends to help spinners and Graeme Swann, a flighty offbreak bowler, would have been more than just a useful addition to their artillery.

“ The tracks obviously suit spin bowling more than in other parts of the world. Having done well in Sri Lanka last year, where [...]