Cricket Tragic Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 :finger: Graeme Swann has thrown down the gauntlet to former England coach Duncan Fletcher ahead of India’s tour here in July, claiming that in English conditions ‘there’s no team in the world that can touch us’ ‘If it swings around like it did last year and we play the same level of cricket, I think we’re going to give them a very good run for their money, if not beat them,’ said Swann, who is currently placed second behind South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn in the world Test rankings. ‘And if Jimmy Anderson bowls the way he did, there’s no team in the world that can touch us. India have got a couple of class bowlers: Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. But apart from those two, I don’t know how much experience they’ve got of English conditions with the Dukes ball.’ And Swann played down suggestions India — who won 1-0 here in 2007 during Peter Moores’ ill-fated reign as coach — would be able to cash in on the 62-year-old’s inside knowledge of several members of the England team during the four-Test series, which starts at Lord’s on July 21. Fletcher remains close to England captain Andrew Strauss, while Kevin Pietersen still regards his technical input as invaluable. Alastair Cook and Ian Bell were also given their break at the top level by the coach who steered England to their first Ashes win for 18 years in 2005. But Swann said: ‘These days it doesn’t matter from a technique point of view who the opposition coach is because you can just look at videos. ‘If there is any advantage it will probably be mentally, because he’ll know some of our players better than other coaches. But there’s a lot of our team who he won’t know, which could be to our advantage as he might be trying to second-guess us a bit and could come a cropper. England, who stand third in the Test rankings behind India and South Africa, must first take on fourth-placed Sri Lanka. But it is the India series that has plainly got juices flowing in the dressing room. ‘You could argue that, after Australia, this is probably the most anticipated series for a while in this country,’ said Swann.
Serani Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Oh is this gonna be where you all have a go at Swann for being "arrogant"? Its called hyping a series you losers. in b4 morons.
Cricket Tragic Posted April 28, 2011 Author Posted April 28, 2011 Oh really? Why do you need to hype a series between teams ranked 1 and 2 (if England beat SL)? Swann is mediocre anyway. Let's see how he goes against India.
WC2011INDIA Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 haha the hype machine has already started for the series. Bring it on. :ohyeah:
Serani Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 So what you really wanted him to say was the usual bs players come up with Something like "yes India are the number one ranked side with some quality players, yes it should be a hard fought series, we are quite good at home conditions, so yes i look forward to it"
jonas10 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Oh is this gonna be where you all have a go at Swann for being "arrogant"? Its called hyping a series you losers. in b4 morons. Whats with the attitude dude? You a die hard English supporter or something mate?
apuk79 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Swann disses Indian chances this summer http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-1381683/Duncan-Fletchers-India-England-knock-perch-says-Graeme-Swann.html Not sure if this is aimed more at Fletcher or India but still it is quite pertinent to see what he says even though I think it is a load of crap!!!
Karan114 Posted April 28, 2011 Posted April 28, 2011 Yeah, just like India came a cropper in those perilous English conditions last time, eh Swanny? Anyway, be worrying about yourself - Tendulkar only gave a trailer of what he will do to you in the World Cup game.
Cricket Tragic Posted April 29, 2011 Author Posted April 29, 2011 Really hope that Sehwag will be fit. :(( If he gets through the new ball, he will destroy Swann and I can see him going to the press conference and calling him an average bowler. :cantstop:
Karan114 Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Yeah, I could so see him doing that :haha: But sadly he'll be recovering from his exertions in that blasted IPL when he could have been winning Test matches for India :((
jonas10 Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Learn to ICF then chat to me. My apologies I dont have enough pretend money in my online fantasy cricket account to know even a 10th of what you know about the sport.
anotherhawkeye Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 He didn't say anything wrong. Doesn't sound arrogant to me. Winning in England is not going to be a walk in the park. It'll be a good series.
rahulrulezz Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 Great interview..Mix of agression and humbleness.. Can't wait for England series to start..
Chaos Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 My apologies I dont have enough pretend money in my online fantasy cricket account to know even a 10th of what you know about the sport. ouch you just hacked his balls with a sledge hammer :two_thumbs_up:
vvvslaxman Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/502758.html Expect an interview like this after the series :phehehe:
Roshanrocks Posted April 29, 2011 Posted April 29, 2011 :regular_smile: The hunting begins :bandit: after almost 3 months :asleep:
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