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Originally Posted by beshideshi
Well, English media always boasts their players, they made Monty the new Warne. Swann is a very, very good spinner, but I have to agree with Shakibrulz and say Swannie is a bit over-rated. A few days ago, I also thought he was a great spinner and is well above any other spinners in the current fold.
but then I looked at the last couple of Eng-Pak odi's very closely, and must say, Swann did not bowl good enough to get 3-26 and 4-37. I think the Pakistani batsmen played him the worst possible way, mostly they just wanted to get rid of Swann's overs and got into a shell as soon as he came on to bowl and suddenly one of them will have a brain fart and play a ridiculous shot. Swann is undoubtedly a great bowler, but he is not as far ahead as everyone else as the the stats want you to believe. Put Shakib/Bhajji/Vettori in the English line up and they will pick up wickets like muri-murki.
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Was about to say this besh. English and Aussie media are No. 1 in hyping up players
LOL imagine how crappy players like steve smith is hyped by the Aussie media
But don't get me wrong, Swann is really class. But still he's overhyped a lil too much these days.
I don't have high regards for Vettori, and Bhajji is crap nowdays
But put Shaks in England/Oz team and he'll be hyped as the next Gary Sobers.