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With India vs England sequence all set to start from February 5 in Chennai with four-match Test sequence, England spinner Graeme Swann factors out the flaw in England’s capability to grasp spin.
To an avid follower of cricket, England’s getting bamboozled by spinners, particularly in sub-continent situations, has been a identified secret. In reality, groups have usually reaped the advantage of this obvious error virtually on all of the event previously.
Swann identified that Joe Root’s subject placement throughout the recently-concluded Sri Lanka tour, which Englishmen received 2-0, was far and wide.
“English cricket still doesn’t really understand spin or captain it well — and that’s not a dig at Joe Root,” Swann informed Daily Mail.
“One thing I will say, and Bumble (David Lloyd) mentioned this on Sky in the Sri Lanka series, is that I can’t understand having a deep cover to spinners like Joe did. It’s just a field placing for a dirty ball. By all means, play with a long-on or long-off or deep midwicket if you’re trying to tempt the batsman into something, but never ever have a deep cover.”
He additional added that present England spinners have high quality however they lack a little bit of swagger.
“And what England’s spinners really want is a little bit of swagger. Very few gamers really feel that method in worldwide cricket due to the quantity of respect they offer the opposition and the awe and surprise at being there.
“If I could sit down with Jack Leach and Dom Bess now, I would tell them to just go out there and think, ‘This is where I belong’,” he mentioned.
England are more likely to play Jack Leach and Dom Bess as their common spinners for the primary Test with Moeen Ali returning to the squad not too long ago after a bout with COVID-19.
