With the pressure of the Ashes 2010 mounting up, the players are also feeling the heat. Although England off-spinner Graeme Swann is rather taking this pressure in a lighter tone yet the anxiety is evident in his talk.
Next Thursday marks a big day for him as he seems excited to be the leading spin bowler in the England side to shatter the opponent. With less than a week to go in the official start to the Ashes, Swann hopes that the “moment” brings in glory to his career
and that his side is led to dominate.
Graeme Swann said it will be an amazing Thursday and he cannot wait for it, clearly indicating the height of his emotions. The humorous personality of Swann is what makes him a different person on and off the field which has now formed an integral part of
the conversations in the English camp. This has also allowed him to take pressure situations in a rather effortless mode transforming his game at the international arena. The stakes however are diverse this time yet the attitude remains to be similar as of
the past.
Swann’s counterpart however seems to be http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367 debutant, Xavier Doherty who has been included into the Australian squad after dropping the experienced Nathan Hauritz.
One cannot say for sure that the fight will be competitive but at the same time undermining the battle would be foolish. The debutant has also shown the urge to dominate in terms of taking wickets whereas the restless Swann is also hungry to start off the
proceedings in style. Perhaps the reason could be the performance Swann put in last year for Ashes 2009 and thereafter. The career-best performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 has also added to the confidence of the experienced campaigner and this is the story of the
storming summer he had this year.
Swann’s new dance genre has already grabbed the attention of the vibrant media in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. The English camp has also been lit up in terms of excitement over the spinner’s celebration but the media has already labelled this as “too early a celebration”
and warns of the consequences if the Aussie team retaliated in the field.
The verbal and the media war is also a package associated with the Ashes which has gained recognition after the hard-fought 2005 series. However this has not dented the confidence of Swann and he continues to reunite his team with his “confidence building
measures” regardless of what the media has to interpret it as.
The bottom line is that the series has not yet begun, yet the field seems to be all in fire as far as both teams are concerned. Swann’s excitement, anxiety and restlessness speak for many in the team and maybe he is the one vocal about it. Of course his
re-entry in the international cricket circle has already proved to be successful and if he is able to perform in the first test against the Aussies then all of this expressive and emotional motivation will be justified. The question however remains if this
happens. Will Swann cultivate the crop of his excitement in a positive and dominating manner? Or the Australian media’s perspective will prevail? Let’s wait and watch.
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