Broad and Swann will be key men for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alec-James-Stewart-c43081 – Cricket News Update
Former wicketkeeper batsman of England, Alec http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
"The two Notts lads have got a big part to play if we are to win the series, which I think we will," said Stewart while speaking to media reporters on Friday.
"Everyone is talking about the new ball attacks of both teams so Broady has got a big part to play. The form he has shown for England...for the last couple of years...has been quite outstanding.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ernest-William-Swanton-c56374 will be key too. If the pitches spin or the sun comes out he is a handful,” the former wicketkeeper batsman added further.
The battle of spots kick started at The Oval on Thursday. The Poms are eager to retain the top spot on ICC's Test rankings by beating the Proteas in the ongoing series, where even a 1-0 defeat can cost them their supremacy in the 5-day format.
Stewart termed the ongoing series between England and South Africa as the biggest series of this summer, as it is being played between world’s two top Test sides, that are evenly matched in their batting and bowling strengths. Though the Proteas are ranked
3rd on ICC’s Test rankings, behind http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, Stewart said that they should have been No. 2.
Replying to a question about England’s Graeme Swann and South Africa’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir, the former English gloveman rated the latter ahead of the Proteas spinner, saying, “He (Swann) is the best finger spinner in the world and hopefully he will get an opportunity.”
Stewart, England’s most Test capped player to date, also urged Strauss and men to prove their cricketing credentials on subcontinent tracks as well, if they are to claim the bragging rights in cricket.
The South Africa series will be followed by a tough tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 later this year, before resuming world’s most celebrated cricketing rivalry with Australia, the Ashes series, at home, next summer. Stewart, the veteran of 133 Tests, said that if Strauss
and men could manage to go through the upcoming challenges unscathed, then they would undoubtedly be world’s best Test side.
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