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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s specialist spinner, Graeme Swann, hopes that his team’s upcoming series against Pakistan will be played in a friendly and controversy-free atmosphere, and the spot-fixing scam of their last meeting will not create bad blood between the two sides.
Pakistan and England are turning up to the neutral venues of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) with effect from January 17, to play a bilateral series of 3 Tests, 4 ODIs and 3 T20Is. It is going to be their first encounter following the spot-fixing debacle
of August 2010.
During Pakistan's last tour to England, three players http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mazhar-c75448 Majeed's.
Not only did the trio bring a bad name to the country, the scandal also soured relations between the two sides.
Chin, who has 36 Tests, 64 ODIs and 27 T20 games to his name, is sure that the two sides will play with clean minds and spirits this time.
In a media interaction today, the off-spinner said, “There is no reason for there to be any bad blood. I would expect it to go the other way, with both teams going all out to make sure it's played in the right spirit. There's no resentment. I'd expect the
exact opposite to be honest.”
The veteran bowler also predicts that the Poms will confront tough challenges in the UAE where they have never played Test cricket before.
He said, “I don't know what to expect; I just expect it to be hard cricket. We have never played Test cricket over there. It's nice to be part of something new and I'm just looking forward to it."
Since the Emirati wickets always support quality spinners, Swann is supposed to be the major player in England’s bowling department. Apart from being a team vs team competition, the series will also expose comparative strengths of Swann and his Pakistani
counterpart, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
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