I was amazed that England left out Graeme Swann at Headingley, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Marcus-Trescothick-c1898 – Cricket News Update
The former England opening batsman, Marcus Trescothick, is still upset about the Poms dropping Graeme Swann for the second Test at Headingley, and hopes that the off-spinner will make a comeback in place of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ST-Finn-c2566 for the third match at the Lord’s.
The 33-year-old cricketer from Northampton has been a permanent member of the English team in the longer version of the game since making his debut in 2008, playing a huge role in turning England the number one ranked Test team of the globe.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the first match of the series at the Oval by a massive margin of an innings and 12 runs. Apart from the result, the dominating manner of the Proteas’ victory was a concern for the England fans, with the visitors scoring 637
runs for the loss of merely two scalps, forcing the team management to bring in Finn in place of the off-spinner.
In his article for thisissomerset, the former England opening batsman feels that Swann should never have been dropped from the team because the pitch was offering some assistance to the slow bowlers, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 picking up four wickets
in the match with his part-time off-spinners.
Trescothick wants the team management to include Swann in the playing-XI for the Lord’s Test, which starts on August 16.
"I was amazed that England left out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Finn at Lord’s," the former opener expressed. "Swann has been an integral part of England’s success in recent years and I couldn’t understand
the logic of dropping him. Pietersen got three wickets in the South African second innings, so what a world class spinner would have done is anyone’s guess."
The cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127, the 22-year-old cricketer, who made his debut in the Headingley Test.
"I wouldn’t make any other changes for the final Test. James Taylor impressed me with the solid way he performed in the big stage," he added.
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