Match against India was a day to forget: Graeme Swann – Cricket News Update
While admitting that the team’s performance had been utterly dismal, veteran England spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Twenty20, 2012.
“We're pretty upbeat still. Every team has got a shocker in them and we had ours,” Swann said. “It's a good job for us that the game didn't count for anything points-wise ... so we'll just put it to bed and move on.”
Having cruised through their warm-up matches prior to the mega event (the Poms won both games, against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 – a victory which secured them a spot in the Super Eights stage of the tournament.
However, their next match saw England crashing to a devastating 90-run defeat at the hands of India. Undone by their troubles with playing spin, the Poms were all out after registering their lowest T20 total yet – 80.
“We had a stinker with the bat and in the field. I didn't think our bowling was too bad,” Swann went on to add. “At that ground (R. Premadasa Stadium) chasing 170 we should have been able to do it, it should have been 150 really if we'd fielded properly. All in all it was just a day to forget.”
While the defeat had no effect on their status in the tournament (with the team already having qualified for the next stage), it laid bare the England batsmen’s troubles with tackling spin.
Owing to a poor performance in the field, England allowed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317 Chawla (4-1-13-2).
Wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, in their first match during the Super Eights stage of the tournament.
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