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September 22, 2011
At 5:45 p.m. on Friday, when Graeme Swann out of vomit with his Indian counterpart West, Darren Sammy, at the end of one of the most unlikely hits in English cricket, has been achieved.
In the winter of 1999-2000, Swann was a brash young upstart on tour in England in South Africa under Nasser Hussain and then insulted his older and wiser, he was banned from the set-up for the next seven years. Now 12 years later, he is England captain, and regardless of the circumstances in which the honor has come to this, it is ready to take that kind of responsibility that no one ever imagined that he could produce.
"My mother finally realized prophecy," Swann told The Oval. "She always said I would be England captain, but I'm not sure that the sport she thought. That's good. I am. It's a cliche older but when asked if she is a proud moment and I'm surprised how much I was excited about it. "
Fifth as England captain of a memorable summer, Swann knows his role is very temporary measure, which took place only because of the damage Twenty20 captain and vice captain, Stuart Broad and Eoin Morgan. However, at the age of 32 years, Swann is a veteran gnarled old man in a young team, which includes a number of players who are barely out of adolescence, and as such, we recognize the need to lead by example, that can not be entirely natural for him.
Swann's first play for England when he was the same age as the likes of Joss Butler and Alex Hales and his own admission, was far from ready for prime time. However, he believes that a series of similar events would help him develop his game.
"Graeme Swann Captain Graeme Swann would never choose the boy," he said. "The regret I have to be 19 or 20 is that there was Twenty20 around these days. I'm sure I'd be pretty good at it because I could BAT in these days. J ' 'd had a average keep England team recent years while I developed my skills in longer form. is the only regret I on young crazy Swann Graeme. It is always there, but I managed to hide most of the time. "
But now it's time to put a face more serious. "For all that gives the impression of ruining all the time, it is not always so," said Swann. "Most of joshing around Corner Anderson Bresnan, but I held back this week because it can not be seen by taking Mickey out of his players. Some of these kids are coming for the first time, so they are wide-eyed and excited about the game . Going to the professional group of gnarled old, half of whom do not like her and the other half like you even less, it is nice to have a young team and exciting to be responsible. "
Swann experienced former captain is limited to the extreme. In Nottinghamshire, there may be little chance that a limited presence in New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming, who ranked as arguably the best captain in the world, when Fleming's successor Chris Read cemented his credentials this summer a memorable victory for the County Championship .
"I always bring the objectives of the captain was a first-class level, and it's nice that I had the opportunity, even if only a couple of games, shows the inner workings of my mind, which I think is great," said Swann . "In general, it is the case if you hang around long enough to get a chance, so I'm happy. I know that older players of this team now, when I watched the matches of the team, I thought it would be exciting to be responsible for this lot. "
In addition to providing four overs in order, Swann admitted that there was only so much that could have a direct impact on the tactics of Twenty20 cricket. "The reactions of the game," he said. "You can start a great project on how to start and can change rapidly. I like to think I'm going to be offensive, but not sure if it's too wild or out of the box. It 'important this form of gambling to take wickets. We won the World Twenty20 [last year]. At any time during the game, we will be thinking what is the best chance to make wickets. "
With the West Indies has also developed a range of young and inexperienced team, the real value of these two devices has been questioned. However, Swann insists that in 12 months "in Sri Lanka, the team has the field to defend the World Twenty20 is likely to contain a large number of recruits for the show this weekend - including Jonny Bairstow, the dynamic debut in the final ODI against India was proof of his ability to hit.
"These are individuals who were raised on a diet of Twenty20, and are close [to the first eleven]," says Swann. "I see this team next year is very different from this team. Of course, the player rarely, but to return to cricket is a game in which the emergence of new superstars all the time and this team has the potential for four or five big stars in it.
"The way in which artists such as Bairstow was the other night was a glimpse into the potential he has," said Swann. "We did not see any of Stokes, but we know what opportunities he has received, and then there are people like Joss Buttler who does day after day in Somerset and he come to the party as soon as possible. We have exciting opportunities for early six in the world of cricket, which is great. "
In this sense, the opportunity to play two Twenty20 Sri Lanka additional accumulation was not negligible, given the lack of facilities are distributed in a particular field trip. "It's hard to believe we have a single party Twenty20 [series]," says Swann. "This is the biggest game in the short form, and at some point we have to try a little more seriously and play a series of Twenty20 games. We are world champions, but to go to Sri Lanka, did not play four or five games in this format before the World Cup begins. "
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