Uncapped off-spinner Graeme Swann, batsman Owais Shah were named in England's 15-man squad to play two Tests in India.
Stand-in T20 captain Graeme Swann admitted that England played some "abjectly horrible" cricket during the just-concluded ODI series against India and the consolation win in Saturday's one-off Twenty20 match was not enough to heal their wounds.
Graeme Swann has a simple solution for the age old problem of English spinners who, to adapt the biblical parable of the lilies of the field, toil but do not spin. 'They should be banished from the first class game,' Swann said in an interview with Reuters.
Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who made a shock decision to quit all forms of cricket on Sunday, denied his criticism of arrogant international players was aimed at his team mates.
Sri Lanka held an overall lead of 209 over England with five wickets in hand after 17 wickets fell on the second day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and England on Tuesday. Off-spinner Graeme Swann, who went wicketless in the first innings, grabbed four of the five wickets to fall in the Sri Lankan second innings.
England wants to get the best out of India's misery at the moment. And beating India in the current series will not be enough.
Graeme Swann took six wickets and England dodged the rain clouds hovering over Headingley to wrap-up a 247-run second Test victory over New Zealand on Tuesday and secure a 2-0 series triumph.
R Ashwin has it in him to be India's top spinner on foreign tracks provided he becomes a little more flexible and curbs his aggressive instincts, feels former England off-spinner Graeme Swann.
Declaring himself fit for the third cricket Test against India, England off-spinner Graeme Swann said given the momentum England have, his team is well on course to completing a 4-0 series whitewash against the world number one visiting side.
Chasing 291 just to make England bat again, India were dismissed for 283 in their second innings, and lost the fourth Test by an innings an eight runs.
I don't think Rohit has been superior as captain, his bowlers did the trick: Graeme Swann
Graeme Swann's sudden decision to retire might have taken everyone by surprise but spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that for an Indian cricketer, the decision to quit doesn't happen overnight as the pressures and demands are much higher in this cricket-crazy country.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has said that Indian spinners have bowled well in the ongoing one-day series against the hosts, and said the local media was being harsh in writing the Indian bowlers off.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has revealed that he will never forget the grim atmosphere after the 2010 Lord's Test against Pakistan when the undercover 'spot-fixing' sting was published by the News of the World.
England have named a 15-man squad for next month's one-day series in Sri Lanka, staying loyal to the players who sealed a 4-3 series win over India.
'India are very, very patient but if you are willing to be patient and bowl all day you will take wickets'
Spinner Graeme Swann reckons that the current England team would not be able to make it to the top honours of the upcoming Champions Trophy, and the maximum that they hope to achieve is to reach the semi-finals.
England spinner Graeme Swann, who has dismissed some of Australia's best players, has joked he could get knighted and become PM in five years time if England win 5-0 and he takes 50 wickets in the Ashes.
Former England spinner Graeme Swann has tipped Australia as favourites to win the World Twenty20 but believes that hosts India are the team most likely to topple the Steve Smith-led side at the mega event.
Aggressive off-spin bowling from Graeme Swann and indifferent Australian batting allowed England to seize control of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Friday.
Indian wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik will work with England Lions' as batting consultant for a brief period of nine days when the side will tour India.
Former England spinner Graeme Swann wants left-arm spinner Jack Leach to bowl a "boring" line and length to be successful in four-Test series against Virat Kohli's men.
Kevin Pietersen's claim that a former England captain has told the England Cricket Board that three of his team-mates might have access to a parody twitter account mocking him came out to be true with Alec Stewart saying that he stood by what the controversial former batsman said in his autobiography.
Mike Atherton feels India's spinners will win it for them
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson's calm demeanour and ability to read the game make him seem like a younger version of the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said former spinner Graeme Swann.
'If you want to know how to beat anybody as an England team, you pick Stuart Broad and James Anderson, together. While they are still working, still walking, pick them together for goodness sake.'
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin might have dismissed Kumar Sangakkara in his last four innings, but the legendary cricketer rated veteran India pacer Zaheer Khan as one of the most dangerous bowlers he has faced during his 15-year long illustrious career.
Swann further added that for teams like MI and CSK, body language has to be positive going forward.
Graeme Swann called former England teammate Kevin Pietersen 'childish' after the South African-born batsman replied to a verbal attack from Matt Prior by suggesting the wicketkeeper would find it hard to win a test recall.
'The trick is that in England you've to get people on the front foot, because the wicket's slightly slow, so as soon as you're slightly short, you get murdered around the ground. Why Yasir did really well for Pakistan is that he bowled quick leg spin...didn't allow batsmen to go on the backfoot'
England recalled troubled left-arm spinner Monty Panesar on Monday and named three uncapped players in a 17-man squad for the return Ashes series in Australia that starts in November.
Former England captain Nasser Hussain said that the Indian fans are waiting to put 'Bazball' to bed during the five-Test series against the Three Lions from January 25 onwards and said that Indian spinners and batters will outplay those of England on turning tracks.
Images from the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann reckons, if India's new No 3 batsman is the new 'Wall' then England captain Alastair Cook is the new Bradman.
England would have been happier with five or six wickets by stumps, said off-spinner Graeme Swann, adding destructive opener Virender Sehwag took the game away from his side with his blistering run-a-ball 117 on the opening day of the first Test.
Restricting India to 453 is a job well done and Kevin Pietersen and his men are now very much back into the final Test, asserts England off-spinner Graeme Swann.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting and opener Simon Katich scored unbeaten centuries during a second wicket partnership of 189 on the second day of the first Ashes Test against England in Cardiff on Thursday.
India opener Shubman Gill's reign at the top of the ODI batters' list was short-lived as he was replaced by former Pakistani skipper Babar Azam in the ICC Player Rankings issued on Wednesday.
A few days ago, when young England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir saw a missed call from a New Zealand dialling code number, he ignored it thinking it could be from "anyone random".
England skipper Alastair Cook could have been in a tricky situation while going out for the toss for the first Test in Ahmedabad as he forgot to bring his team blazer and somebody had to rush it from home, if off-spinner Graeme Swann is to be believed.
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