Friday 23 September 2011

Swann excited to lead young England team


England new T20 skipper, Graeme Swann is excited to lead the young English team. Swann will be leading the England in two T20 series against West Indies in the absence of regulat T20 skipper Stuart Broad was sidelined due to shoulder injury. 

Swann is excited to lead young England team
The off-spinner and the stand-in captain said that he was really excited to lead some of the brightest and upcoming young talents like Jonny Bairstow who played an impressive hand against India in the final ODI. Swann added that these young guys are coming into a pressure situation, but they believe they were good enough to cope and outcome the pressure. 

Graeme Swann is the 5th captain who is leading England team in last one month, following up Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Stuart Broad and Eoin Morgan. Swann said that he is sure that the young talent will very excite and they will feel some pressure and sure they will enjoy it once they get on to the park. The have got lads like Danny Briggs and Scott Borthwick coming into this squad who are superb young spinners with exceptional records in Twenty20.

However, the 2 matches will be a part of England's preparation for next year's world T20 championship to be held in Sri Lanka. 

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