So what's the common theme? Only Clarke and he gave it in.
Well actually the gap is 25.4 - 28.1 - 33.1 - 40.6 so by those Swann is actually closer to Warne than Lyon is to Swann with Giles way back. I allowed a little poetic license as no sane person would ever claim Swann is in the same league as Warne but the fact is Swann has a GREAT test record for a spinner in the last 30 years and there aren't many with a better one outside of Warne and Murali. He deserves a bit more respect than he is being given by you crims especially as he is well on his way to playing a decent part in a 3rd successive ashes series win.
Still totally outbowled the Indian spinners though. Says a lot about poor standard of Indian spinners if a jackass like Swann outbowls them all the time.
Agreed, especially with the bolded. Harbhajan and Mishra were seriously rubbish.
This in spades, guess that the Crims have forgotten what a spinner looks like. To be fair if I had to put up with Xavier Doherty, Nathan Hauritz, Bryce Mcgain, Michael Beer, Ashton Agar and Nathan Lyon I think I would be a bit bitter as well.
He is when you factor in his batting (albeit he's massively underachieved with the bat in Test cricket), his slip fielding and what he brings to the dressing room (Ashes diaries).
I'm not saying that Lyon is as good as Swann now. I'm saying he could become as good as Swann.
Not in this Australian team he won't.
The same Nathan Hauritz that wasn't too far away from Swann in the last Ashes series in England?
Hauritz had a good series by his standards and Swann had a bad one by his, that does happen. Although that said I was uneasy about putting Haurtiz in that group, always thought he was a tidy cricketer. Certainly not a Michael Beer.
