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Graeme Swann: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Graeme Swann Reiterates That Skippers Are To The Manner Born
What he said (via Daily Mail):
"It’s an honest book and anyone reading it will realize that the one person getting assassinated in it is myself.”
Graeme Swann makes no apologies for his remarks concerning Kevin Pietersen’s leadership in his autobiography,The Breaks Are Off.
Speaking to Paul Newman, Swann said:
I completely stand by what I said that Kev is not a natural leader of men. I only know two people from my time who I’d put in that category. One is Stephen Fleming and the other is Andrew Strauss. It’s that rare.
You can have good captains but to be an absolute natural leader, like a Mike Brearley, is a rarity. I certainly don’t consider myself one when I’ve captained and I don’t think Alastair Cook is. He’s a good captain but it just doesn’t come as naturally to him. Straussy was born to be England captain. Fleming was born to be a captain. I just don’t think people took what I wrote in context.
Defending his frankness, Swann said:
What it boils down to is that it can be OK to do a book but make sure you don’t say anything – and that’s not me. I would never forgive myself if I went through my career kowtowing to people and being a yes man. And I would never have forgiven myself if I’d pulled my punches. It’s an honest book and anyone reading it will realise that the one person getting assassinated in it is myself.
I rip myself to pieces because that’s how I feel about my career before it took off. I look back in embarrassment at a lot of it and I want that to come across. I don’t want to pretend I’ve always been in the right and everyone else has been wrong. I fully realise you’re responsible for everything in your life and I live by that.
Swann adds:
“When I wrote it I didn’t think it was controversial in the slightest because I didn’t say anything in the book that I wouldn’t say in an interview. Some people who applaud me for being honest suddenly turned on me.”
What he really meant:
“Of course, I’m assuming my readers are perspicacious.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“My royalties are killing me.”
James Milner: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
James Milner Dare Not Be Yorked
What he said:
“I’d love to still play — but you can’t risk a yorker on the toe!”
Manchester City’s James Milner would love to play cricket again but dare not risk a broken toe.
The electric midfielder was a useful bat for Horsforth in the Airedale and Wharfedale League in Leeds.
Milner said:
I got a couple of hundreds for Horsforth, I’ve got a lot of friends there and I’d love to still play — but you can’t risk a yorker on the toe!
The most important thing for me now in summer is rest but I hope I’ll be able to go back to cricket again once I’ve finished playing football.
What he really meant:
“I’m a footballer—I put foot to ball.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“What’s a shattered toe or two? I could always be keeper.”
Lord Paul Condon: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Lord Paul Condon Has ‘Separate’ Plans For T20
What he said:
"You can either say T20 is such a crazy form of the game, you quarantine it.”
Lord Paul Condon, former head of the ICC’s anti-corruption unit, believes that the T20 format has engendered the growth of corruption in the sport.
Speaking to The Cricketer magazine, Condon said:
Probably the greatest trigger point (in the rise of corruption) was the explosion of T20.
The ‘anything goes’ party atmosphere allowed some really bad people back into the game. Some of the notorious fixers from early years started to re-emerge on the circuit in India, Pakistan, South Africa, Australia and the UK.
It almost legitimised the bad guys being back around cricket again, and fixers were even seen in promoters’ boxes and at matches. What up to then had been pretty tight and regulated, suddenly became a free-for-all.
Condon believes that players felt that as long as they were not throwing a game, it was alright to spot-fix.
Condon said:
"I think the temptation was to do a little fix here and a little fix there and still win the match – and they were not seeing it as criminal."
In another interview to the London Evening Standard, the former Metropolitan police commissioner said:
I remember saying (at an ICC board meeting in 2008) you’ve got two choices.
You can either say T20 is such a crazy form of the game, you quarantine it. If current Test players go into that, they can’t come back to Test. But that would never work.
You’ve got to have a fit and proper regime, as you would with gambling, and a proper anti-corruption endeavour to monitor tournaments.
However, there was a lot of anger from the Indian representatives who said I had no right to suggest that. They felt I was challenging the legitimacy of the Indian Premier League.
Lord Condon urged present-day cricketers to aid the fight against corruption.
Condon said:
"In recent years, there’s been very little whistle-blowing from current players."
What Lord Condon really meant:
“I’m all for segregation—cricket-wise.”
What Lord Condon definitely didn’t:
“Would we need the ACU if not for T20?”
Hugh Morris: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Hugh Morris Would Rather Players Not Monkey Around On Twitter
What he said:
“It is like giving a machine gun to a monkey. It can be fantastic or it can be an absolute disaster too.”
English cricket team’s managing director, Hugh Morris, believes that Twitter is for twats.
Morris was speaking at UK Sport’s world-class performance conference in London.
Morris said:
I kind of get Twitter… it’s a great medium for pushing out good messages when it is done really well.
When it’s done poorly it is a complete and utter nightmare for those of us trying to manage and lead teams.
The ECB boss’ comments will further spur debate as to whether sportspersons are best equipped to deal directly with fans and the media.
The immediacy of Twitter can be both a boon and a curse.
What he really meant:
“Twitteratti, Monkeyrazzi, it’s all the same to me.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Let’s take this debate online—tweet me @HughMorris.”
Alastair Cook: What he said, really meant and definitely did not
Alastair Cook Clusters His Excuses
What he said:
“We know you can lose wickets in clusters and we seem to have lost 10 there in a cluster.”
Alastair Cook cannae explain how his team lost their way in a run-chase against Team India in Kolkatta.
England were 129 for no loss chasing India’s 271 for eight only to collapse to 176 all out.
The loss completed a 5-0 rout at the hands of the current World Champions.
What he really meant:
“We got hit by a series of cluster bombs. We term them spinners.”
What he definitely didn’t:
“Humpty Dumpty and his men had a great fall.”
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