Columnist About
Alec Swann is a former Northants and Lancashire opener turned cricket writer. Newcastle United and golf generally occupy his other sporting interests but a bit of
rugby league with the Warrington Wolves and a soft spot for the Newcastle Knights.
- Member Since:
- June 2009
- Favourite Sports:
- Cricket,
Latest Articles
It's a drink problem, not a team one
5 days agoA lot has been made of Australian batsman David Warner’s shenanigans in a Birmingham bar in the early hours of Sunday morning. If you read the sports pages on this side of the world you’ll won’t have failed to miss this country’s sports writers and headline creators having a field day at Warner’s expense for [...]
Back to the future at Champions Trophy
12 Jun 2013There was one striking feature of England’s Champions Trophy defeat of Australia at Edgbaston on Saturday and it is one that is infiltrating the ODI format on the whole. Not that the men in green and gold would struggle to qualify as even a pale shadow of some of their predecessors who have worn the [...]
You heard it here first: Kiwis for the Champions Trophy
6 Jun 2013I’m quite looking forward to the ICC Champions Trophy. Perhaps I’m no longer among the majority, but the 50-over game whets my appetite far more than the 20-over variety. So two and a half weeks of the world’s elite doing battle will provide everyone with a decent starter before the English summer’s main course shows [...]
England in good shape for series that matters
31 May 2013The appetiser may be scheduled to take place a week on Saturday, when the age-old foes do battle at Edgbaston in the Champions Trophy, but that contest hardly warranted a mention on the various platforms that may have an interest. And the plethora of journalists who have interviewed Ricky Ponting since he arrived for his [...]
IPL has been ripe for the taking since its arrival
22 May 2013If you watched the latest Mike Hussey masterclass in the Indian Premier League semi-final and didn’t have at least the smallest suspicion that what you were witnessing was not all as it should be then well done. Because I certainly don’t fall into that category. I know that’s assuming everything is tarred with the same [...]
Bowling crucial for Watson's Test chances
17 May 2013Has the penny finally dropped for Shane Watson? Another chance to finally prove that there is a bonafide Test match cricketer somewhere in there will have to wait for a couple of months yet. But there are signs that some common sense is sneaking through the bravado. The Indian Premier League may do little more [...]
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