Graeme Swann on HOW England can win against India | Sky Sports Cricket Podcast

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Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain are joined by one of England’s greatest-ever spin bowlers - Graeme Swann - to look ahead to the Test tour to India. Swann was instrumental in England’s last Test series victory in India back in 2012.
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[@SauradeepBhowmick]

Honestly, cannot stress enough how refreshing it is to listen to Nasser and Mike. Give me this over any other cricket coverage team, any day of the year.

[@adamgrant7951]

I agree, those two and Ian Bishop are the best. Think Mark Nicholas is the best presenter.

[@chrishutch2387]

@@adamgrant7951and Shane Warne R.I.P but Athers and Naz are the best combination!

[@adamgrant7951]

I think both Gower and Mark Nicholas are much better presenters than Ian Ward. a shame they are not on sky.

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

Mark Nicholas is terrible tbh. Ward has so much more cricketing knowledge.​@@adamgrant7951

[@Britboy404]

There’s a few other good ones and i don’t like sky sports But damn their cricket coverage and broadcasters are brilliant

[@palashmishra9168]

can't wait for the series to start, hope to see Nas and Athers in the com box and save us from the torture of Murali karthik.

[@chanduarts50]

That's on point bro, been struggling against murli.😢

[@Farmers_First]

Absurd,not fair.Karthik also is good

[@TJPasupathidasan]

His horse shite. Have not seen a more cooked commentator. Pakoda player now pakoda commentator. ​@@Farmers_First

[@mohammadfaisal7143]

And also Deep Das Gupta

[@kushajkumar6313]

​@@Farmers_Firstnot he isn't

[@ShalinaPyt]

Nas and Mike are friends for a lifetime. Always great to listen to them and their in depth analysis of each and every part of the game is what makes them the best commentators in the world.

[@manisekhar]

Micheal Atherton at starting; "Happy new year with old faces in the podcast 😁". Old is Gold Athers ❤

[@Jaypatel0727]

Glad that they’ve continued with these podcasts, was a life saver during lockdown too

[@wetheroyals1]

love watching these vodcasts, michael and nasser just make these more enjoyable, cant wait for more of these in future when Eng will face India. also where is mark?!

[@heliumtrophy]

He generally does the Wisden podcasts so he must feel all talked out by that stage.

[@owenjohnson8336]

Cmon sky please show the Indian test series against England you can have all your t20s and one dayers but nothing beats test cricket between 2 great cricketing nations

[@nadeems80]

Great message from Swan in the end Great orator and always fun to listen to him

[@andrewmcgill6369]

i'd love to hear Swanns' view on how KP would be treated in the current England dressing room as opposed to the oppressive, jealous hateful dressing room he actually found himself in where people like erm, Swann, did everything they could to undermine him, that's one conversation he will never dare to confront

[@pushpitsingh3003]

Yeah because KP was such a saint person. Someone who could do nothing wrong . Everyone was wrong but he was right ??

[@barbell_lifter]

@@pushpitsingh3003 Ego is common in many a dressing room, but if someone has talent to back it up, you nurture that to maximise on field results. England did the total opposite

[@kendalbint]

Spot on, his commentary and tweets reflect this perfectly...@@pushpitsingh3003

[@HkFinn83]

Swann showed what he was made of when he got chased out of Australia by Mitchell Johnson

[@akshaytoplay]

I like the jibes that Swann takes at Nasser Hussain only after spending a few days in India.. no more Lagaan to you England.

[@freechordsthetruthmarceden8277]

I know it's a jape, but in defence of Nas as England capt, I remember. He gave England a backbone to start at least competing again, the springboard into better times 😊

[@mrkipling2201]

Agreed. Nasser, Duncan Fletcher and the introduction of central contracts were the main reasons why we improved so much in test cricket, culminating in our victory in South Africa in 2004/05 and the Ashes series in 2005.

[@somebodyelse714]

nasser's captaincy was vital for England to become the team they did in 2004-07

[@adamgrant7951]

I have mixed feelings about Swann. He was part of the best England Test side of my lifetime (much better than our current one) and a key player in our 2010 T20 World Cup win. On the other hand, he was ,atleast in part , responsible for creating an atmosphere which prematurely curtailed KP's career and left an Ashes tour half way through like a man on The Titanic escaping on a lifeboat. He was useful with the bat and a good slip fielder ,however, I think the introduction of DRS helped his bowling figures,immersibly. I think Tufnell and Panesar (different types of spinners) were as good of not better but didn't have DRS for as the number of games that Swann did and in the case of Tufnell,didn't have it at all.

[@sksstudiez]

Seriously are you high or what?? this side won t20 and CWC WORLD CUP and also thrashed ausies in ashes.

[@markingram2579]

Quit half way thru a test series when things weren't going well

[@someblokecalleddave1]

Yeah great bowler, I love the way he runs in and goes through his bowling action - looks perfect. But him as a bloke... I've got a very low opinion of him based on what I've seen read and heard.

[@mrkipling2201]

He was a huge factor in our victory in the test series in India in 2012. The last time India lost a test series at home I believe.

[@hitenpatel9423]

I love you Adam will you marry me ❤

[@antonylane2837]

Good to see and hear some real positivity from G P Swann; so pleasing from the bebacle surrounding the K P Pietersen time.

[@Rohanbhal_30]

I can just imagine all the games go like this. Every England player sweeps, all out 120 and India make 500 with the tail putting on 150.

[@Shaurya-xw8np]

Oh wow what a good dream for India 😂😂

[@sjsj2u1]

​@YahikoAmekagure you are reported as well

[@DonHomersdonut]

With the wicket turning square from day one

[@chang-jungkarki1684]

As your name suggests Indianscammer, your comment seems a scam too. India hardly produces pitches where batsman can score freely 😂😂. I would love to see a match which lasts at least 4 to 5 days. That would be lovely, not like the earlier tours

[@saikatghosh9073]

​@@chang-jungkarki1684Don't worry we are going to score 700-800 runs to make the Test match last for the 4th or 5th day

[@tobyward6094]

Swanny is a great guy. Him and flintoff will do the England team good

[@pooonni]

What a lovely podcast! Very pleasing to see everyone being so genuine and speaking from the heart.

[@stevesanders4071]

Please keep these coming sky, athers and nasser with guests is what we need.

[@note4g.airolinote4g.airoli96]

The non-traditional venues for tests this coming India tour could work in England's favor a little bit. Visakhapatnam is the only one that'll totally decimate England (more due to heat & humidity than the surface itself). They'll enjoy Dharmashala, but it being the last test, they'll probably have arrived there with the series already lost. Rajkot (& probably Ranchi too) are the perfect 'Bazball' favoring pitches .. but Indian batters are gonna make England bowlers pray fervently too. Hyderabad will be slow turn, so with patience, England can work out a draw. In short, England actually have a good chance to be very competitive .. draw at least one test (hyderabad) .. chance of winning a 'Bazball' game at Rajkot or Ranchi .. Lose badly at Visakhapatnam .. & lose again at Dharmashala, coz frankly, England would just be distracted by the beauty of the Himalayas & will want to relax after a gruelling tour. The traditional venues would obviously have demolished England losing every test by the third day.

[@Ka2548]

Tbvh , india knows what bazball can do on flat tracks. They aren't smart enough that they'll give them those

[@seahorsecampaign]

haha. Just wait for the pitches. They are protecting big grounds from demerit points. Thats why risking rank turners with smaller grounds. Cant have a repeat in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Chennai.

[@Ka2548]

@@seahorsecampaign Hyderabad,vizag and Rajkot aren't that small tbh

[@DonHomersdonut]

@@seahorsecampaign good call, never thought of that. Sneaky 😏

[@AMANGUPTA-wr6hh]

If India can produce rank Turner in indore,a batting paradise in india, they even produce rank Turner in dharmashala also.there will be 5 Turners

[@rakshitshah911]

Ashwin-Jaddu-Axar were already a deadly trio in India now Kuldeep is also added. This is lethal spin web of India. Common lets see how much bazball can work here. And note this is not Pak u r playing

[@eoinfun9033]

I just adore listening to swanny talk - wonderful character and fantastic spinner! He’s exactly where he should be, out coaching the English spinners 👌🏻

[@lingolarker9318]

A true great actually. Finished with an average (just) below 30 which is remarkable for a spinner. Worth noting that Lyon still hasn’t dropped below 30. Greater rate of 5 fers as well.

[@VIX635]

When Nass said his new year resolution about gym🏋🚴💪 I couldn't stop laughing😅. Many of us relate that.

[@sanjaysb8439]

English batters playing reverse sweeps against the Indian spinners on rank turners will be the test for Bazball, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Johnny Bairstow will be intresting against the spin test.

[@Rohanbhal_30]

This is not Pakistan, this is India. Complete different conditions, I’m ready for 5 nil India

[@jyotibhagat5937]

No they win 1 test atleast

[@chang-jungkarki1684]

And i am ready for a 4-5 days Test cricket. I don't know what you are upto

[@arjunps6776]

Same was said in 2012. Then what happened.😂

[@omtayade822]

Ya here there are no flat roads but potholes in roads. Iykyk

[@krunaldesai4438]

​@@chang-jungkarki1684 Yeah...colonised mindsets are allergic to truth I know 😂

[@YAS09109]

It is about Quality spinner vs bazeball techique A mouthwatering series ❤❤❤

[@tamasproductions]

Good addition to the Sky coverage, they need more guests on like this, current cricketers would be good

[@sslenka-j3o]

It's root vs India actually he took 5 fifer once and scored a double century once in the second occasion root beat india

[@joeljoseph26]

Yeah that why you lost 3-1 😂

[@mrkipling2201]

Root scored a double century in our victory in the first test match in the 2021 series in India. He then took 5 wickets for 8 runs in one of the other test matches.

[@aasimyousaf2455]

I think England's uber aggressive approach with bat and ball will go 1 of 2 ways. Either they end up becoming the first team to win in India in over a decade or they get absolutely hammered 4 or 5 nil. Either way I do appreciate how positive they are being with their approach and selections.

[@thesocialintercourse8068]

Finally it's not happen mate

[@VGK-vm9eu]

England's performance mainly depends on how many english batsmen can play spin in indian condition. Only Root is a good batsman in the English team. The question is who will play a similar type of innings with him in forming a partnership 💯💯💯

[@RsR6969]

Expect very little seam that England will face. 3 or 4 spinners in the India team. The choice from Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar Patel and maybe Yadav. Spin may open from one end. Don’t expect any test to go 5 days.

[@1362pc]

England don't have any spinners that will bother India's batsmen

[@RsR6969]

@@1362pc Especially if England don’t have huge totals under their belts. Going into that first test with no warm ups will be a huge baptism of fire but that’s the way itineraries work now in international cricket these days.

[@joek7277]

Ben duckett is also a world class player of spin

[@avatharamveeraraghavan3001]

​@@RsR6969I will be surprised if atleast 2 or 3 tests go beyond the second or third day.

[@Avinash-g3s7i]

Always very satisfying to hear these podcasts every day

[@gogoidaa2005]

35.02 min The King Virat Kohli... Never Mess With King Kohli...... 👑👑

[@lostsoul8925]

If we win even 1 test I'll be pleasantly suprised

[@Rog3rY]

A friend of mine was a baseball pitcher, he was really good, he said once a scout came to see and only looked at the size of his hands

[@animeshupadhyay9219]

Indian spin attack vs bazeball. I think it's going to be a total fun

[@dfmoulton]

Love the sprit between Aus and Pak series played well both sides.

[@UNKNOWN-jb5of]

Lol😂😂 one sided series

[@Sehdev1234]

Bullshit series … its like gali friendly series ..

[@romancewithlife2754]

Such a inner peice when they spoke about kohli, definitely a special player.

[@m.tayyab4987]

I like all the analysts of U.K..bcs they all converse on practical reasons..specially Nasir Hussain..

[@chauhanrajput4733]

Michael Atherton classic my era batsman..hello..sir...

[@hariharanvenkataramani7311]

Athers and Nass really have made this an art! Fascinating and witty! I'd love to be a cricket/sports broadcaster some day. I am an engineer at the moment - any insights from folks here on something I could do part time to bolster my creds as a future sports anchor?

[@SomnathDe-h7d]

Watching from Kolkata,India.

[@michaelmcvey1442]

Swanny is always good value.

[@krunaldesai4438]

England can't even win Ashes at home...Winning Test series in India is a far fatched dream. No one will ever talk about Bazball again for sure.

[@HkFinn83]

Nonsense, he’s already one of the most successful England coaches ever, winning 10/11 test matches, immediately following a long string of losses

[@krunaldesai4438]

@@HkFinn83 We love England style under Macullum. But...Beating India in India was ultimate dream even for Ponting n Waugh. You need Swan n Panesar's quality. Beating Pakistan is your benchmark then good luck mate...what's most successful for you? What about Ashes? WC? And coaches don't win, they help teams win.

[@HkFinn83]

@@krunaldesai4438 I’ve no idea and I think they’ll win in India. I was responding to ‘no one will ever talk about bazball again’ he’s already a great England coach even if they never win another game

[@krunaldesai4438]

@@HkFinn83 OK kindly list his achievements in short.Did he help win Ashes? WC? Has he won test in India. Not yet. So what makes him most successful coach???

[@Takerfanatic]

Get used to the studio lads, with no coverage on Sky there will be plenty of podcasts! Quite astonishing Monty was given that responsibility in a Test match considering he didn't show any nous of wanting to set his field.

[@satyathota9546]

5:40 Who is DeCarey? Why does he look like Athers and why does Athers seem invested in him?

[@benjibooboos]

it's his son!

[@tobyward6094]

Josh de caires is Mike atherton’s son

[@indrapajnee7746]

Probably the best analysts of cricket Nas and Athers!! Alongside Ian Chappell.

[@subhoriju]

British humor! Love it ❤.. you guys rock

[@jed_91]

Love swan diggs at hussian wt A **** up by hussian if we go full spin then mown we cant play pace think learn spinner to work with a green seamer more as england have made some awesome fast bowles need keep to our streghts🎉

[@architsinghal9006]

It’s simple players will be better in all dimensions if you have more diverse conditions. Cricket is gonna be more exciting. Have more spin friendly wickets in England. And similarly have more bouncier wickets in India. Now bouncy wickets of India Australia could be very different but it still breeds more variety of Players and their test skills. The real question why does this English county- board system or the Indian board system doesn’t invest in different varieties of cricket conditions. The real problem is the inability of a quasi government board system in investing in making test product a great profitable product. It’s a management failure, not a format failure if that makes sense

[@vikikrishna]

I think we have good bouncy wickets in India too and that is one of the reasons we have had a steady run of fast bowlers for the last few years (although that seems to be slightly waning now) but we don’t give those pitches for test matches (same reason why England don’t do spinning tracks when sub continent teams travel there).

[@arunpk-user]

Love Athers and Nasser

[@shubhangkulkarni364]

I feel this is england's best chance to win in india since 2012. Just trust bazball n put ash n jaddu under pressure constantly. Ind batsmen can't bat against spin either anyway.

[@JROppenheimer-yf2bv]

Lol.

[@Ka2548]

How easily did you said , put Ashwin nd jaddu under pressure. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Teams have been trying that for a decade now

[@shubhangkulkarni364]

@sunilkhatria2548 haha fair enough....what I meant was many teams just get intimidated by them...these eng batsmen won't do that

[@Ka2548]

@@shubhangkulkarni364 The reason they get intimidated ? Because the bowlers are so accurate that even if the batters try to dominate, they'll end up losing their wickets. Prime example is the Delhi test of the bgt , you saw what havoc can those two cause.

[@shubhangkulkarni364]

@sunilkhatria2548 The number of times it has backfired should also not be forgotten.....india can't bat well against the turning ball....a couple of good sessions, and Eng can take the game away.

[@thesheriff99]

this smacks of sending 4 tall bowlers to Aus years ago and getting battered! Just because you have tall bowlers who take wickets in Eng, doens't mean they'll do the same in Inida against batsmen who play spin in their sleep!

[@manisekhar]

Nasser-Swann Q-A is like a interviewer-interviewee 😂

[@devangmetha]

If England play well, this could be an excellent series. I personally witnessed the Wankhede match in 2012, and know what a good English side is capable of. But if they come here and start cribbing about the pitches, then it is a lost cause for them.

[@DineshChoudhary-kd6gv]

I also have a feeling this may turn out to be the greatest series on Indian soil

[@PiyushandAayush]

It is going very very tough for England Honestly We can only hope better for England

[@1362pc]

Try that Bazball rubbish v India...will be fun

[@Shaurya-xw8np]

Are you a English

[@saikatghosh9073]

​@@Shaurya-xw8npIsn't it obvious by seeing a person using the word "Rubbish" ???

[@Shaurya-xw8np]

@@saikatghosh9073 no I thought he is an Australian or kiwi considering he was writing rubbish to England...

[@PatSen]

Delightful!

[@harishiyer3895]

Swann - Laxman retired a month before the series. And England played 3 warm up games before the Test series. I was there in the Ground watching Swann remove Gambhir and Dravid in his first over in Test cricket.

[@umerhayat1590]

India will tear away the weak England team who don't know how to play spin. I am from Pakistan but I love the mighty Indian team🎉

[@2minCooking-id3by]

Nasser Hussain and his words❤

[@rambhattacharjee1850]

Last time during India tour, you guys complained about Ahmedabad wicket. Was an spin bowl. Like this time play with conviction and not get too worried about the result

[@labkl253]

great podcast, real shame sky dont have the series.

[@DonHomersdonut]

It’s still feels weird knowing Broady won’t be playing

[@Ka2548]

Broady is of no use in sub continent

[@jrudresh1]

Tall spinners😂😂😂.. the world's greatest spinners are Murali.. Warne.. Rangana Herath.. Bedi.. Abdul qadir.. Saqlain... who are all short😜

[@Gaxa12]

Kumble

[@Dawood.Pervez]

Cant you section the video up into discussion points like every other KZbin channel? Would be extremely helpful.

[@subsfernandez6976]

Sky Sports have got the best analysts of the game... Period!!!

[@MediumJohnson430]

Ashwin and jadeja about to get 50 wickets each

[@biosciencescholars7324]

Nasser Husain aging rapidly. Its sad to see our childhood heroes aging like these.

[@karthikj8969]

Are you not sad about yourself then ?

[@AIJimmybad]

He's more like Monty Burns every day.

[@Traveeyy]

I wonder there is always so much talk on Indian pitches, What are your thoughts on Bangladesh pitches where you have to start a test match with spinner, my personal opinion on pitches are India pitches should less spin and England pitches should start to spin. It's a cricket where both types of bowlers should get advantage if they are good at it.

[@HkFinn83]

The thing is in India we have seen wickets that are so doctored in favour of spin we’ve seen spinners who aren’t actually all that skillful look unplayable - Joe Root for example lol Haven’t seen much test cricket in Bangladesh so not sure about that

[@harpa012]

Please add chapters to the videos 🙏🏼

[@HkFinn83]

14:20 Ah it’s like the 1990’s again! The glory days of English off spinners deceiving batsmen in the air, the art of flight and drift. Peter Such, Dawson, Batty, wonderful stuff. I mean they didn’t get many wickets and went for a lot of runs, but the important thing is deceiving the batsmen in then flight, as any English coach will tell you.

[@arbil64]

if england come out swinging, india's traditional insecurity and ultra defensive captaincy could, for once, help. boundary riders and, hopefully, spinning pitches should cut many an ambitious inning short

[@stevenponte6655]

God I love these cricket podcasts!!!

[@PrateekJha7]

Love Swanny ❤

[@rambhattacharjee1850]

Pick 3 to 4 good spinners , take from county stream

[@sekharraja9679]

Axar patel wrecked eng because eng main shot versus spin was spin and his bounce gets them out on it. Picking bowlers like axar against ind is stupid when you know that ind batters wont sweep and instead move up abd down the pitch to counter spin.

[@cosmichealth3907]

Anderson looking for some spin at 40

[@jameswatson.moreresults]

Someone could have at least shipped Swanny a half-decent mic

[@akashcheema]

We have the richest cricket board, we have the biggest cricket broadcasting deals and yet our broadcasters would never give us pure in-depth cricket podcasts like these…As a huge cricket fan i feel so deprived !!

[@Nothing-kr5hn]

If england can mange to win just 1,that should be enough. Anything that avoids 5-0 will do

[@mattfm429]

I love you guys!!!

[@lewis3250]

How do the mics sound so bad in a huge/new studio!?

[@shortnfo]

To Succeed in India in test u have to attack Indian Spinners which is very Difficult because of conditions but its good for England to try Bazzball rather than good old school cricket.

[@shoaibkoushik9439]

I really like this podcast

[@rambhattacharjee1850]

Like Australia picked Todd Murphy and Mathew Khunamann and Sweepson

[@siddhshahi8649]

Great podcast this was would like to Swanny more the way he talks about and breaks down the game is incredible

[@Zizhxbnxzl]

Some one better shown this test matches

[@sivakumar123]

Looking at recent history (post 2018), simply play a new spinner every match so that they can get 10-for in each of them. India do play a spinner better if they come in for a second game…

[@Fisheagle1]

Please repea this interview having had the result we jus have 😊

[@sadynasty]

5-0 india..won every game with ease..

[@1362pc]

Brook's batting average will be much lower after this series ends

[@jacklowe3037]

I don’t know. If he fails here then can the lad in. But you never know he might be successful in India.

[@tamasproductions]

Smaller grounds, spin bowling. Not sure about that

[@lingolarker9318]

Who knows how low it will go? Start really well and get ever more unproductive😄😖…

[@karthikj8969]

We know how all these gonna end up - English complaining about turning pitches and Indians wrapping up 5-0 .

[@abhilashm483]

Winning in australia is more important than winning in india..... Because England haven't won a single test match in australia after 2010-11 ashes.... England pundits and media will never talk about this one...... Everytime you go to australia Everytime you loss to australia.... Everytime excuses will be ready....I hope this time bazball & entertainment excuse will be ready.

[@chhandakpatra2557]

What happened to amar virdi??

[@shashankkumar7801]

Nass really did a number on him😂😂

[@stitchup5637]

England should seriously consider sandpaper. Might be their only hope

[@jamescooling]

Surprised swann didn't leave half way through this.

[@harisasif2]

England can consider this tour as a success even if they nick a test, not sure how bazball will work on india's rank turners

[@alanhigham8834]

No Ian Ward?

[@adityajamwal3082]

Please show ur bazball skills ..ash axar and jaddu would love it😂😂😂😂

[@j.p7782]

England team defince playing very important so please 🙏 training sir

[@dr.harshamssportsrehab.9151]

Happy Muscles NAZ HAPPY NEWYEAR