England's best offspinner?
Mike Selvey reasons in the Guardian why he believes Graeme Swann is England's best offspinner since Jim Laker and Fred Titmus, and possibly their best ever.
Nitin Sundar
25-Feb-2013
Mike Selvey reasons in the Guardian why he believes Graeme Swann is England's best offspinner since Jim Laker and Fred Titmus, and possibly their best ever.
What elevates him is his cricketing intelligence. He understands his game and the art of spin bowling and blends it with spark, unquenchable spirit and optimism. I don't know if Fred has seen him. He is not a well man now, Alzheimer's taken hold a while since. I hope to see Parfitt next week and find out how he is. I think, though, Fred would take a look, puff on his pipe and pronounce approvingly and understated: "Good, ain't he JT." That, Swanny, would be the highest praise.
Nitin Sundar is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo