Cricket

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And where's the fun in being fair to the Aussies...?

I would very much say that Swann had mediocre stats largely because all the wickets were prepared with him in mind - even Swanton would have acknowledged in advanced that Australia would lose a battle of the spinners. Unfortunately, in negating one bowler, they enhanced four others.

Swanton is a prime example of the "here's how this story will be covered regardless of what happens" school of journalism and deserves all the flak that pieces like that will get.