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Swann: Book might damage KP's legacy
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A lad's brags and gags
Graeme Swann's autobiography has plenty of jolly japes but not too much else besides
Graeme Swann has all he needs to rip a good yarn: he's quick-witted, irreverent, and possesses a career story that continues to astonish. With both him and the England team entering a legacy-defining phase, there may well be more to say when he retires. It's a pity he didn't hold back his autobiography, The Breaks Are Off, until then.
The fact he didn't says plenty about his motivations for writing the book. On more than one occasion Swann berates cricket boards for masking money-making intentions behind grandiose claims - like when England returned to India after the Mumbai atrocity in 2008. Fair point though this is, it is difficult to see Swann's book as anything other than a cash-in itself.
Nonetheless, in an age where players regurgitate off-the-peg quotes to feed 24-hour news, Swann is a relief. He is honest and amusing, styling himself as a proper "lad", who is quick to take the piss, see the funny side and play the rogue. Anyone who has followed England over the last few years will know that already. The book's biggest flaw is that he tells you no more.
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Graeme Swanns book is not clever: Kevin Pietersen
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has branded off-spinner Graeme Swann’s recent autobiography “not a clever book” after the latter described KP as “not a natural leader”.
Pietersen, however, insisted the fallout from the book The Breaks Are Off would not undermine England's team spirit when the world’s No1 Test team face Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates next month, and said there was no feud between the two players.
“Things are absolutely fine. It’s not a clever book in the middle of your career, but it’s not affecting anything that’s going on in the team for sure,” The Telegraph quoted Pietersen, as saying.
He added: “The team spirit we’ve got at the moment has been really hard work and really hard to get to such a great position. To support each other the way we support each other, that won’t change, a book won’t change anything like that.”
The Pakistan series, which will be played on neutral territory because of continuing security concerns in Pakistan, will be England’s first Test series since they beat India and Pietersen acknowledged that staying top of the rankings would be harder than getting there in the first place.