England's superstar Graeme Swann has fired a warning to England's Ashes 2010 team, stating that he's not capable of winning the Ashes this year in Australia all on his own. Swann has been the centre of attention out in Australia since the England team landed with the little urn they so badly want to keep hold of, with Shane Warne last week taking it upon himself to draw particular attention to the bowler, who has found himself up at number two in the world in the bowling charts following his impressive run of form.
Warne described the bowler as "key" to England's hopes of retaining the Ashes and also hinted that Swann may suffer the effects of arrogance if he starts to believe the hype surrounding him at the moment. Whilst Swann was probably secretly pleased to earn such recognition from one of the game's greats, with the bowler stating in the media that he doesn't want to "walk through an airport with an England cricket team and everyone recognises Kevin Pietersen, Jimmy Anderson, and Stuart Broad" but not him, he obviously doesn't feel entirely comfortable carrying the weight of a nation's expectations solely on his shoulders.
Swann is right in his assertion that England cannot rely solely upon one individual to carry their Ashes hopes this year, with runs the order of the day according to the bowler: "The most important thing is that we get big runs because we're going to play on four or five fantastic wickets".
England need every single cricketer to bring their A-game to the opening Ashes Test, including Alastair Cook, over whom doubts remain, and if that can happen they really do stand a decent chance of leaving Aussie soil complete with the urn they so badly want to keep hold of.
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