Roger Alton Roger Alton

The Cricket World Cup needs minnows

England should be grateful not to be facing Holland again – but we should all be thankful for Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan and UAE

issue 21 February 2015

Graeme Swann arrived late for the last cricket World Cup. His wife had given birth before the tournament and he was given leave to miss the warm-ups and just arrive for the first match. No need to worry: it was only the Netherlands, the competition’s weakest side. Naturally England nearly lost it, but Swann took two wickets.

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