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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">London, Sep 3 (IANS) Former cricket captain Alec Stewart and ex-Test spinner Graeme Swann blasted the English side and questioned the team&#39;s commitment to the 50-over game after Alastair Cook and Co. suffered a nine-wicket defeat to India in the fourth ODI Tuesday to lose the series 3-0 with still a match to go.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Both Stewart and Swann labelled England as boring and said they are playing an old-fashioned game embarrassing for the fans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;It is boring and embarrassing cricket. We haven&#39;t caught up with the rest of the world. It is so outdated, outmoded and old fashioned and the whole strategy and outlook must change,&quot; Swann was quoted as saying by The Mirror.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Swann, who is now a TV pundit, feels if the England management cannot act now in putting the house in order then things would only worsen ahead of the 2015 World Cup, Feb 14-March 29.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;If the England management, captain and selectors cannot see there is a burning issue that needs to be changed, then I am worried, angry and sad,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Stewart said England have not only to change their mindset but also their game plan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We are playing one day cricket as if it is still 1995. We need a change of mindset, game plan and culture.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Cook said he was proud to lead England but if he is asked to step down he would do so.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;In every team I play in at the moment, there is always a question about my place in the side which is quite a hard place to work from. I need to score more runs and that will ease things. I&#39;ve done so in the past and I know it will come again, but if James Whittaker, Paul Downton and Peter Moores say they don&#39;t want me then so be it. I am proud to be England captain but if they say they don&#39;t want me then that&#39;s their decision.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;It is amazing how quickly it can turn round, we&#39;ve got to stay true to our beliefs as a team and what you have as a player yourself because people will chip away at you and you start doubting the reason why you got selected in the first place. This is a true test of character for the whole team now,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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