England can claim ODI top spot: Swann
Updated On: 04 September, 2011 02:05 AM IST | A Correspondent
Following England's rise to the top of the Test rankings, spinner Graeme Swann felt his country can do the same in the one-dayers too as they have the X-factor that wasn't there in the past
Following England's rise to the top of the Test rankings, spinner Graeme Swann felt his country can do the same in the one-dayers too as they have the X-factor that wasn't there in the past. "We didn't have the certain X-factor but now with certain players we have got that," Swann said.u00a0 
Graeme Swann
"You look at blokes like Eoin Morgan and Jade Dernbach. They are something different. We are starting to get those match-winners with bat and ball," the off-spinner added.
Swann attributed England's surge to the top to some exciting young talent. "I think the young players who have come in have done amazingly well," he was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph. "While it is easier to come into a successful squad rather than an unsuccessful one," he felt.
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