(1979-03-24) 24 March 1979 (age 45) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Nickname
Chin, Swanny
Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm off break
Role
Bowler
Relations
Raymond Swann (father) Alec Swann (brother)
International information
National side
England (2000–2013)
Test debut (cap 641)
11 December 2008 v India
Last Test
17 December 2013 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 157)
23 January 2000 v South Africa
Last ODI
13 June 2013 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.
66
T20I debut (cap 37)
5 February 2008 v New Zealand
Last T20I
1 October 2012 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1998–2004
Northamptonshire
2005–2013
Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition
Test
ODI
T20I
FC
Matches
60
79
39
252
Runs scored
1,370
500
104
7,811
Batting average
22.09
13.88
20.80
25.52
100s/50s
0/5
0/0
0/0
4/37
Top score
85
34
34
183
Balls bowled
15,349
3,809
810
47,541
Wickets
255
104
51
739
Bowling average
29.96
27.76
16.84
32.12
5 wickets in innings
17
1
0
32
10 wickets in match
3
0
0
6
Best bowling
6/65
5/28
3/13
7/33
Catches/stumpings
54/–
29/–
5/–
195/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing England
T20 World Cup
Winner
2010 West Indies
Champions Trophy
Runner-up
2013 England & Wales
Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2013
Graeme Peter Swann (born 24 March 1979) is an English former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Born in Northampton, he attended Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire. He was primarily a right-arm off-spinner, and also a capable late-order batsman with four first-class centuries, and often fielded at second slip.[1] Swann could score quickly; his test strike rate is the third highest of any male English batter to have scored at least 1000 runs after Harry Brook and Ben Duckett.[2] Swann was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
After initially playing for his home county Northamptonshire, for whom he made his debut in 1997, he moved to Nottinghamshire in 2005.
Swann played a very poor single One Day International against South Africa in 2000, before losing his place in the squad. Seven years later he was chosen to accompany England on its tour of Sri Lanka as the team's second spin bowler, alongside Monty Panesar, and subsequently cemented a regular place in England's Test team, playing throughout England's 2–1 victory in the 2009 Ashes. In December 2009, he became the first English spinner to take 50 wickets in a calendar year, culminating in back-to-back man of the match awards in the first two Tests of the tour of South Africa and rising to third place in the world rankings for bowlers.[3]
In March 2010, Swann became the first English off-spinner since Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in a match when he achieved the feat in England's victory in the first Test in Bangladesh. In May, he was named ECB Cricketer of the Year.[4] In 2011 Swann was part of the England team that claimed the No. 1 ranking in Test cricket and between July and October that year was the No. 1 ranked bowler in ODIs.
During the 2013–14 Ashes series loss, he retired from international cricket on 21 December 2013 with immediate effect.[5] After retirement, Swann took part in the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing.
^BT Sport (30 November 2017), Cricket Masterclass: Slip catching. The Ashes on BT Sport, retrieved 1 December 2017
^"Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^"Five-wicket haul crowns Graeme Swann's 'dream' year". BBC Sport. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
^"Swann named as ECB Cricketer of Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
^"Ashes 2013–14: England bowler Graeme Swann announces he is to retire from international cricket". The Daily Telegraph. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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