Graeme Swann

Personal information

Full name

Graeme Peter Swann

Born

24 March 1979 (age 37)
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Nickname

Chin, Swanny

Height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Batting style

Right-hand batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Bowler, Bowling All-Rounder

Relations

Raymond Swann (father)
Alec Swann (brother)

International information

National side

England

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 (previously 24)

T20I debut (cap 37)

5 February 2008 v New Zealand

Last T20I

1 October 2012 v Sri Lanka

T20I shirt no.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1998–2004

Northamptonshire

2005

Marylebone Cricket Club

2005–2013

Nottinghamshire (squad no. 6)

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	60	79	252	269
Runs scored	1,370	500	7,811	3,179
Batting average	22.09	13.88	25.83	18.92
100s/50s	0/5	0/0	4/37	0/14
Top score	85	34	183	83
Balls bowled	15,349	3,809	47,541	11,165
Wickets	255	104	739	305
Bowling average	29.96	27.76	32.12	27.03
5 wickets in innings	17	1	32	3
10 wickets in match	3	n/a	6	n/a
Best bowling	6/65	5/28	7/33	5/17
Catches/stumpings	54/–	29/–	191/–	88/–

Source: CricketArchive, 22 December 2013

Graeme Peter Swann (born 24 March 1979) is a former international cricketer for England. Born in Northampton, he attended Sponne School in Towcester, Northamptonshire. He was primarily a right-arm offspinner, and also a capable late-order batsman with four first-class centuries, and often fielded at slip. 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 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.

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. 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. He is also a part-time musician with his band, Dr Comfort and the Lurid Revelations.

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