Profile
Following his Test debut in 2008, Graeme Swann’s rise to the pinnacle of spin bowling has been mercurial. Despite not being the biggest turner, his ability to loop and drift the cricket ball makes Swann a difficult bowler to predict.
The right-arm offbreak bowler got his first taste of England action back in the turn of the millennium on tour to South Africa. An economical spell wasn’t enough to earn a recall. During his 7-year England hiatus, Swann impressed with both bat and ball for his county Nottinghamshire, and his tally of 516 runs and 45 wickets in 2007 was finally deemed too good to overlook for an ODI return. “Chin" as he is fondly called, won his maiden Test cap against India in 2008. He was summoned to bowl in tandem with ex-county team-mate Monty Panesar on a batsman-friendly Chennai surface and took 4 wickets over 2 innings in a comfortable Indian victory. With Panesar’s slow decline, Swann’s performance simultaneously improved and in subsequent ODIs and T20s against the likes of New Zealand, India and the West Indies, he combined wickets with good economy to merit a call-up to the 2009 Ashes. His heroics in the series with both bat and ball became integral in England’s 2-1 win. The ODIs that followed saw him end the final match with figures of 5-28.
During the ICC World T20 event in 2010, Swann was the stand-out bowler for England, helping his country take home its first-ever ICC trophy. Later, in 2011, the off-spinner was handed England's T20 captaincy for their series against the West Indies, after the then captain Stuart Broad's niggling shoulder injury sidelined him for quite a while.
Fast Facts
- Graeme Swann was the first English spinner to take 50 wickets in a calendar year.
- He also became the second English off-spinner after Jim Laker to take 10 wickets in a single match.
- Swann went on to become the second player in England history to take 2 wickets in his first Test over.
- He was England’s leading wicket-taker in their T20 World Cup success taking 10 wickets in 7 matches.
- Swann was named ECB Cricketer of the Year in 2010 and was also one of the Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
41 |
49 |
947 |
6 |
22.02 |
78.45 |
0 |
4 |
85 |
| ODI |
67 |
44 |
468 |
12 |
14.62 |
89.82 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
| T20 |
30 |
13 |
52 |
10 |
17.33 |
98.11 |
0 |
0 |
15* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
41 |
75 |
10319 |
5091 |
182 |
6/65 |
/ |
27.97 |
2.96 |
10 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
| ODI |
67 |
65 |
3204 |
2385 |
92 |
5/28 |
/ |
25.92 |
4.46 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
| T20 |
30 |
29 |
618 |
659 |
40 |
3/13 |
/ |
16.47 |
6.39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
34 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
25 |
0 |
4 |
| T20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Won |
Lost |
Tie |
No Result |
Win percentage |
| T20 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
66.67 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2008-2012
- ODI:
- 2000-2012
- T20:
- 2008-2012
- Test
-
- Debut:
- England Vs India at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Dec 11, 2008
- Last played:
- England Vs Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval, Colombo - Apr 03, 2012
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- England Vs South Africa at Goodyear Park (Springbok), Bloemfontein - Jan 23, 2000
- Last played:
- England Vs Pakistan at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai - Feb 18, 2012
- T20
-
- Debut:
- England Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Feb 05, 2008
- Last played:
- England Vs Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi - Feb 27, 2012
