Portrait of Graeme Swann
Graeme Swann's 18 five-wicket hauls in international cricket are the joint third highest for an English player along-with James Anderson.[1]

Graeme Swann, a right-arm off-spinner, represented the England cricket team in 60 Tests, 79 One Day Internationals (ODI), and 39 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2000 and 2013.[2] He took eighteen five-wicket hauls in international cricket – seventeen in Tests and one in ODIs.[2][3] In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[4] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[5] and only 42 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers as of July 2015.[3] The English cricket journalist Scyld Berry described Swann as "the best off-break bowler that England have had for more than half a century", and "the most effective spinner that England’s limited-overs teams have ever had".[6] Swann claimed 255 wickets in Test cricket, second only to Derek Underwood (297) among English spin bowlers.[7]

Swann made his Test debut in December 2008, taking four wickets in a match which England lost against India.[8] His first Test five-wicket haul came early the following year against the West Indies at the Antigua Recreation Ground, when he took five wickets for 57 runs.[9] Once during his career, Swann took five wickets in each innings of a match, against Bangladesh in 2010. This was also the first of three occasions in which he took ten wickets in a match.[10] His career-best figures for an innings were six wickets for 65 runs against Pakistan at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in August 2010.[9]

In ODI cricket, Swann made his debut in January 2000 against South Africa, but off-field misdemeanours resulted in him being dropped from the team after just one match, and he did not play international cricket again until 2007.[11] His solitary five-wicket haul in ODIs was against Australia in September 2009, a match England won by four wickets. Swann took five wickets for 28 runs in the match, and was given the man of the match award.[12] He took 104 wickets in ODIs at an average of 27.76. Swann took 51 wickets in T20I cricket,[13] but did not claim any five-wicket hauls; his best bowling figures in the format were three wickets for 13 runs.[2] As of July 2015, his combined tally of 17 five-wicket hauls is twenty-seventh in the all-time list, a position he shares with Lance Gibbs.[10]

Key

Symbol Meaning
Date Day the Test started or ODI held
Inn The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs Runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Runs conceded per over
Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Result The result for the England team in that match
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Swann in a match
† 10 wickets or more taken in the match
‡ Swann selected as man of the match

Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Graeme Swann
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 15 February 2009 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda  West Indies 2 24 57 5 2.37 Drawn[14]
2 26 February 2009 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  West Indies 2 50.4 165 5 3.25 Drawn[15]
3 16 December 2009‡ SuperSport Park, Centurion  South Africa 1 45.2 110 5 2.42 Drawn[16]
4 26 December 2009 ‡ Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban  South Africa 3 21 54 5 2.57 Won[17]
5 12 March 2010 * † ‡ Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  Bangladesh 2 29.3 90 5 3.05 Won[18]
6 12 March 2010 * † ‡ Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  Bangladesh 4 49 127 5 2.59 Won[18]
7 4 June 2010 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  Bangladesh 2 22.1 76 5 3.42 Won[19]
8 6 August 2010 ‡ Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham  Pakistan 3 37 65 6 1.75 Won[20]
9 26 August 2010 ‡ Lord's Cricket Ground, London  Pakistan 3 13.5 62 5 4.48 Won[21]
10 3 December 2010 Adelaide Cricket Ground, Adelaide  Australia 3 41.1 91 5 2.21 Won[22]
11 18 August 2011 The Oval, London  India 3 38 106 6 2.78 Won[23]
12 26 March 2012 Galle International Stadium, Galle  Sri Lanka 3 30 82 6 2.73 Lost[24]
13 3 April 2012 † Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo  Sri Lanka 3 40 106 6 2.65 Won[25]
14 15 November 2012 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad  India 1 51 144 5 2.82 Lost[26]
15 24 May 2013 † Headingley, Leeds  New Zealand 4 32 90 6 2.81 Won[27]
16 18 July 2013 Lord's Cricket Ground, London  Australia 2 21.3 44 5 2.04 Won[28]
17 1 August 2013 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  Australia 1 43 159 5 3.69 Drawn[29]

One Day International

Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Graeme Swann
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
1 20 September 2009  ‡ Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  Australia 1 10 28 5 2.80 Won[12]

References

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