Graeme Swann, a right-arm off-spinner, represented the England cricket team in 60 Test matches, 79 One Day Internationals (ODI), and 39 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2000 and 2013. He took eighteen five-wicket hauls in international cricket – seventeen in Tests and one in ODIs. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. 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". Swann claimed 255 wickets in Test cricket, second only to Derek Underwood (297) among English spin bowlers.
Swann made his Test debut in December 2008, taking four wickets in a match which England lost against India. 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. 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. His career-best figures for an innings were six wickets for 65 runs against Pakistan at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground in August 2010.
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. 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. He took 104 wickets in ODIs at an average of 27.76. Swann took 51 wickets in T20I cricket, but did not claim any five-wicket hauls; his best bowling figures in the format were three wickets for 13 runs. 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.
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 SwannNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda 2 24 57 2.37 Devon Smith Daren Powell Ramnaresh Sarwan Denesh Ramdin Sulieman Benn Drawn 2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 2 50.4 165 3.25 Devon Smith Ryan Hinds Brendan Nash Denesh Ramdin Jerome Taylor Drawn 3 SuperSport Park, Centurion 1 45.2 110 2.42 Ashwell Prince AB de Villiers JP Duminy Mark Boucher Friedel de Wet Drawn 4 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 3 21 54 2.57 Ashwell Prince Graeme Smith Hashim Amla Morne Morkel Dale Steyn Won 5 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 2 29.3 90 3.05 Aftab Ahmed Mahmudullah Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim Rubel Hossain Won 6 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong 4 49 127 2.59 Tamim Iqbal Junaid Siddique Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim Naeem Islam Won 7 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester 2 22.1 76 3.42 Junaid Siddique Jahurul Islam Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim Shahadat Hossain Won 8 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham 3 37 65 1.75 Salman Butt Azhar Ali Umar Akmal Umar Amin Zulqarnain Haider Saeed Ajmal Won 9 Lord's Cricket Ground, London 3 13.5 62 4.48 Salman Butt Azhar Ali Mohammad Amir Wahab Riaz Mohammad Asif Won 10 Adelaide Cricket Ground, Adelaide 3 41.1 91 2.21 Simon Katich Ricky Ponting Marcus North Xavier Doherty Peter Siddle Won 11 The Oval, London 3 38 106 2.78 Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Amit Mishra Suresh Raina Gautam Gambhir Sreesanth Won 12 Galle International Stadium, Galle 3 30 82 2.73 Lahiru Thirimanne Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Suraj Randiv Rangana Herath Lost 13 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 3 40 106 2.65 Tillakaratne Dilshan Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Suraj Randiv Prasanna Jayawardene Won 14 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad 1 51 144 2.82 Gautam Gambhir Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Virat Kohli Mahendra Singh Dhoni Lost 15 Headingley, Leeds 4 32 90 2.81 Hamish Rutherford Kane Williamson Ross Taylor Martin Guptill Tim Southee Doug Bracewell Won 16 Lord's Cricket Ground, London 2 21.3 44 2.04 Chris Rogers Usman Khawaja Steven Smith Brad Haddin Ryan Harris Won 17 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester 1 43 159 3.69 Chris Rogers Usman Khawaja Steven Smith David Warner Peter Siddle Drawn
One Day International +Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Graeme SwannNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street 1 10 28 2.80 Ricky Ponting Cameron White James Hopes Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Won
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