List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Graeme Swann

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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 18 five-wicket hauls is twenty-seventh in the all-time list, a position he shares with Lance Gibbs.[10]

Key

Symbol Meaning
Date Date the match was held, or starting date of the match for Test matches
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
Batsmen The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Result The result for the England team in that match
Section-sign One of two five-wicket hauls by Swann in a match
dagger 10 wickets or more taken in the match
double-dagger 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 double-dagger SuperSport Park, Centurion  South Africa 1 45.2 110 5 2.42 Drawn[16]
4 26 December 2009 double-dagger Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban  South Africa 3 21 54 5 2.57 Won[17]
5 12 March 2010 daggerdouble-daggerSection-sign Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  Bangladesh 2 29.3 90 5 3.05 Won[18]
6 12 March 2010 daggerdouble-daggerSection-sign 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 double-dagger Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham  Pakistan 3 37 65 6 1.75 Won[20]
9 26 August 2010 double-dagger 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 dagger 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 dagger Headingley Stadium, 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 double-dagger Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  Australia 1 10 28 5 2.80 Won[12]


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