Graeme Swann

England · SPIN · 2000 to 2013 · on scorecards: GP Swann

BATTING

Matches: 79
Innings: 48
Runs: 500
Average: 13.88
Strike rate: 90.41
High score: 34
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 104
Average: 27.76
Economy: 4.54
Strike rate: 36.6
Best figures: 5/28
4w / 5w: 3 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 29 / 0
Run-outs effected: 8

CAREER IN BRIEF

Graeme Swann played 79 ODIs for England in CricArcade's archive, from 2000 to 2013. The first came against South Africa at Mangaung Oval, and the last against Sri Lanka at Kennington Oval in 2013.

The most productive decade was the 2010s: 73 wickets at 27.1 in 50 ODIs. The best bowling is 5 for 28 against Australia at Riverside Ground in 2009. In all: 1 five-wicket haul.

With the ball: 62 wickets at 22.9 at home and 31 wickets at 37.8 away. The most wickets came against Australia: 19 wickets at 25.3 in 14 ODIs. Kennington Oval was the most frequent ground, with 9 ODIs and 10 wickets at 33.7. The scorecards record 3 player-of-the-match awards. England won 40 of the ODIs Graeme Swann played and lost 35.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 79 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
34	37	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2007	Won
33	21	Australia	Lord's	2010	Lost
31	23	India	Lord's	2011	Tied/NR
29	46	New Zealand	County Ground	2008	Lost
25	37	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2007	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/28	10	Australia	Riverside Ground	2009	Won
4/34	10	Sri Lanka	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	2007	Won
4/37	10	Australia	Old Trafford	2010	Won
4/37	10	Pakistan	Lord's	2010	Lost
3/18	5	Sri Lanka	Kennington Oval	2011	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	14	109	12.11	0/0	19	25.32
New Zealand	13	96	9.60	0/0	12	38.83
India	12	90	22.50	0/0	15	34.73
Sri Lanka	12	114	22.80	0/0	16	28.38
Pakistan	8	25	12.50	0/0	13	23.46
South Africa	7	30	15.00	0/0	4	48.75
West Indies	5	8	8.00	0/0	8	21.25
Bangladesh	4	14	7.00	0/0	9	18.22
Ireland	2	14	14.00	0/0	4	17.00
Netherlands	1	0	–	0/0	2	17.50
Scotland	1	0	–	0/0	2	14.50

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	40	231	12.83	0/0	62	22.89
Away	29	194	13.86	0/0	31	37.81
Neutral	10	75	18.75	0/0	11	27.00

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
2000s	29	227	13.35	0/0	31	29.45
2010s	50	273	14.37	0/0	73	27.05

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Kennington Oval	9	19	4.75	0/0	10	33.70
Lord's	8	128	21.33	0/0	16	18.38
The Rose Bowl	7	4	1.33	0/0	12	22.50
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	3	83	27.67	0/0	7	15.43
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	3	29	29.00	0/0	6	21.17
Sophia Gardens	3	19	–	0/0	3	17.67

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v South Africa, 2000 at Mangaung Oval
Latest in the archive: v Sri Lanka, 2013 at Kennington Oval

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 24 March 1979
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Balls faced (career): 553
Ducks: 3
Four-wicket hauls: 3
Most common batting position: 9th
Strike rate, overs 11 to 40: 71.3
Strike rate, overs 41 to 50: 106.5
Balls per dismissal against pace: 16.5
Balls per dismissal against spin: 21.4

Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 512 balls faced in that period.

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