Flashback: Graeme Swann’s unbeaten 37 lifts England in third Test against South Africa in 2012

Graeme Swann evaded a bouncer en route to an unbeaten 37 at Lord’s to lift England to 315 against South Africa in the third Test of the series in 2012.
By Sports Desk
Published 19th Aug 2020, 17:00 BST
England's Graeme Swann avoids a bouncer during the Third Investec Test Match at Lord's Cricket Ground, London in 2012.England's Graeme Swann avoids a bouncer during the Third Investec Test Match at Lord's Cricket Ground, London in 2012.
England's Graeme Swann avoids a bouncer during the Third Investec Test Match at Lord's Cricket Ground, London in 2012.

The off-spinner had to battle against the fast bowling of Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis.

England were responding to South Africa’s first-innings total of 309 and were 252 for seven, largely thanks to Jonny Bairstow’s 95, when Swann came to the crease.

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He scored 37 from 53 deliveries, sharing useful lower-order partnerships with James Anderson and Steven Finn.

England were unable to capitalise on their narrow first-innings lead, as South Africa hit 351 in their second innings with England falling 51 runs short.

2008: An excellent day for Great Britain at the Olympics in Beijing brought gold medals for Victoria Pendleton and Chris Hoy in cycling, Christine Ohuruogu on the track and Paul Goodison in the Laser class sailing.

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2013: Sussex released England spinner Monty Panesar after concluding their investigation into his drunken behaviour outside a Brighton nightclub. Panesar had been fined by police for urinating on club bouncers after he was thrown off the premises.

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2014: Scottish Lowland League side Stirling University made history by appointing Shelley Kerr as their manager. The club from the league just below the Scottish Professional Football League became the first at their level in Britain to appoint a female manager.

2017: England beat West Indies by an innings and 209 runs at Edgbaston in the first day-night Test held in the UK.

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