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GRAEME Swann Graeme Peter Swann (born March 24, 1979) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He made his cricketing debut with home team Northamptonshire in 1997, before moving to Leicestershire during the 1998 County Championship.  drops to his knees in jubilation after taking the final wicket to seal Ashes glory for England and send Australia packing minus the precious urn.

A helter-skelter series ended yesterday evening at The Oval with an emphatic 197-run victory for England to give them a 2-1 series success.

Victory brought emotional scenes as England talisman Andrew Flintoff, set to undergo surgery on his injured knee, bade farewell to Test cricket
''Test match redirects here, for other uses see Test match (disambiguation)

For the women's version of the game, see .
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket.
, but not before he had made a telling contribution to the Aussies' downfall by running out skipper Ricky Ponting.

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Date:Aug 24, 2009
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