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Cricket: Second Test: Swann goes from court jester to match-winner in his
'dream year'
BYLINE: Paul Weaver, Kingsmead

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There was always, one suspected, a serious cricketer inside the clown's clothes of Graeme Swann. But few expected
him to burst out and surprise both opponents and team-mates with a series of explosive performances.

After claiming his second man-of-the-match award in as many Test matches with nine wickets, to inspire England to
their first win at Kingsmead since 1964, Swann moved up to third place in the world's bowling rankings, behind only
Dale Steyn and Mitchell Johnson.

When he dismissed Steyn to complete yesterday's astonishing victory it was his 54th Test wicket in 12 Test matches this
year; only Johnson, who has taken 63 in one more Test, is ahead of him.

There was something Jurassic about the orthodox finger-spinner, we were told. He was becoming almost as
old-fashioned as curved bats and tall hats. Swann, though, never believed that.

"But you know me, I'm quite shy and retiring and I'm not one to voice my opinions," he said yesterday. "The game goes
in circles. In three or four years' time I will be completely out of vogue again. So I want to enjoy the fairground ride
while I can.

"Fifteen years ago, no one teed off from the start in one-day cricket. There was no such thing as Twenty20 cricket.
Some time soon a brilliant mystery spinner will arrive and I'll be defunct. So for the next few I'll be clinging on to
Straussy's coat-tails, desperately trying to get a bowl for as long as possible.

"It's been a magnificent year for me, to be honest. Starting in the West Indies - though we didn't win that series - it was
personally a breakthrough series. And then the Ashes. I don't know if anyone remembers but we beat the Australians in
the summer which is seven weeks I will never forget. And then the start of this tour has gone really well for us.

"So I'm going to look back on 2009 with a fair amount of fondness. It's been a bit of a dream. I've waited a long time to
get back into Test cricket and I'm enjoying every moment of it."

Swann toured South Africa 10 years ago but failed to get in the Test team and after falling out with the team
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management over some careless off-field behaviour he drifted out of the international reckoning. But his fortunes
started to improve when he left Northants for Nottinghamshire in 2005 and helped that county win the County
Championship the same year.

He took two wickets in his first over in Test cricket in Chennai last year and in the winter he topped England's bowling
averages in the Caribbean with 19 wickets at 24.05. He took six wickets and scored 63 in the first Test of the summer
against the West Indies at Lord's and then 14 wickets in the Ashes series.

"There is a serious cricketer inside him," the England captain Andrew Strauss said last night. "He's had a massive
impact on our side over the past 12 months. He's never been one who settles for going for two an over. He's always
given it a rip and bowled an attacking line and putting Test batsmen under pressure can be invaluable. On the field he
has been exceptional.

"But off the field he has also made a big difference, lightening the mood and keeping people going when they're down.
He's really helped some of the other guys in the team come out of their shells. Overall, his contribution has been
massive."

In the past year he has become England's most important bowler. Looking back at Swann's first, unhappy tour of South
Africa, Strauss added: "That was very early in his career and he was picked before he knew his game 100%. I think he
knows his game now, he knows how to bowl people out. And by taking two and three-fors in the first innings he is
taking the pressure off the seamers."

Today, it is the jester in Swann who is trying to emerge from a very considerable cricketer.

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The England captain, Andrew Strauss, lavished praise on Graeme Swann, saying he has had a 'massive impact' on the
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Inside: Cricket
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>=

Mike Selvey

aThe South Africans are in utter disarray. Graeme Swann's canniness, Stuart Broad's capacity for golden spells of pace
and panic in the home ranks have reduced the Proteas to a shambolic wrecko

Vic Marks

aThe S, the W, the A and especially the N on my little laptop are fast being worn out. Graeme Swann seems to dominate
the England Test scene day after dayo

Paul Weaver

a'It's the worst day of my cricket career,' said Dale Steyn. 'That's the brutal honest truth.' And he had a little energy left
to shake his head, gently, from side to sideo

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2.22pm local time 27-1

Ashwell Prince

b Graeme Swann c Ian Bell

Prince expects turn, but gets none on the delivery from Swann, and the ball grazes his inside edge before carrying off
his pad to Ian Bell at silly point

2.40pm 37-2

Hashim Amla

b Graeme Swann

Swann's delivery lands just outside off-stump before turning sharply to miss Amla's inside edge as the batsman attempts
a drive

3.02pm 40-3

Jacques Kallis

b Stuart Broad

The batsman chooses to leave a delivery of decent length, and the ball nips back just a fraction to knock his off-stump
out of the ground

3.25pm 44-4

AB de Villiers

lbw b Stuart Broad

Referral system upholds the original decision that Broad's delivery would have hit off-stump had De Villiers not padded
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up as the ball jagged back

3.27pm 44-5

JP Duminy

b Stuart Broad

Duminy looks to leave one that slants across, but fails to move the bat fully away and gets a massive inside edge on to
his own stumps

3.42pm 50-6

Graeme Smith

lbw b Graeme Swann

Again the umpire's original decision is upheld after replays show Swann's delivery would have hit leg-stump

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England hope today's one-day international goes ahead in rain-hit Durban even though they will become only the
second team to win an ODI series in South Africa if the match is cancelled. England lead 2-1 with just today's game
remaining but the captain, Andrew Strauss, said: 'We would all prefer to grab victory by playing well again.'

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Inside Sport: Football: Five big agencies Who advises whom in the Premier
League
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Stellar Group

Leading clients

Peter Crouch, Ashley Cole, Ledley King, Kolo Toure, Carlton Cole Agent: Jonathan Barnett, above

Background

Jonathan Barnett, Stellar's chairman, is a cricket rather than football fan. He set up Stellar in 1994 after Brian Lara, one
of his clients, introduced him to a property developer called David Manasseh. The late Les Sealey was its first football
client and over the past decade the business has snowballed, with Stellar having offices in Africa and South America
and a client base of more than 500 sportsmen and women

Base Soccer

Leading clients

Aaron Ramsey David Baldwin

Tom Huddlestone Gary Porter

Aaron Lennon Leon Angel, pictured above

Gilberto Silva Frank Trimboli

Arsene Wenger Leon Angel

Background

Established in 1997 and run by Leon Angel, who

is also a chartered accountant, Base Soccer has continued to grow and now represents more than 100
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players, both at home and overseas, and also works

on behalf of managers and clubs

Wasserman Media Group

Leading clients

Jamie Carragher, Robbie Keane &

Steven Gerrard Struan Marshall, above

Michael Owen Rhodri Burgess

Joleon Lescott Simon Bayliff

Background

WMG acquired SFX and its enviable list of football clients in 2006, with the US Sports marketing giant going on to
play an influential role in many deals involving leading Premier League players, including Joleon Lescott's move to
Manchester City and Michael Owen's transfer to Manchester United in the summer

First Artist

Leading clients

Andrey Arshavin, Marco Materazzi, Pedro Mendes & Harry Redknapp Phil Smith

Background

Jon Smith, above, set up First Artist in 1986 and now runs the company alongside his brother, Phil. It also has interests
in media, events and entertainment management. First Artist represents Arsenal's Russia forward Andrey Arshavin and
the Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp. It was involved in the summer transfers of Emmanuel Adebayor,
Niko Kranjcar and Sebastien Bassong among others

SEM

Leading clients

Eduardo da Silva &

Kieran Gibbs Jerome Anderson, above

Background

Jerome Anderson formed Sport Entertainment and Media Group (SEM) in 1984, when he began representing Charlie
Nicholas. Anderson has been well connected at Arsenal ever since and in the past he looked after the interests of Thierry
Henry. SEM also works for clubs and Anderson was a key figure during Manchester City's spending spree under their
former manager Sven-Goran Eriksson

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