With the Ashes gone England spinner Graeme Swann decided to call it quits on his international and first-class cricket career. Once touted as potentially England’s greatest spinner, Swann retired with 255 wickets from 60 tests. Swann said it wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision just four days ahead of the fourth Ashes test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground beginning Thursday. The 34-year-old Swann says age may have caught up with him. Swann has had a terrible series by his own standards, taking just seven wickets for 560 runs in three lopsided losses. He struggled to adapt to the bouncy Australian pitches and the lack of sideways spin. He returned 1-92 in the second innings in steamy conditions in Perth last week after taking two key wickets in the first innings. The England squads will miss Swann, who bowled with his sunglasses on and collar turned up. Swann played 79 limited-overs internationals, making his debut in 2000 at the age of 20 against South Africa in Bloemfontein.
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