Graeme Swann joins BBC Test Match Special for West Indies tour

Former England spinner Graeme Swann is to join the BBC Test Match Special team for England's one-day tour of the West Indies starting later this month.

The 34-year-old retired in December, midway through the 5-0 Ashes Test series defeat in Australia.

Swann will join West Indies legend Sir Viv Richards, Tony Cozier, Simon Mann, Kevin Howells and Derek Pringle.

"I grew up listening to Test Match Special, it's an honour to have a chance to work with the team," he said.

    "It's an honour to continue my relationship with BBC Radio," he added. "I am particularly looking forward to returning to the Kensington Oval in Barbados with so many happy memories of our World Twenty20 victory there in 2010."
    Richard Burgess, the head of BBC sports news and radio sport, said: "We're delighted that Graeme is joining the Test Match Special team in the West Indies.
    "After so recently leaving the England set-up, Graeme will bring genuine insight to the audience, analysis of the game as well as his trademark sense of humour."