/ 18 January 2000

SWANN GETS FINED FOR SLEEPING

ENGLAND’s Graeme Swann has been fined for oversleeping on his team’s tour of South Africa. Having played just two first-class games so far, the Northamptonshire all-rounder overslept on the first day of the fifth test against South Africa at Centurion Park on Friday. “Swann has been fined 250 for missing the team bus on the first day,” England media liaison officer Andrew Walpole said on Monday. “He arrived at the ground about 45 minutes after the rest of the squad.”