Swann admits to struggling to keep awake when Cook, Trott bat

England off-spinner Graeme Swann has revealed that watching batsmen Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott sends him to sleep.

The spinner admitted that he struggles to avoid a deep slumber when England's two master accumulators are at the wicket.

And that adds up to a lot of zzzz's because opener Cook and No 3 Trott have scored a combined total of 1,809 Test runs in eight months.

The Sun quoted him, as saying: "I'm not a great watcher, anyway, but when those two are batting, my God, I struggle to keep my eyes open. I adore the fact they bat all the time but I'd much rather watch a Belly or a Matt Prior - he's brilliant, KP is always good value, too."

"If there is an uglier top three in the world than Andrew Strauss, Cook and Trott, I don't know of it. I wouldn't pay to watch them. They are amazing. You know you'll normally have a day sitting down and doing the crossword - or maybe watching Belly, KP and Cheesy Prior bat," he added. (ANI)

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