England&#39;s Graeme Swann apologised for a &quot;crass and offensive&quot; comment on Thursday after he compared the third Ashes Test loss to Australia to being &quot;raped&quot;. The comment, made in a Facebook exchange with his brother and picked up by British newspapers, prompted outrage on social media and from rape charities. &quot;Sorry to anyone who was offended by my comments in the papers today. Crass and thoughtless of me in the extreme,&quot; the spin bowler said on his Twitter account. <img alt="England off-spinner Graeme Swann" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/Graeme-Swann.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 536px;" /> England off-spinner Graeme Swann. Pic/AFP He had posted the Facebook comment in response to his brother, Alec, who said he had enjoyed a night out seeing a band in Northampton. &quot;Rather have been there than being arse raped in Perth!&quot; Swann replied, referring to England&#39;s humiliating defeat that handed Australia an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the Ashes series. His message sparked condemnation from Yvonne Traynor, the chief executive of Rape Crisis in Britain. &quot;We are appalled that Graeme Swann equates a cricket match with the devastatingly serious crime of rape,&quot; she told British media. &quot;It is the duty of people in the public eye to make sure that their own distorted views are kept to themselves and not shared with the general public. &quot;These comments lack compassion and intelligence and he should apologise to anyone who has suffered from this heinous crime.&quot; Swann has been under pressure in the Ashes series, taking only seven wickets at 80.00 in three heavy defeats to Australia. He had a particularly bad Test in Perth, where he was hit for 22 in one over by Shane Watson. His comments came a day after Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris came under fire for sending a profanity-laden tweet when he was denied entry to a Perth casino during the team&#39;s celebrations.

England off-spinner Graeme Swann has apologised for his "crass and thoughtless" comment after he compared the Ashes defeat in Australia to being "a*** raped".

Graeme Swann apologises for comparing England's Ashes defeat to rape

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