England off-spinner Graeme Swann is so excited about The Ashes that he is "bouncing off the walls".

"When we first got over here I didn't think of the First Test match - because I was like a kid on December 1 with an Advent calendar. I couldn't wait for the 25th to come along. It's really building now. The next few days are the worst bit. The Test is so close, you can almost smell it," The Sun quoted the 31-year-old spinner, as saying.
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"I go back to my room at night and I smile like a lunatic and I'm bouncing off the walls. I can't wait for Thursday, it's going to be amazing. I've been waiting for 20 years to play in The Ashes in Australia," he added.