Graeme Swann was still Graeme Swann.
Society now compels us to hold tobacco companies in utter contempt, which is fair enough, but I have to be honest and say I could never hate the Benson and Hedges brand, not when they footed the bill for appearances of the likes of Roger Harper, Abdul Qadir, Graeme LaBrooy and Mohammad Wasim.
The shadow from the floodlight behind the Warner stand had already stretched out well beyond the pitch as Graeme Swann ran in to bowl the third ball of the final over of the fourth day.
During this period, the club had also progressed into the Skol Cup semi-finals, winning away at Queen of the South, Ayr and Hibernian to set up a clash with Graeme Souness' revamped Rangers.
Graeme Wearden has more on this on his business live blog.
Graeme Swann has spoken out about the circumstances surrounding his retirement, saying he had become "a liability", while urging England to keep Kevin Pietersen in the team.
England's top three bowlers, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann, took 70 wickets between them, each at under 30 runs apiece, while their Australian equivalents managed 52.
Among them: Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, Ernie Els, Martin Kaymer, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell and new Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke.
Graeme Swann left the international cricket stage with a swipe at what he sees as a lack of humility among certain fellow professionals.
It appears England have found the natural successor to the now retired Graeme Swann as the joker in the pack.
He does spin the ball more than most fingerspinners, not in the same division as Graeme Swann but enough, at his best, to get good drift away from the right-hander and turn and bounce in.
