West Indies’ Andre Russell throughout web pratice at The Ageas Bowl, Southampton, Britain on June 13, 2019.
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Two-time World Cup champion, 37-year-old Andre Russell, has introduced his retirement from his worldwide profession.
Russell has represented the West Indies for the previous 15 years and has performed in additional than 140 worldwide matches. He was a part of the 2012 and 2016 groups that gained the T20 World Cup.
Russell has performed 84 T20Is for the West Indies, scoring 1078 runs at a mean of twenty-two and a strike fee of 163.08. As a bowler, he has taken 61 wickets at an economic system fee of 9.30. He has additionally performed 54 One-Day Internationals.
Russell described it as an honor to have represented the regional crew and mentioned in a press release issued by CWI, “Phrases can’t clarify what it meant. To characterize the West Indies has been one of many proudest achievements in my life”.
“After I was a child, I didn’t anticipate to get to this stage, however the extra you begin to play and love the game, the extra you notice what you may obtain. This impressed me to turn into higher as a result of I wished to depart a mark within the maroon colors and turn into an inspiration to others.”
“I like taking part in for the West Indies, and I like taking part in at house in entrance of my household and associates, the place I get to showcase my expertise and produce extra high-quality performances.
“I wish to end my worldwide profession on a excessive whereas being a task mannequin for the subsequent era of cricketers popping out of the Caribbean,” he added.
CWI confirmed earlier studies that the present T20I sequence in opposition to Australia could be Russell’s final time representing the regional facet. It mentioned Russell’s inclusion within the Windies’ 16-member T20I squad to face Australia in a five-match T20I sequence was absolutely merited as “he stays one of the vital impactful T20 gamers in world cricket.”
West Indies head coach Daren Sammy paid tribute to Russell’s profession.
“Andre has at all times been the consummate skilled and a fierce competitor. Whether or not I used to be captaining him or now teaching him, his starvation to carry out and win for West Indies has by no means wavered.
“I want him all the perfect on his subsequent chapter, and I hope he continues to encourage generations to return,” Sammy mentioned.
Matthew Forde will substitute Russell for the Warner Park leg of the sequence.
