Kieron Pollard has retired from international cricket!

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

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[First class]

Good decision , he is 34 , time to make some money for retirement by playing full time franchise cricket, nothing wrong with that. God luck to him. 

[zen]

Will his MI captain retire from international T20s too?

[Majestic]

Only subcontinent players play till 38-40. Rest all retire in the mid-30s.

[Lord]

brave decision.

 

 

[ThirtyD.]

6 hours ago, Majestic said:

Only subcontinent players play till 38-40. Rest all retire in the mid-30s.

…because only subcontinent players are scrutinized if they were to retire to play franchise cricket all over the world.

[nevada]

Wise decision from Pollard. He is 34 and no longer capable of playing full time. With a reduced workload, he can hopefully have a purple patch like AB for a year or two in franchise cricket before bowing out altogether. His refusal of a West Indies board contract while still in his prime was quite a shocker and paved the path for other WI cricketers to take up franchise cricket full time. Their cricket board is severely short of funds and there's lots of inter island rivalry and politics. There's nothing wrong with cricketers prioritizing franchise cricket over playing for a board which is incapable of providing for them. 

[Majestic]

10 hours ago, ThirtyD. said:

…because only subcontinent players are scrutinized if they were to retire to play franchise cricket all over the world.

Yeah but they play till that age even though they ain't good enough anymore.

[cricketfan28]

Wish him well, an IPL legend!!

[WC2011INDIA]

Legend! Pollard the beast.

[Vijy]

On 4/20/2022 at 12:58 PM, Majestic said:

Only subcontinent players play till 38-40. Rest all retire in the mid-30s.

chris gayle has been playing forever. and up to the 70s/80s, some key eng players would keep turning up till 40 or so.