Young opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim played down the pressure of filling in the big shoes of Tamim Iqbal, saying that he wants to replicate his natural game that fetched him success in aged-level cricket. Tamim Iqbal record spoke a volume of his immense success and he is one of the pillars of Bangladesh cricket. Therefore, there will be pressure and challenge to thrive in this position, a thing that the Under-19 World Cup winning member Tanzid knew very well. But, he is matured enough to deal with the pressure factor with a perfect cover drive that he feels his signature stroke.
LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistani fast bowler Wahab Riaz announced his retirement from international cricket on Wednesday, three years after playing his last match for the country.
The 38-year-old left-armer said he felt it was the right time to draw the curtain on a 15-year international career.
"I wanted to play the 2023 World Cup but felt that I stand no chance of a comeback, so this is the right time," Riaz told a news conference in Lahore.
Known for his pace and aggression, Riaz made his one-day debut in 2008, and played his first Test in the spot-fixing-marred 2010 series in England.
Khaled Mahmud Sujon, a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) believes that the senior players should have a clear plan about their retirement in order to make way for the young players.
According to him, unfortunately this culture is yet to be grown in this country as the number of cricketers in Bangladesh who retire from the field is a handful.
Mahmud is one of the few who could retire from the ground. Citing the example of his own career, the former captain said the senior cricketers have to understand when the time is over.
His comment came in the wake of the incident of senior cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad who was recently dropped from the Asia Cup team. The 37-year old cricket had hardly any chance to return to the national team as the team management has enough options at their disposal to replace Mahmudullah.
LONDON: Former England fast bowler Steven Finn retired on Monday after the three-time Ashes winner accepted "defeat" in his battle against a host of injury problems. Finn took 125 wickets in 36 Test appearances for England at an average of 30.4 between 2010 and 2016. The 34-year-old also played in 69 one-day internationals and 21 Twenty20 internationals for England. Hampered by various injuries, Finn slipped out of the England squad and has not played red-ball cricket since July 2022. "I have been fighting a battle with my body for the last 12 months and have admitted defeat to it," Finn said.