US EditionSarfaraz Ahmed announces retirement from international cricket
- Sarfaraz Ahmed said in a PCB statement Sunday that he is retiring from international cricket, drawing curtains on a career spanning nearly two decades.
- Having played first-class cricket as recently as last October, Sarfaraz, recently named to the national selection committee, said he wants to focus on his other roles.
- His playing record lists 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20Is, and he amassed 6,164 runs with six centuries, 35 half-centuries, 315 catches and 56 stumpings.
- A source said the PCB can now appoint him as the head coach of the national Test team, since the post has been vacant since Azhar Mahmood's interim spell last year.
- He is best known for captaining Pakistan to the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy win, remaining the only captain to win ICC titles at junior and senior levels and receiving Pride of Performance in 2018.
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Veteran Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed has announced his retirement from international cricket. Sarfaraz made his international debut in November 2007 in an ODI against India in Jaipur. During his career, he played 54 Tests, 117 ODIs, and 61 T20 Internationals.
Pakistan's Champions Trophy-Winning Captain Sarfaraz Ahmed Retires, Report Makes Explosive Revelation On His Future
A source said that the formal announcement will now allow the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to appoint him as head coach of the national Test team on a long-term basis.
Sarfaraz Ahmed, former Pakistan captain, announces retirement from international cricket
Sarfaraz Ahmed has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect. His career spanned nearly two decades and remains the last captain to lead Pakistan to an ICC trophy. Under his captaincy, Pakistan won the Champions Trophy in 2017, beating arch-rivals India in the final. The Karachi-born cricketer had also made his international debut in an ODI against India in Jaipur in November 2007 and ended up playing 54 Tests, 11…
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