West Indies batter Lendl Simmons proclaims his retirement from worldwide cricket

West Indies batter Lendl Simmons has introduced his retirement from all types of worldwide cricket, bringing the curtains down on a 16-year-old profession on the highest degree.

On Monday, July 18, Simmons’s company shared a publish on Instagram the place it stated that the batter despatched out a letter to Cricket West Indies (CWI) to announce his retirement.

Simmons made his worldwide debut method again in 2008 in an ODI towards Pakistan at Faisalabad. Thereafter, he made his T20I and Test debuts in 2007 and 2009 respectively.

He final donned the nationwide colors in West Indies’ match towards South Africa within the T20 World Cup 2021 match on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

In 8 Tests, 68 ODIs and 68 T20Is, the right-handed batter scored 278, 1958 and 1527 runs respectively, with the assistance of two centuries and 25 half-centuries.

Congratulations on a terrific worldwide profession, @54simmo

He retires from @windiescricket with 3763 runs throughout all three codecs with an ODI highest rating of 122 vs Bangladesh. Happy second innings, Simmo #LendlSimmons #Cricket #Retirement pic.twitter.com/al4FUwY1WY

— Trinbago Knight Riders (@TKRiders) July 18, 2022

Simmons, additionally the nephew of former all-rounder, Phil Simmons, made a mark in solely his second ODI after he scored 70 towards a power-packed bowling unit.

He additionally performed an enormous half in West Indies’s victory within the T20 World Cup 2016 in India. He was initially dominated out of the event resulting from a again damage. However, he made his method again into the squad earlier than the semi-finals after Andre Fletcher sustained a hamstring damage.

In the semis towards India at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, he scored 82 off 51 balls and helped the Caribbean workforce by way of to the ultimate.

Simmons additionally performed for the Mumbai Indians (MI), Karachi Kings, Brisbane Heat, Chattogram Challengers, Trinbago Knight Riders and plenty of different home T20 groups in his illustrious profession.

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