Australian cricketer Adam Voges has decided to retire from international cricket, reported Espncricinfo.
A day before he is scheduled to lead the Prime Minister’s XI against Sri Lanka in Canberra, Voges said it would be his last game against an international team. “This will be it for me,” Voges said. “I’m certainly looking forward to getting out there and playing this game. I’ve had an amazing couple of years with Australia with the Test team and I’ve loved every minute of it. I see this as a last opportunity to play against an international team and I’m certainly looking forward to that.”
Voges made his debut as a 35-year-old in 2015 and became the oldest debut centurion when he scored an unbeaten 130 against West Indies in Dominica. He had amazing 2015-16 season that saw him smash a century against New Zealand at the WACA, an unbeaten 269 against West Indies in Hobart and another double-hundred in Wellington. His batting average stood at 95.50 after 15 Tests. However, it fell to 61.87 after a below par series against Sri Lanka and South Africa.
It is still the second-highest average - behind only Don Bradman - among all batsmen with a minimum of 20 Tests. The 37-year-old has not played a Test match since suffering a concussion during Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in November. Between February 2007 and November 2013, he played 38 one-day games scoring 870 runs at 45.78 and 139 T20I runs in seven game at an average of 46.33.