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South African cricketer Farhaan Behardien announces retirement

South Africa cricket:

South African batter Farhaan Behardien has announced retirement, concluding an 18-year international cricketing career. The 39-year old has represented the Proteas in 59 ODIs and has 1074 runs and 14 wickets under his belt. Behardien also has 38 T20I caps for South Africa and has amassed 518 runs at an average of 32.37. He also led the Proteas in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka in January 2017. His last international game came way back in 2018, in South Africa’s 21-run win over Australia in a T20I at the Carrara stadium. The batter remained not out for three off two deliveries.

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Recently retired cricketers:

  • International Cricket: Farhaan Behardien  (South African)
  • One Day International Cricket: Ben Stokes (England)
  • International Cricket: Dinesh Ramdin (West Indies)
  • T20 International: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh)
  • International Cricket: Lendl Simmons (West Indies)
  • International Cricket: Eoin Morgan (England)
  • International Cricket: Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)
  • International Cricket: Ross Taylor  (New Zealand)
  • All Form of Cricket: Tim Bresnam (England)
  • Test Cricket: Danushka Gunathilaka (Sri Lanka)
  • All Form of Cricket: Chris Morris (South Africa)
  • International Cricket: Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka)
  • International Cricket: Kieron Pollard (West Indies)
  • All Form of Cricket: Hamish Bennett (New Zealand)
  • International Cricket: Rahul Sharma (India)
  • T20Is international: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
  • ODI cricket: Aaron Finch (Australia)
  • All forms of cricket: Robin Uthappa (India)
  • International cricket: Rachael Haynes (Australian woman cricketer)
  • International cricket Jhulan Goswami (India)

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