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    Matthew Wade Confirms Retirement From International Cricket, Steps In Coaching


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    During his 13-year-long international career, Wade played in 36 Tests, 97 ODIs, and 92 T20Is for the Australian team and won the T20 World Cup in 2021.

    Australia's Matthew Wade confirms retirement from international cricket on October 29. (Picture Credit: AP)

    Australia’s Matthew Wade confirms retirement from international cricket on October 29. (Picture Credit: AP)

    Star Australian wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade, who played in 36 Tests, 97 ODIs, and 92 ODIs, announced his decision to retire from international cricket on Tuesday (October 29). The 36-year-old cricketer, who played a big role in Australia’s 2021 T20 World Cup title win, last played for the national team in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 match against India at Gros Islet on June 24, 2024.

    During his 13-year-long international career, Wade played many top knocks for the Australian team in all three formats of the game and scored 1613, 1867, and 1202 runs in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is, respectively. He also served as Australia’s T20I captain on a few occasions. He will continue to play white-ball cricket for Tasmania and the Hobart Hurricanes, as well as in some overseas leagues.

    After calling time on his international career, Wade will immediately step into an assistant coaching role with the national side. He is set to be Australia’s wicketkeeping and fielding coach for next month’s T20 series against Pakistan. Australia will face Pakistan in three T20Is on November 14, 16, and 18 in Brisbane, Sydney, and Hobart, respectively.

    “I’m officially retiring,” Wade was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au. on Tuesday. “It’s been an ongoing discussion for pretty much every tour or every World Cup that I’ve been on in the last three or four years.”

    “It’s been a really fluent conversation that I’ve had with George (Bailey, chief selector) and Ronnie (coach Andrew McDonald) over the last six months or since the last World Cup finished.

    “Even leading into the last World Cup, we’ve been really open and had really great communication around where I’m at with my career. If we went into the last World Cup and I managed to get some runs and we won that, then things would look maybe a little different, and maybe I’d keep going… It was just kind of an understanding from all of us.”

    Wade, who recently completed his Level Three coaching certificate and wants to become head coach one day, backs Josh Inglis to succeed him as Australia’s wicketkeeper. The 29-year-old Inglis is part of Australia’s 13-member T20I squad announced for the home series against Pakistan on Monday.

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