Ashes winner Steven Finn retires from cricket after England and Middlesex profession

Aug 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM

Finn performed 126 occasions throughout all three codecs for England and was a part of three Ashes-winning sides, together with the well-known 2010/11 victory in Australia.

The fast made his Middlesex debut in 2005 and spent 16 years on the county earlier than becoming a member of Sussex final summer season, however accidents have seen the 34-year-old sidelined for nearly the whole lot of this season.

He has not performed red-ball cricket since final July and the seamer’s sole look of the present marketing campaign got here in One-Day Cup motion in opposition to Durham earlier this month, when he was in a position to bowl solely 4 overs.

In a press release, Finn, who has been engaged on the BBC’s Test Match Special protection since 2019, stated he had “been fighting a battle” along with his physique and had “admitted defeat to it”.

“I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to play cricket as my vocation since I made my debut for Middlesex in 2005,” he added. “The journey hasn’t always been smooth, but I have loved it nonetheless.