Australia’s wicketkeeper batter Matthew Wade on Tuesday, retired from international cricket, bringing the curtains down on an illustrious career, that spanned around 13 years.
Wade, who made his T20I debut in October 2021 against South Africa, went on to represent Australia in 36 Tests, 97 ODIs, and 92 T20Is.
He was also a part of the Australia squad that won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 and played a pivotal role in leading his side to their maiden T20 World Cup title, with his match-winning 41-run knock against Pakistan in the semi-final.
“I’m officially retiring,” Cricket Australia (CA) quoted Matthew Wade saying.
“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.”
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Matthew Wade went on to reveal had he scored some runs in this year’s T20 World Cup and helped Australia advance further, things would be different and he would have kept on with his professional 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,” he said.
“It was just kind of an understanding from all of us.”
The left-handed batter is now set to pursue a career in coaching, set to kick off when he steps in as a coach for Australia’s white-ball series against Pakistan, scheduled to run from November 4 to 18.
“My international retirement and coaching has been a constant conversation with George [Bailey] and Andrew [McDonald] over the past six months. Coaching has been on my radar over the last few years, and thankfully some great opportunities have come my way, for which I am very grateful and excited,” stated Matthew Wade.