Eire all-rounder Kevin O’Brien retires from worldwide cricket | Cricket News – Occasions of India- Newslength

DUBLIN: Eire all-rounder Kevin O’Brien on Tuesday introduced his retirement from worldwide cricket after falling out of rivalry for this 12 months’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
O’Brien performed three Checks, 153 one-day internationals and 110 T20 internationals throughout a 16-year worldwide profession and had spells with various English county golf equipment and T20 franchise sides world wide.
The 38-year-old famously blasted the Irish to victory over England in a 2011 World Cup group match in India with a 50-ball century — nonetheless the event’s quickest.
The Dubliner scored 9,048 runs in whole for Eire, together with the nation’s first Check hundred, a second-innings knock of 118 in opposition to Pakistan in 2018, and took 276 wickets.
In an announcement on Twitter, O’Brien, who for a few years performed alongside older brother Niall, stated: “Today I announce my retirement from international cricket after 16 years and 389 caps for my country.

“I had hoped to complete my profession on the T20 World Cup in Australia, however having not been picked for the Irish squad since final 12 months’s World Cup, I really feel the selectors and administration are trying elsewhere.
“I have enjoyed every minute playing for Ireland, have made many friends off the pitch and I have so many happy memories to remember from my time playing for the national side.”
Eire captain Andrew Balbirnie stated he was “lucky” to have performed with O’Brien.
“Cricket in this country owes a lot to what Kev achieved on and off the field and he has left the game in a better place,” he stated.
O’Brien has signalled his intention to develop his teaching profession.
“I want to continue to grow my own coaching academy here in Ireland and I have some exciting opportunities coming up in the near future,” he stated.
“I also want to continue to gain coaching experience overseas and hopefully will have more opportunities with some international and professional sides in the near future.”
Andrew White, chairman of nationwide males’s selectors, stated: “It’s hard to put into words the impact that Kevin has had on our game in Ireland.
“By way of all of the superb and defining moments during the last 16 years he performed an integral half and on loads of events the lead position.”