Plagued with knee injury, Australia pacer Ryan Harris calls it a day
Australia’s injury-plagued fast bowler Ryan Harris has retired from all forms of cricket with immediate effect, Cricket Australia announced on Saturday.
The 35-year-old Queenslander withdrew from Australia’s ongoing warm-up match against Essex and quit the sport less than a week before the first Ashes Test against England starts at Cardiff next Wednesday.
“Given the news I received yesterday (on Friday), and after talking it over with my family, I know now is the right is the time to step away from cricket,” Harris said after undergoing scans on his troublesome right knee.
“I’m pretty lucky, I have had a wonderful career and nothing made me prouder than pulling on the baggy green,” said the right-arm fast bowler, who finished his career with 113 wickets from 27 Tests.
