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Dean Minors, the Bermuda wicketkeeper, has announced his retirement from all cricket after being dropped from the squad for the World Twenty20 Qualifiers in UAE next month. Minors, 42, had earlier been lured out of retirement by Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) to bolster the national team ahead of last July’s Americas Division One Twenty20 Tournament in Florida. However, he had told the BCB that he couldn’t commit to training because of his day job as a teacher….

Australian Andrew Symonds has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, effective immediately.

Andrew Symonds, the former Australia allrounder, has announced his retirement from professional cricket, citing family reasons

Rohan Gavaskar, the former India batsman and son of Sunil Gavaskar, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket, ESPNcricinfo can confirm

In the Sunday Guardian, Dileep Premachandran writes that India’s batting greats should bow out like Nasser Hussain, who scored a century in his final Test and timed his retirement perfectly, and not like Kapil Dev and Javed Mianded, who played on for longer than they should have. Regardless of where the big three go from here – and let’s hope it’s not down the Kapil-Miandad route – Indian fans would do well to eviscerate these two tours from memory. For more than a decade, these same men made a country…

Brad Hodge has played his last game for Victoria after announcing his retirement from domestic one-day cricket

Brad Hodge has played his last game as Bushranger, the veteran batsman announcing his retirement from domestic one-day matches, despite being the leading run scorer in the Ryobi Cup this season.

A study commissioned by Cricket Australia has revealed how the art of spin has withered on the vine since the retirement of Shane Warne

Wayne Madsen, the South African-born opening batsman, has been appointed Derbyshire captain following the retirement of Luke Sutton.

Leicestershire’s plans for next season have suffered a significant blow with Martin van Jaarsveld announcing his retirement from county cricket