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In view of the fact that we've had quite a few players recently retiring either from international cricket or cricket completely eg. Pollock, Gilchrist, Tait (for the time being) & now Dippenaar, I thought it would be interesting to hear other members' thoughts on who they think will be retiring soon from the international teams.
 
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yeah its like after the world cup when lara, mcgrath, inzamam etc retired...i think now jayasuriya, kumble, hayden all are over 36 so they could retire soon.
 
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Hayden wont retire anytime soon. He's still one of the fittest blokes in the Aussie team, in great form and still enjoying the game
 
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I agree regarding Hayden. Given the current situation with Australia's rebuilding phase, I don't think he will. I think he'd want to leave knowing that the team will manage without him, which we saw during the recent series that they can't as yet. Jaques is still establishing himself at the top of the order and Rogers has only played one match thus far. I think he'd want to retire when he feels the team is "in good health" so to say. He also still seems hungry for runs.
 
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hayden just scored 3 hundreds in the last 3 games. he is in great form in both the forms of the game and still has a lot more runs remaining in him. i think he would want to play at least till his 100th test.
 
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From Cricinfo, New Zealand's fragile batting order was left with even less depth with Scott Styris announcing his retirement from Tests and first-class cricket. Another player to call it a day. He says he's gonna concentrate on ODI's and Twenty 20 matches.
 
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Too many players retiring at the moment. New Zealand's test team is already weak due to the retirements of Astle, McMillan, Cairns in the recent years. Also Bond is no longer eligible to play. They are in a lot of trouble.
 
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QUEENSLAND seam bowler Michael Kasprowicz has confirmed he will retire from cricket after the Bulls' one-day match against WA on Saturday week.

His retirment plans were revealed exclusively in today's Courier-Mail and on couriermail.com.au.
The long-serving quick, who turns 36 on Sunday, says he feels its time to go and give the state's younger pacemen a chance to finish out the season and he'll enjoy the chance to farewell fans at the Gabba.

Kasprowicz made his first class debut as a 17-year-old in 1989-90. He played 38 Tests for Australia - the last in South Africa in April, 2006 - and captured 113 wickets at 32.88 with a best of 7-36.


http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23174809-10389,00.html for full story.

Good bowler who was unlucky to not have played more games for Australia. He had to constantly fight it out for a place in the team with the likes of Mcgrath, Fleming, Reiffel, Lee, Bichel and Gillespie also in the queue.
 
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Kasprowicz was a pretty good bowler but with the strong bowling lineup that Australia had it was very hard for him to get in. But even representing Australia for 38 Tests is no small thing.
 
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why are so many players retiring at this time?...i read that even justin kemp retired but he is only 30...
 
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Mohammad Rafique has just annonced he's retiring. He's been the backbone of Bangladeshs bowling for years. Though he's dropped off recently. But hes only 6 wickets away from getting 100 test wickets.
 
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It does seem strange that a lot of players are seemingly retiring at roughly the same time.

Maybe it's the influence of the ICL and IPL?
 
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rajan said:
why are so many players retiring at this time?...i read that even justin kemp retired but he is only 30...
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There were rumours that Kemp is retiring from international cricket. He's currently captaining the Cape Cobras.
 
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Another NZ retirement, this time Stephen Fleming. Rumours had been flying around but he has now announced it and will be finishing up at the end of the current series with NZ.

A solid performer and great captain over the years, also holds a number of records for NZ. Only regret will be that he didn't score more 100's.
 
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Now here is one retirement that I didn't see coming - that of Brad Hogg.

Brad Hogg has joined the retirement epidemic sweeping Australia's mid-30s players and will step down less than a year after many rated him the world's most effective limited-overs spinner. In a climate where internationals are dropping like slips catches in the national cordon, Hogg has decided to exit at the age of 37.

The timing is surprising as Australia's spin stocks are currently severely depleted and Stuart MacGill, who was expected to be the No. 1 following Shane Warne's retirement, is still not playing for New South Wales after wrist surgery. Despite Hogg's below-par performance in three Tests against India, he was expected to be a contender for the tours of Pakistan, which is scheduled for late next month, and the West Indies.
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From cricinfo

As it says in the snippet posted above this really leaves Australia struggling on the spin front and they really do need someone to make the step up.
 
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I think Australia will struggle to produce a world class spinner for sometime now. I have heard of a few spinners at the domestic level but I dont know if they are good enough to make the national team.
 
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Yeah, there aren't many class aussie spinners coming through the domestic ranks at the moment. The most likely option is Cam White, but he's more of a batsman these days.
 
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