Australian batsman may retire after T20 2022 World Cup

Brisbane. Australia’s wicket-keeper batsman Matthew Wade said Thursday that he could retire after the T20 World Cup to be held in his country next year. Wade played a key role in Australia’s five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the recently concluded T20 World Cup semifinal with 41 unbeaten against 17 balls. Wade was overtaken by Alex Carey in the race for a place on the Australian Ashes team and the goalkeeper is now aiming to help defend the T20 World Cup title at home next year.

“That’s my next motivation, hopefully to get a chance to play in that World Cup, defend the title and then I can retire,” Wade said, quoted by cricket.com.au. He said, “Definitely after that I won’t play.” (international cricket). That is my goal now. “

The wicket-keeper batsman revealed that he played in the T20 World Cup final against New Zealand with a grade two strain in his muscles. He had this problem during training before the title game. “I was a bit worried the night before the game. If I got up in the morning and couldn’t hit, I wouldn’t have played.

“I was concerned if we had to hit first,” Wade said. I had to play aggressively and then if the injury worsens, I won’t be able to hold the wickets and it will hurt the team a lot. He said, “The doctor scanned it. He didn’t want to know the result, but I knew it was going to be difficult to play with a second degree injury.” He fell.