LONDON – Veteran all rounder Shoaib Malik makes an emotional farewellspeech as Shoaib Malik’s two-decade long one-day international (ODI) careerended after Pakistan were eliminated from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
He had already announced to retire after the mega event.
Shoaib Malik represented Pakistan in 287 ODIs and played his last one-dayinternational innings on June 16 against India when he was dismissed for agolden duck. Malik could not make it to the playing XI in the remainder ofthe tournament.
The right-handed batsman scored 7534 runs in ODIs with an average of 34.55.He smashed nine tons and 44 half-centuries. He dismissed 158 batsmen as anoff-spinner.
Shoaib Malik said in an emotional retirement speech, “I had planned thisfew years ago to retire on the last Pakistan World Cup match. I am sad thatI’ll be leaving format of cricket I once loved but happy that I’ll havemore time to spend with my family. This will also allow me to focus on T20s.
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“My fans are the most important as they supported me throughout my career.I love them.”
Let it be known that Pakistan finished at number five in the ten-team WorldCup held in England and Wales, and defeated Bangladesh in their last groupmatch on Friday (yesterday).
