South Africa’s Quinton de Kock announced his retirement from Test cricket .
South Africa’s star wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock on December 30 announced his retirement from Test cricket .
A former Test captain, De Kock is only 29 and it is believed that he will continue playing in the white-ball formats for the Proteas, with a lot of focus on franchise-based T20 leagues.
“De Kock has cited his intentions to spend more time with his growing family for the timing and reason for his relatively early retirement from the format. He and his wife, Sasha, are anticipating the imminent birth of their first-born child in the coming days,” Cricket South Africa (CSA) said in a statement.
On his part, the player said that it wasn’t an easy decision.
Quinton De Kock’s Test Career:
De Kock made his Proteas Test debut against Australia in Gqeberha in 2014.
In 54 matches, he scored 3300 runs with a highest score of 141 not out, at an average of 38.82 and strike rate of 70.93.
He has six centuries and 22 half-centuries under his belt along with 232 dismissals, which includes 221 catches and 11 stumpings.
De Kock has also taken the third-most number of catches in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship — 48 in 11 matches (47 catches and 1 stumping) and has a personal best of six dismissals in an innings, against England in Centurion in 2019.
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL ( ICC )
Headquarters – Dubai, UAE.
Founded – 15 June 1909
Chairman – Greg Barclay ( New Zealand )
CEO – Geoff Allardice (Australia )
Members – 106 members.
ABOUT BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET IN INDIA ( BCCI)
Founded – December 1928
Headquarters – Mumbai.
President – Sourav Ganguli
Vice president – Rajiv Shukla
Secretary – Jay Shah
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