Former Australia Test Captain Tim Paine Retires From Cricket | Cricket News

Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine retired from cricket with little fanfare on Friday, bowing out after taking part in an inter-state match in Tasmania. Paine led Australia between 2018 and 2021 after Steve Smith was stripped of the captaincy within the wake of the “Sandpaper-gate” ball-tampering incident towards South Africa. He skippered the crew in 23 Tests — successful 11, shedding eight and drawing 4 — and was credited with serving to rebuild Australian cricket’s popularity.

Paine was compelled to face down after it was revealed he had despatched lewd messages to a feminine colleague in 2017.

As the scandal took its toll, he stepped away from cricket for the “foreseeable future”, returning to the sport nearly a yr later in October 2022.

The wicketkeeper-batsman, 38, performed his remaining first-class sport for state facet Tasmania in a home fixture towards Queensland on Friday, strolling off by means of a guard of honour fashioned by gamers.

“An inspiring captain, one of our finest glovesman and a legend of Tasmanian and Australian cricket,” the Tasmanian Tigers stated in a press release.

“Congratulations Tim Paine on a truly wonderful career.”

Paine performed 35 Tests for Australia, with a prime rating of 92 and a median of 32.63. He additionally performed 35 ODIs.

Australia regained the Ashes in England in 2019 beneath Paine’s management, in what was in any other case a turbulent interval for the Test facet.

Current Test skipper Pat Cummins took over from Paine in November 2021, describing him on the time as a “well-loved and respected figure of our team”.

(This story has been edited by Mahaz News employees …)