CAPE TOWN: Former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has announced his retirement from Test cricket to make Twenty20 International format his priority with successive World Cups in the next two years.
Du Plessis, 36, was the most senior member of the South Africa Test squad that lost the recent series 2-0 in Pakistan, and finishes with an average a shade over 40 after 69 matches, with 10 centuries and 21 fifties.
“My heart is clear and the time is right to walk into a new chapter,” du Plessis said in a statement on Wednesday. “It has been an honour to play for my country in all the formats of the game, but the time has come for me to retire from Test cricket.
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In just three days into the first test against South Africa at Centurion Park, the Sri Lanka team is in dire straits with five of their top players nursing injuries involving their leg muscles, such as hamstring and thigh.
This is the result of players being totally unfit due to the failure of Sri Lanka Cricket to ensure the players well being after an almost eight months in cold storage due to restrictions brought about by the Covid pandemic.
After such a long break the players had to start practice to prepare themselves for the LPL and then the tour of South Africa. It must be understood that during the LPL players were involved in back to back games and this was indeed a physical and mental strain on them.