Dan Christian has referred to as stumps on his time on the worldwide Twenty20 roadshow, asserting this summer season’s Big Bash League might be his final match.
The most skilled T20 participant in Australia, Christian has performed 405 matches for 18 totally different groups, together with at worldwide stage and in seven separate competitions.
Set to show 40 later this yr, Christian advised his Sydney Sixers teammates at coaching on Friday he would end up after the finals as he pursues a ninth title in franchise cricket.
“Hopefully we can go all the way again this season, but regardless it’s been a great run,” Christian posted on social media.
“I’ve achieved things and made some memories that I could have only dreamt of as a kid.
“What I didn’t expect to learn as a kid though is how many people I was going to come in contact with that have had an influence on my career and ended up becoming lifelong friends.
“I’m looking forward to now having the time to catch up with you all and not having to use the excuse ‘sorry, I’ve got cricket’.”
Along together with his prolific Twenty20 profession in franchise cricket, Christian additionally performed 23 matches for Australia within the format and 20 ODIs.
He made a uncommon cameo again in nationwide colors on excursions of West Indies and Bangladesh in 2021, however was ignored for the T20 World Cup squad later that yr.
The Indigenous expertise is one in every of six gamers to have taken a one-day hat-trick for Australia, as a part of his career-best figures of 5-31 towards Sri Lanka in 2012.
At BBL stage, Christian stays the one participant to have scored greater than 2000 runs and brought greater than 90 wickets, with a report 133 video games to his identify.
He was additionally the star of the Melbourne Renegades’ solely title success in 2019, as he earned man-of-the-match honours within the remaining.
