West Indies batter Lendl Simmons announces his retirement from international cricket
India Today
Lendl Simmons made his debut for the West Indies in 2006 and last donned the national colours in the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE.
West Indies batter Lendl Simmons has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, bringing the curtains down on a 16-year-old career at the highest level.
On Monday, July 18, Simmons’s agency shared a post on Instagram where it said that the batter sent out a letter to Cricket West Indies (CWI) to announce his retirement.
Simmons made his international debut way back in 2008 in an ODI against Pakistan at Faisalabad. Thereafter, he made his T20I and Test debuts in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
He last donned the national colours in West Indies’ match against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2021 match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
In 8 Tests, 68 ODIs and 68 T20Is, the right-handed batter scored 278, 1958 and 1527 runs respectively, with the help of 2 centuries and 25 half-centuries.
