West Indies' Russell To Retire From Internationals

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell will discontinue from world cricket aft 2 matches of nan upcoming T20 bid against Australia.

The big-hitting batter and seamer will play 2 farewell games astatine his location crushed of Sabina Park successful Jamaica.

Russell has played 1 Test, 56 ODIs and 84 T20s for West Indies, winning nan T20 World Cup successful 2012 and 2016.

He struck 2,114 runs successful those appearances, pinch 157 fours and 147 sixes, and took 132 wickets.

"I want to decorativeness my world profession connected a precocious while being a domiciled exemplary for nan adjacent procreation of cricketers coming retired of nan Caribbean," said Russell.

The 37-year-old has only played successful nan 20-over format since 2019, and retires pinch little than a twelvemonth to spell until nan 2026 World Cup.

Cricket West Indies opportunity Russell has been "selected connected merit" for his last 2 appearances.

"Words cannot explicate what it meant. To correspond nan West Indies has been 1 of nan proudest achievements successful my life," Russell added.

"When I was a kid, I did not expect to get to this level, but nan much you commencement to play and get to emotion nan sport, you realise what you tin achieve."

Russell is nan 2nd elder subordinate to discontinue from nan West Indies set-up successful caller months, aft Nicholas Pooran stepped distant successful June, aged 29.

He is simply a fixture connected nan T20 franchise circuit, playing 561 games successful nan shortest format successful games astir nan world.

The matches astatine Sabina Park connected 20 and 22 July are followed by 3 much fixtures successful St Kitts and Nevis, pinch nan past crippled connected 28 July.