England’s dangerous opening batsman David Malan and the onetime No.1 batsman in T20I, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
David Malan, The No.1 batsman in the T20I rankings and England’s opening batsman, has retired from international cricket today. Malan last played for his team in November 2023. While taking the decision to retire, David Malan said that he will always regret one thing that he could never do well in Test cricket even though he loved playing Tests.
The match between England and Pakistan in the World Cup 2023 which was played in India in November was the last international match of David Malan’s career. David Malan played 22 Tests, 30 one day matches and 62 T20 International matches in his 7-year career. He scored 1-1 thousand runs in all three formats. David Malan has scored centuries in all three formats. He played in the team that won the 2022 T20 World Cup which was won by England.
37 Year old David Malan while talking to Times said that he has crossed all limits of his expectations in white ball cricket but he regrets not doing well in Test cricket. He has played 22 Tests in his career out of which 10 were played in Australia and has scored 1 century and 9 half centuries in 39 innings of Test cricket. He has scored 1074 runs in this format.
David Malan said that Test cricket has always been my favorite format, I played well at times but I could not play consistently well for my team, I will always regret this because I know that I am a good batsman, I took all three formats very seriously but Test cricket was something different, let me tell you that David Malan also played the Hundred League of 2024.
David Malan made his debut in Test cricket and T20I cricket in 2017 and in One Day International in 2019. In 2020, he was ranked number 1 in the ICC rankings with 915 points. David Malan was a part of the England team that won the T20 World Cup 2022. David Malan is the 4th batsman of England who has scored a century in T20 cricket.