Australia's wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket. He will no longer be available as a player for any series. Wade is the person who was part of the Australian team that won the T20 World Cup in the year 2021. Wade's brilliant wicketkeeping as well as his stormy batting have won many matches for Australia.
36 Test matches. 97 ODIs. 92 T20 Internationals.
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) October 29, 2024
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The month of November is very important for Australia. In this month, it has to play T20 and ODI series against Pakistan, after which it also has to play a five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series against India. Australia has already suffered a setback. Its wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has suddenly announced his retirement from international cricket.
Matthew Wade will now be seen in the coaching staff of the Australian team. He will start his tenure with the three-match T20 series against Pakistan and will also be associated with the team in ODIs. Matthew Wade will continue to play Big Bash League
Coaching has been my passion for the last few years. Luckily, I have made some great friends for whom I am grateful. I play Big Bash League and other franchise leagues. But as a player, I also think about coaching. My international career is over, so I want to take this opportunity to coach all my teammates, staff and coaches. I have taken on the burden of this exciting journey. If I did not have good people with me, I would not have been able to reach here.
| Format | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 36 | 63 | 1613 | 117 | 29.87 | 50.36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 175 | 12 |
| ODI | 97 | 83 | 1867 | 100 | 26.3 | 81.6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 129 | 34 |
| T20I | 92 | 22 | 1202 | 80 | 26.13 | 134.15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 46 |
Wade was part of the team that won the T20 World Cup for the first time in 2021 under the captaincy of Aaron Finch. His stormy innings against Pakistan in the semi-finals pulled the team out of the jaws of defeat and led to victory. This innings remains in the discussion even today. Wade played 36 Test matches for his country in which he scored 1613 runs including four centuries and five half-centuries. At the same time, 1867 runs came from his bat in 97 ODIs. In the 50-over format, he scored one century and 11 half-centuries.
He played 92 matches in T20 and scored 1262 runs. He scored three half-centuries in the shortest format of cricket. He has also captained the team in T20. He captained the team in T20 against India.
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