{"id":5959,"date":"2023-04-20T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=301483"},"modified":"2023-04-20T03:58:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T22:28:25","slug":"gary-ballance-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/gary-ballance-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Ballance announces retirement from all forms of cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"text-base gap-4 md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl p-4 md:py-6 flex lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Gary Ballance, a former England cricketer, has recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old player had signed a two-year contract with his birth country, Zimbabwe, after being released by Yorkshire. He had played in one Test, one T20I, and five ODIs for Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">\u201cAfter much thought, I have decided to retire from all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect,\u201d Ballance said in a statement issued by the Professional Cricketers\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ballance has scored five Test centuries throughout his career, with his latest achievement being 137 not out during the only Test he played for Zimbabwe. He had made his debut for England in 2014, playing in 23 Tests and scoring 1498 runs, including four centuries and seven fifties.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">\u201cI had hoped my move to Zimbabwe would provide me with a new-found happiness for the game and I will always be thankful to Zimbabwe Cricket for providing me with an opportunity to return to international cricket and welcoming me into their team.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"cb-nws-dtl-itms\">\n<p class=\"cb-nws-para\">\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ballance also contributed to Yorkshire\u2019s County Championship victory during the 2014 and 2015 seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-between lg:block\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"text-gray-400 flex self-end lg:self-center justify-center mt-2 gap-2 md:gap-3 lg:gap-1 lg:absolute lg:top-0 lg:translate-x-full lg:right-0 lg:mt-0 lg:pl-2 visible\">\u201cHowever, I have reached the stage where I no longer have the desire to dedicate myself to the rigours of professional sport and it would do Zimbabwe Cricket and the game itself a disservice, should I carry on. I wish them every success going forward,\u201d Ballance added.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Ballance announces retirement from all forms of cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3432],"class_list":["post-5959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-england"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}