England Pacer Jade Dernbach Announces Retirement From International Cricket On Most Iconic Day
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England pacer Jade Derbnbach announced his retirement from international cricket on the most iconic day in the history of England cricket. The right-arm pacer, in his tweet, wrote that it is a good time to call it quits. He will continue to play domestic cricket for Surrey, Dernbach wrote in his Tweet.

Sanding 6ft and 2inches, Dernbach is a strongly built bowler who made his ODI debut in 2011, in the home series against Sri Lanka. Just three days prior to that, he had played his first T20I against the same team. In total, he played 24 ODIs and 34 T20Is in which he scalped 31 and 39 wickets respectively.

Dernbach never played Test cricket but has taken part in 113 first-clas matches. He is yet to play first-class cricket in the ongoing season. In fact, he hasn’t yet played any match in the 2019 season. Though he will be back for the T20 Blast that kicks off on Thursday. He recently played for Surrey’s 2nd XI side.

Dernback had made his first-class debut for Surrey way back in 2003, against the visiting India A team that had the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Ambati Rayudu and other international cricketers. Two years later, he went on to play for Surrey in List A and T20 format. After six years, he made his debut for the Three Lions.

England Pacer Jade Dernbach Announces Retirement From International Cricket On Most Iconic Day
England celebrate World Cup win. Credit: Getty Images

While the news of Dernbach’s retirement did not come as a surprise to many, the timing of the announcement stunned everyone. Just a few minutes before the retirement tweet, Dernbach saw England lift the World Cup trophy for the first time.

The home team defeated New Zealand in a thriller to win the World Cup 2019. Both the teams ended up on the same score of 241. For the first time, ODI cricket saw a super over and to add to the drama, it also ended in a tie.

As per the rules, England were declared as the champions as they had more boundary counts than New Zealand. As strange it may sound, but no one complained about it as everyone was well-versed with the rules.