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Solomon Mire. (Credits: Getty)

Solomon Mire, on Friday, announced his retirement from international cricket in the wake of ICC suspending Zimbabwe Cricket. The governing body of the came punished Zimbabwe after it found out that the the cricket body was inn breach of Article 2.4 (c) and (d) of the ICC Constitution which imposes an obligation on Members to provide a process for free and democratic elections and to ensure that there is no government interference in its governance and / or administration for cricket respectively.

The ICC also confirmed that all ICC funding to ZC will be frozen and representative teams from Zimbabwe will not participate in any ICC events. The latest setback just brought an end to the turmoil Zimbabwe Cricket was in for quite some time now. The cricket body was struggling to pay the players and the team-management. Government’s intervention in June only made things worse for them.

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Solomon Mire
Solomon Mire (Credits: Getty)

And in the wake of the huge setback, Solomon Mire decided to hang his boots with immediate effect. The allrounder took to Instagram to confirm the news. Expressing his disappointment over the decision, Solomon Mire wrote:

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“It has been a week of emotional highs and lows in sport and sadly not a good one for Zimbabwe Cricket but just wanted to officially address everyone else.  I informed the players and tech staff of my decision at the end of the recent tour and wanted to formally announce my decision to retire from Zimbabwe Cricket in all formats with immediate effect. It is unfortunate and untimely however to leave under the current circumstances that are out of my control but i have decided to take a step in a new direction.”

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Mire last played for Zimbabwe on July 14 during the tour of Ireland.  He bows out of the game after representing his country in 2 Tests, 47 ODIs and 9 T20Is. Solomon Mire scored over 1,000 runs in addition to picking up 14 wickets across formats.