LONDON, July 18 (AFP): England's Ben Stokes has announced he will retire from one-day international cricket after Tuesday's match against South Africa on his Durham home ground.
The all-rounder, 31, said playing three international formats -- Twenty20, 50-over ODIs and Tests -- was now "unsustainable".
Stokes, who captain's the England Test team, will take the field at Chester-le-Street against South Africa in the first of three ODIs.
Stokes, who has scored 2,919 runs and taken 74 wickets in the format, said in a social media post it had been an "incredibly tough decision to make".
"As hard as a decision as this was to come to, it's not as hard dealing with the fact I can't give my teammates 100 percent of myself in this format anymore," he said. "The England shirt deserves nothing less from anyone who wears it.
Ben Stokes to retire from ODI cricket
FE Team | Published: July 18, 2022 21:55:04
Ben Stokes to retire from ODI cricket
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