The England left-hand batter Dawid Malan announced his retirement from international cricket on August 28, 2024.
The 37-year-old top-order batter has announced his decision after being snubbed from the England squad for the ODI and T20I series against Australia. He played for England and scored centuries across formats after making his international debut in the T20I against South Africa in 2017.
Since then, he played 62 T20Is and was one of the most dependable no.3 batters in the shortest format. He has sixteen fifties and a century in T20Is and also played 22 test matches and 30 ODIs for England and was known for his calm and composed character.
He was part of England’s T20 World Cup winning squad in 2022 and after that World Cup, he has proved to be a consistent performer in ODI cricket with five centuries in 15 innings.
Despite his White-ball success, Malan admitted that he wanted to do well for his country in the longest format of the game as well with the last test appearance being in January 2022.
“Test cricket was always the pinnacle for me growing up,” said Dawid Malan. “At times I played well but in between just wasn’t good enough or consistent enough, which was disappointing because I felt I was a better player than that. Then again, I exceeded all expectations of myself in white-ball formats.
“I took all three formats extremely seriously, but the intensity of Test cricket was something else: five days plus the days building up. I’m a big trainer; I love hitting lots of balls, and I’d train hard during the build-up. The days were long and intense. You can’t switch off.
“I found it very mentally draining, especially the long Test series that I played, where my performances dropped off from the third or fourth Test onwards.”
He will be likely to play in franchise cricket across the globe now after his international retirement and in the past has played one game for Punjab Kings during the 2021 edition.
Malan was also part of the Oval Invincibles squad that won The Hundred 2024 and is likely to play in the SA20 for Sunrisers Hyderabad who won the 2024 edition of the league.
