Ansari has been balancing his cricket career with his academic studies DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/GETTY IMAGESSurrey all-rounder Zafar Ansari has made a shock announcement that he is retiring from all cricket with immediate effect. Ansari, 25, made his England ODI debut in 2015 and played three Test matches, against Bangladesh and India, last year, taking five wickets. He has been with Surrey since the age of eight but made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 2011. He finishes his career with more than 3,000 first-class runs at an average of almost 30 and 128 first-class wickets. Ansari has already spent almost two decades at Surrey PAAnsari said: “After seven years as a professional cricketer and almost two decades in total playing the game, I have decided to bring my cricket career to an end.

Source: The Times April 26, 2017 11:02 UTC