England cricket team’s star batsman David Malan has retired from international cricket. 37-year-old Malan is the only England player other than Jos Buttler to have scored a century in all three formats. Malan has been number-1 in the T20 rankings. Malan was out of the England team after the ODI World Cup in 2023. He was also not a part of the team in the series against Australia. For this reason he has decided to retire. Malan’s international career
Malan played 22 Tests, 30 ODIs and 62 T20 Internationals for England. He also became the number-1 batsman in T20 cricket. In Tests, this England player scored 1,074 runs at an average of 27.53. In ODIs, he scored 1,450 runs at an average of 55.76. In T20, he scored 1,892 runs at an average of 36.38. Malan scored 1 century each in Tests and T20s and 6 centuries in ODIs. Made his debut in 2017
Malan scored 78 runs off 44 balls on his T20 International debut against South Africa in 2017. After this, in the Ashes, he played his only Test century of 140 runs off 227 balls in partnership with Jonny Bairstow in Perth. Malan has also been seen in IPL
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