England batter Dawid Malan, who last played an international match in 2023 in the ODI World Cup in India, has announced his retirement. Malan, who was once a top-ranked T20 batter for the longest time, will end his career with 4,416 runs for England across three formats in 114 matches.
England international Dawid Malan is currently uncertain about his future in international cricket despite being retained in the annual contracts list. The 36-year-old last played for England in World Cup 2023 and has plied his trade in franchise T20 leagues likes SA20 and then PSL.
England registered a humongous victory that has done their net run rate (NRR) a world of good. The Jos Buttler-led side had got off to a poor start after getting comprehensively beaten by New Zealand in their World Cup opener. Dawid Malan was awarded the Player of the Match for his century.
World Cup: Dawid Malan raced to his 6th ODI hundred and shattered the records of Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam and Shubman Gill. Malan scored his career-best 140 in the ENG vs BAN World Cup 2023 clash as England looked for their first win in the tournament.
The Jos Buttler-led side drew first blood in the ongoing T20I series by winning the opening T20I at Chester-le-Street on Wednesday.
BAN vs ENG 1st ODI: England's white ball stalwart Dawid Malan scored an unbeaten 114 off 145 deliveries and helped England win by a margin of 3 wickets. England are currently 1-0 up in the series
Wood has taken nine wickets from four matches so far in the tournament. On the other hand, Malan sustained a groin injury in England's four-wicket win over Sri Lanka last Saturday.
T20 World Cup 2022: India and England will have a go at each other in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022. India finished on 1st in Group 2 while England finished on 2nd spot in Group 2 of the Super 12 stage.
England dished out an ultimate bashing to The Netherlands as the team scripted history to record the highest-ever total in one-day cricket of 498/4.
Malan, who made a Test comeback in the series after three years, said the likes of Bumrah, Shami and Siraj are different from each other and batsmen struggle to cope when they bowl in tandem.
Malan, who is the world's top-ranked T20 batsman, made a fine comeback in Test cricket after three years with a splendid 70 in England first innings against India.
Malan, playing his first Test in three years, hit a splendid 70 and added 139 runs for the third wicket with skipper Joe Root as England reached 423 for 8 at stumps on day two.
Malan played Test cricket was three years back against India at Edgbaston where his butter fingers allowed India skipper Virat Kohli breathing space.
The two teams will clash in the third Tests starting here on Wednesday with India leading 1-0 in the five-match series.
England have kept injured pacer Mark Wood in the 15-man squad, hoping that he will be fit for the third Test starting August 25 at Leeds but left out Zak Crawley.
Malan, who was under pressure owing to his tally of 79 runs in the first four games with no half-century scores, scored an impressive half-century as a better strike rate to get to the milestone.
The 33-year-old left-hander has reached 915 points, the first to cross the 900-point mark after Australian Aaron Finch's 900-point achievement in July 2018.
Morgan was 26 not out and his partnership of 51 with Malan (55) for the fifth wicket was key in seeing England to victory
Malan took the ICC T20I batting top spot during England's campaign against Australia during September in Southampton.
Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan could be the newest recruits of Big Bash League side Melbourne Stars.
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