Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan proclaims retirement

Former England all-rounder Tim Bresnan has introduced his retirement from all types of cricket on the age of 36.
Bresnan performed 23 Tests and was an Ashes series-winner in 2010-11 and 2013 and in addition a T20 World Cup-winner in 2010. The all-rounder additionally performed 85 One-Day Internationals and 34 T20 internationals for his nation.

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💬 “I will always look back at my career with immense pride and it’s been an absolute honour to represent Warwickshire, my home county and country.”
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— Warwickshire CCC 🏏 (@WarwickshireCCC) January 31, 2022
Bresnan represented Yorkshire from 2001 to 2019. He left Yorkshire in June 2020 and joined Warwickshire later that month on a two-year contract. Bresnan scored 7,138 first-class runs, together with seven centuries, and took 575 wickets at a median of 30.99.
He left Yorkshire in June 2020 and joined Warwickshire later that month on a two-year contract.

“This has been an incredibly tough decision, but after returning to winter training I feel that this is the right time,” Bresnan was quoted as saying in Warwickshire’s press launch.

🚨 BRESNAN RETIRES FROM CRICKET 🚨
The Warwickshire and England participant has retired from cricket after 20 years.
He represented England 142 instances which included 23 Test matches.
He received the T20 World Cup & was a part of the Ashes sequence win Down Under in 2010/11.
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— England’s Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) January 31, 2022
“I’ve continued to work exhausting all through the low season to organize for my twenty first skilled 12 months, however deep down I really feel I can’t attain the excessive requirements that I set myself and my teammates.

“The starvation and enthusiasm that I’ve for the sport I really like won’t ever go away me, however while my head is keen to sort out the 2022 season, my physique isn’t.
“I will always look back at my career with immense pride and it’s been an absolute honour to represent Warwickshire, my home county and country. Growing up I never would have believed how lucky I was to play with and against some of the finest cricketers to grace the game.”
Bresnan was accused of bullying by his former Yorkshire teammate Azeem Rafiq. He later aologised for it.

“For any part I played in contributing to Azeem Rafiq’s experience of feeling bullied at Yorkshire, I apologise unreservedly,” Bresnan had then stated in a press release.
“I must though categorically deny his accusation that I ‘frequently made racist comments’. This is absolutely not true.”