Veteran player Sean Williams retired before the T20 World Cup, a unique record has been recorded in instant cricket
Sean Williams Retirement: Zimbabwe had to face a 1-4 defeat in the 5-match T20 series against Bangladesh. Sean Williams was included in the playing eleven in the last match. Zimbabwe won this match and avoided a clean sweep. An interesting fact is that Sean Williams played his first and last T20 match against Bangladesh only.
America and the West Indies will host the T20 World Cup in 2024, which begins on June 2. The Zimbabwe cricket team had a significant loss just before this. Sean Williams, a well-known all-around player, has stepped down from T20 international cricket. Following the final game of the five-game T20 series against Bangladesh, Sean Williams declared his retirement.
In the five-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh, Zimbabwe was forced to concede four runs. The previous game was won by Zimbabwe. Williams' T20 international career came to an end in this match. Williams only participated in the series' opening and closing games. He will still play Test and ODI matches, though. In T20 international cricket, this all-around player has a unique record.
In fact, Williams is the second player in the world to play cricket for the longest period in T20 International. Sean Williams played T20 international cricket for 17 years and 166 days. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is in first place. At the same time, this is Rohit Sharma's 17th year. This is Virat Kohli's 14th year in T20 international cricket.
It is noteworthy that Williams made his T20 debut for Zimbabwe on 28 November 2006. Has played 81 T20 International matches for the team. During this period, he scored 1691 runs at a strike rate of 126.38 and also took 48 wickets. The first match was also played against Bangladesh in Khulna (Bangladesh).
