Lendl Simmons announces retirement from international cricket

Veteran West Indies opener Lendl Simmons reported his retirement from global cricket on Monday (July 18). Simmons' declaration comes around the same time his previous colleague Denesh Ramdin chose to drape up his boots for West Indies.

Simmons originally made his presentation for the West Indies way back in December 2006 in an ODI against Pakistan. Despite the fact that he succumbed to a duck on debut, Simmons proceeded to add 67 additional covers in the organization, scoring two centuries. He never figured out how to go beyond 50 in his short eight-match Test vocation yet it was in T20 cricket where he had his greatest effect.

Simmons was a piece of West Indies' successful T20 World Cup crusades in 2012 and 2016. In the elimination round in 2016, he hit a mind blowing 82 to assist West Indies with bringing down has India. As the most elevated rungetter in the CPL, Simmons was given a potential chance to address West Indies again in their title safeguard in 2021 however his last excursion ended up being not so exceptionally important as he made just 16 off 35 balls in his side's misfortune to South Africa. Generally, in 144 games across designs, Simmons wound up scoring 3763 runs in global cricket.

Throughout the long term, the 37-year-old has likewise addressed different establishments all over the planet with progress. In 2015 and 2017, he assumed a significant part in assisting Mumbai Indians with bringing home the IPL championship.

While declaring his choice to resign via online entertainment, Simmons likewise affirmed that he will keep playing establishment cricket.

"At the point when I wore the Maroon Colors of the West Indies Cricket interestingly on debut in ODIs on December seventh, 2006, much to my dismay that my global profession would have endured 16 years yet my energy and love for the game fuelled me consistently," Simmons said on Twitter.

"I'm shutting this part of International cricket having played 144 matches and scoring 3763 runs from all organizations. I need to thank the West Indies Cricket Team for the amazing open doors, and I hope everything turns out great for the new yield of WI players all and to continue to have confidence in yourselves and your capacities."