Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien on Tuesday announced his retirement from international cricket after falling out of contention for this year’s T20 World Cup in Australia. O\u2019Brien played three Tests, 153 one-day internationals and 110 T20 internationals during a 16-year international career and had spells with a number of English county clubs and T20 franchise sides around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 38-year-old famously blasted the Irish to victory over England in a 2011 World Cup group match in India with a 50-ball century\u2014still the tournament\u2019s quickest. The Dubliner scored 9,048 runs in total for Ireland, including the country\u2019s first Test hundred, a second-innings knock of 118 against Pakistan in 2018, and took 276 wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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