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Liam Dawson First-Class Cricket Retirement: England’s spin all-rounder Liam Dawson has suddenly announced his retirement between IPL 2026. Dawson decided to retire from first class cricket with immediate effect. 36 year old Dawson will continue to play white ball cricket. The English all-rounder is seen playing in T20 leagues across the world.
Dawson has not been seen in the IPL yet, but he plays for Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the T20 league match to be held in South Africa. While playing for Sunrisers in the tournament in the 2024-25 season, he took 14 wickets. Apart from this, 47 runs were scored in batting. He will continue to play for the franchise as he has just said goodbye to red ball cricket.
What did Dawson say about retirement?
Dawson told Hampshire’s website about his retirement, “I have not taken this decision lightly, but I feel that this is the right time to further my career in white ball cricket.”
The purpose of Dawson’s retirement is clear, he wants to advance his game in white ball cricket. Let us tell you that he has played 4 tests for England. Apart from this, he has also played 9 ODI and 32 T20 International matches in white ball cricket. Now Dawson can become a regular part of England’s setup by further strengthening the white ball game.
Liam Dawson’s first class career
Dawson has played 218 first class matches in his career. Bowling in 284 innings of these matches, he has taken 380 wickets at an average of 32.31, in which the best figure of the match was 12/130. Dawson has won ’10 wicket haul’ 3 times and ‘5 wicket haul’ 15 times. While batting the rest, he scored 10828 runs in 351 innings at an average of 34.48. During this period, he scored 18 centuries and 56 half-centuries, in which the high score was 171 runs.
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