Tahir makes ‘biggest decision of my life’
Spinner to end his ODI career after the World Cup
Proteas slow bowler Imran Tahir will call time on his international ODI career after the World Cup in England to make way for younger spinners. Tahir‚ who with JP Duminy and Chris Morris failed to get offers of new contracts recently‚ said the decision was the biggest of his life and it came after he reached a mutual agreement with Cricket SA. “I have always wanted to play at the World Cup and it will be a great achievement for me to do that for this great team‚ but we had a understanding with Cricket SA‚” he said. “I would have liked to play as long as I could, but there is a stage in your life where you have to take a big decision and this is definitely the biggest decision of my life. I also think that there are a couple of spinners in the country who deserve the opportunity. “If I have a great World Cup I will be grateful to God, but I have made up my mind. After the World Cup, Cricket SA will allow me to go wherever I want to play in other leagues around the world and I also wa...
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