Nicky Boje retires from international cricket

Nicky Boje retires from international cricket

South African spin bowlder Nicky Boje has announced his retirement from international cricket. Though he was included in the test team against India playing at the home, but suprisingly he has decided to retire from cricket. He now decided to devote remainder of his playing years to Eagles cricket and concentrate on his domestic cricket career only.

Nicky Boje had started his test cricket career against India at Mumbai India and he started his one day international cricket careet against Zimbabwe at Harare. His last test match was against Sri Lanka at Colombo and played last one day international against New Zealand at Port Elizabeth.

Nicky Boje is left-arm spin bowler and left handed batsman. He played 43 Tests for South Africa and took 100 wickets. His bowling average is 42.65 and best bowling figure was 5/62. He made 1312 runs in 62 innings at 25.23 with career best 85. Nicky Boje played 115 one day internationals and took 96 wickets with an average 35.57. His best bowling performance was 5/21. He made total 1414 ODI runs at avg 26.67 with highest score of 129. Sometime he was promoted in the batting lineup so as to boost up an innings average and he played some useful innings at such stages.

And finally Nicky Boje announded his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.