• Quinton De Kock Announces Retirement from Test Cricket

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    Quinton De Kock Announces Retirement from Test Cricket

    Digital Desk: Ace wicketkeeper-batsman of the South African team Quinton de Kock announced his retirement from test cricket immediately after Thursday. The announcement comes on the backdrop of South Africa’s defeat in the first Test match against India in Centurion, where India won by 113 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.





    “This is not a decision that I have come to very easily. I have taken a lot of time to think about what my future looks like and what needs to take priority in my life now that Sasha and I are about to welcome our first child into this world and look to grow our family beyond that. My family is everything to me and I want to have the time and space to be able to be with them during this new and exciting chapter of our lives,” de Kock said in a statement issued by CSA.





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    De Kock, 29, made his Test debut against Australia in Port Elizabeth in 2014. In 54 matches, he has scored 3300 runs with the highest score of 141 not-out, at an average of 38.82 and strike rate of 70.93. He also has six centuries and 22 half-centuries under his belt.





    De Kock has also taken the third-most number of catches in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship -- 48 in 11 matches (47 catches and 1 stumping) and has a personal best of six dismissals in an innings against England in Centurion in 2019.