Australian wicketkeeper-batsmen Matthew Wade, who played in all three formats of the game for his country, announced his retirement from international cricket and a move into coaching on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old played 36 Tests, 97 one-day internationals and 92 Twenty20s for Australia, making his last appearance at the T20 World Cup earlier this year.
“I was fully aware my international days were most likely over at the end of the last T20 World Cup,” the lefthander said in a Cricket Australia news release.
“Coaching has been on my radar over the last few years and thankfully some great opportunities have come my way, for which I am very grateful and excited.”
He has been coaching Tasmanian youth and second XI sides during the winter, roles which he hopes to expand in and around the Australian system while playing through the summer.
Wade played a number of different roles for Australia over a 13-year international career but it was as a finisher at the 2021 T20 World Cup that he played his most important innings, an unbeaten 41 that got Australia past Pakistan in the semis.
