"This will give me an opportunity to focus on my batting and other areas of my cricket, " he said.
I've loved my football, my rugby and my cricket and I was fortunate to meet good people early on in my career.
"I play my cricket simply but I am very positive, " he says.
'If it is going to be my last year I want to go out there, enjoy my cricket and end on a high, ' Smith commented.
"I feel that the past season has been one of the best of my cricket career and I am happy to be retiring on a really positive note, " McMillan added.
"As far as my cricket goes, anything is possible - I may play one-dayers or no cricket at all, " added Lee, who has continued to feature in Australia one-day sides despite not playing in Tests.
My mother was the cricket follower when my parents met and married.
It will be difficult to replace the legendary batsman, for whom, in the words of my friend and cricket writer, Rohit Brijnath, "decency and determination were not conflicting virtues".
"I always watched cricket on television when I was growing up and every Sunday my Father would play cricket with me just to stop me nagging him, " she confessed.
"Having been involved in cricket all my working life it's fantastic now to have the opportunity to work in a different sport, " said Fatkin.
From this point I don't propose to be doing further interviews or making further statements as I get on with my life as a cricket player.
"The first time cricket came into my consciousness was a few years ago, when Ireland beat Pakistan, " Fergal says.
"I have totally recovered from my injury but to get full rhythm in my bowling I will play county cricket in England, " he told Indian newspapers.
"I started enjoying it from the first ball and Pietersen's was the wicket I dreamt of - he is one of my favourite batsmen in modern day cricket, " Sreesanth commented.
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"I have spoken to the Zimbabwe Cricket Union who understand my decision, " said Goodwin, who spent his teenage years in Perth, in a statement released by the Western Australia Cricket Association.
"I am lucky that I was not in my room and was having breakfast... my room is totally destroyed, " cricket star Shahid Afridi said.
One of these days I'll get my own back by getting you to a cricket match and explaining the rules to you and some of the terminology that you'll have to try and get straight, as I tried last night.
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England lack something in one-day cricket I can't quite put my finger on.
On my upper arm I now have the Essex County Cricket Club crest with "100% Essex Girl" written underneath it.
"Jane and family are still my priority at the moment ... so the cricket takes a back seat, " McGrath told Sydney radio 2KY on Tuesday.
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"I know in my heart that the dangers to my health of committing myself to all that goes with international cricket off the field are just too great, " he said after turning down the chance to play in this year's ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
On the night of the attack, I was watching the cricket match between India and England on TV in the bar upstairs with my brother, Farzad.
"Not only did I love my time in Cardiff in 2006, I also felt I was playing some of the best cricket I have ever played, and I aim to reproduce that, " he said.
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