Ed Joyce, who represented both England and Ireland in international cricket, has retired from all forms of the game.
The 39-year-old recently took part in Ireland’s first-ever test match against Pakistan. Though they were beaten, they produced a solid and competitive display.
He went on to score 4 during the first innings and produced a solid 43 of 98 balls during the second.
The highlight of his international career for Ireland was perhaps when he scored 231 against the United Arab Emirates in 2015.
Following his retirement, Joyce will now be part of the Irish coaching staff. His experience will be very important in terms of helping the country to grow in terms of the quality of cricket that they produce going forward.
“I feel now is the right time to stop playing and get started on a new chapter,” Joyce told Cricket Ireland. “The recent Test match against Pakistan was such an incredible few days and was the perfect game for me to say was my last in professional cricket. I’d batted twice in a day not many times in my career, especially not in that kind of pressure, in a home Test match with a lot of eyes on you worldwide to see how you’re going to go. There were a lot of people saying we could get bowled out again for 130. We managed to fight through to the end of play that day with a bit of luck and I was proud that we showed a bit of fight at the end of the third day. That’s all that Graham Ford asked of us was to show a lot of fight and we also showed a lot of skill.”
