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India fast bowler Srinath quits Test cricket BANGALORE, India, June 1 (Reuters) - India fast bowler Javagal Srinath announced his retirement from Test cricket on Saturday but said he would be available for one-day matches. "I today announce my retirement from Test cricket," the bowler told a news conference. Srinath, 32, played in the five-game series in the Caribbean won 2-1 by West Indies last month and had been expected to lead the pace attack in the tour of England starting later this month. But he said: "It has been in my mind for quite some time, six-seven months. "I still have some cricket left in me and would like to focus on the World Cup (in South Africa next year)," Srinath said. The bowler has been in and out of the one-day squad in the last two years and was not selected for the current West Indies series but he remained confident of making it to the World Cup. Srinath has taken 232 wickets at an average of 30.46 in 64 test appearances spanning more than a decade since making his debut in Australia in 1991-92. He has been the fast-bowling spearhead since the retirement of Kapil Dev in 1994 but his decision comes after conceding 42.92 runs apiece for his 13 wickets in the Caribbean series. Srinath burst into the test side as a 21-year-old tearaway and then made a fine comeback after surgery to repair a rotator cuff injury on his bowling shoulder in 1997 which had threatened to end his career. |
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