Calum Macleod bids farewell to international cricket

image-la3kl72nCalum Macleod [Source: Twitter]

Scottish batter Calum Macleod has announced his retirement from international cricket. He featured in 88 ODIs and 64 T20Is for the country, 

Since making his debut in 2008, Macleod amassed a total of 4,264 runs in international cricket, with a total of 20 fifties and 10 centuries. He featured in five World Cups (2009, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022). 

In the preliminary round of the T20 World Cup 2022, the elegant batter garnered 48 runs in three innings. 

Macleod's finest ODI knock of 175 off 141 came against Canada in the 2014 ODI World Cup Qualifiers. 

In the T20 World Cup Qualifiers in 2019, the 33-year-old smashed 74 off 37, which was his best T20I knock.

Reflecting on his decision to retire from the game, Macleod revealed that the game between Scotland and Australia in 1999 World Cup inspired him to take cricket as a career. 

Although Macleod regrets of Scotland not qualifying for Super 12 of T20 World Cup, he thinks the team has enough talent to progress well and inspire younger generations of the country.

 

Calum Macleod's statement

"Having announced my retirement to the team a few days ago, I'm sitting here thinking back to what inspired me in the first place and that would be the Scotland versus Australia game at the 1999 World Cup,

“Finishing after this World Cup in Australia has been tough because we didn’t manage to achieve what we wanted to achieve, but I leave the group with a real sense of hope that, with the right backing and the right opportunities, the current team can really go far and can inspire many."

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