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Injured Hick misses farewell

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Graeme Hick confirmed an elbow injury will keep him out of Worcestershire's final two games of the season.

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Elbow injury sends veteran batsman into retirement

Graeme Hick will miss his own farewell after being ruled out of Worcestershire's final two games of the season due to an elbow injury. Hick - I lacked hard edge The 42-year-old batsman aggravated the problem during the 11-run Pro40 defeat to Middlesex on Sunday. He confirmed on Monday that he will sit out the Pears' final LV County Championship fixture against Middlesex and the Pro40 play-off at Glamorgan on Sunday. "I'm disappointed on the one hand," Hick told Sky Sports News. "But I played Sunday and the Middlesex lads lined up and gave me a guard of honour. "My elbow is not 100 percent and if this game was mid-season I wouldn't play. "I would need another 10 days to be totally comfortable with it and so I made the decision on two counts."

Domestic giant

Hick's decision brings down the curtain on a career that has seen him score 136 first-class hundreds, placing him eighth on the all-time list. He has also scored more than 64,000 runs in all forms of the game, making him the most prolific batsman in history. The Zimbabwe-born player accumulated his first-class runs at an average of 52.23, while his useful spin bowling also captured 232 victims. In contrast to his domestic dominance, Hick - who served a seven-year qualification period before his England debut in 1991 - struggled in international cricket. He played 65 Tests in the decade from 1991-2001, an average of 31.32 and just six centuries telling the story of underachievement on the biggest stage. His one-day international record was superior, averaging 37.33 in 120 appearances and placing fifth on England's all-time list of run scorers in the 50-over format.

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