Tuesday 21 July 2015 08:28, UK
England's World T20 winner Michael Yardy has announced he will quit all forms of cricket later this year.
The Sussex all-rounder, 34, is to retire at the end of the current season, bringing to an end a career laden with honours at county and international level.
Yardy was part of the side which delivered the 2010 T20 - England's first ICC one-day trophy - and won three County Championship titles with Sussex between 2003 and 2007 before captaining the side for three years from 2009.
He said: "After lots of conversations with my wife, now is the time to start a new journey away from playing cricket. I have found the last few years increasingly more difficult and frustrating, and want to look back on my career with pride and fondness.
"I would like to thank so many people including all the great team mates over my career who have helped me be part of some very special things with Sussex, and realise a dream of playing for England.
"I'm excited for the next couple of months and doing anything that is possible for us to have successful season."
Sussex’s Professional Cricket Manager Mark Robinson said, "Yards is a home-grown player who has progressed through our youth system, and caught the train as a 16 year-old from Hastings all the way to Arundel in the winter months in order to fight his way to become one of the leading domestic players, and an international one-day player.
"He has not only been an integral part of Sussex's one-day success, but a World T20 winner with England.
"He captained the team for three years winning the T20 and Pro40 competitions in that period. His overall contribution to Sussex Cricket has been immense, and the support he has given me and all the players in the dressing room will be sadly missed."
Yardy played 28 one-day internationals for England, the last of them in the 2011 World Cup.
