Gary Keedy announces retirement from cricket
Thursday 24 September 2015 18:51, UK
Spin bowler Gary Keedy has announced his retirement from cricket after a career spanning more than 20 years.
The 40-year-old has spent the past two seasons with Nottinghamshire as a player-coach but is most associated with Lancashire, for whom he played 215 of his 227 first-class games.
The slow left-armer took 696 wickets in those games but, despite representing England at youth and Lions levels, he never featured in a senior international in any format.
The highlight of a career also featuring short spells at Yorkshire and Surrey came in 2011, when Keedy took 61 wickets in Lancashire's Championship-winning season, one of four in which he finished with more than 50 first-class scalps.
He told the Notts website: "As a 40-year-old that's only realistically going to play the odd game, it's right for me to call time and concentrate on other things.
"I've got my spin bowling coaching which has been very successful so far that I'd like to concentrate on, and I've got my physio skills that I'll use somewhere along the way.
"I've got a nine-year-old daughter who I'm missing growing up and now is the time to put the 23 years to bed and look forward to the rest of my life.
"At Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey and at Trent Bridge - as well as opportunities like England Lions, the MCC and other teams I've represented, a massive thank you from top to bottom to everyone who has influenced my career."
