Parrott could call it a day

John Parrott is considering hanging up his cue after failing to qualify for the Betfred.com World Championship.

Former world champion ponders retirement

John Parrott is considering hanging up his cue after failing to qualify for the Betfred.com World Championship. The 45-year-old, who won the world title in 1991, is certain to drop out of the top 64 for next season after enduring a steady decline down the rankings. Parrott fell to a 10-6 defeat against Chinese teenager Anda Zhang at Sheffield's Institute of Sport on Wednesday, and if he chooses to continue will face a future apart from the main tour. "If I'm off the tour, it's fairly certain that I'll retire. I certainly won't be playing any lower down," Parrot told the Daily Mail. "If I lose my card, that's me gone. I still have the utmost respect for the game. I've just lost in the World Championship and I'm not going to spit the dummy out. But I don't enjoy the hours of practice any more." Jimmy White ended Parrott's chances of staying in the top 64 with a 10-8 victory over Scotland's Mark Boyle on Wednesday night. The six-time Crucible runner-up will face 1997 world champion Ken Doherty in the penultimate round of qualifying on Thursday.