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Another tour too much for Stewart
Birmingham (England), July 26: England wicket-keeper Alec Stewart has said the thought of another tough winter away from home had prompted him to announce his retirement from Test cricket.
Birmingham (England), July 26: England wicket-keeper
Alec Stewart has said the thought of another tough winter away
from home had prompted him to announce his retirement from
Test cricket.
Surrey stalwart Stewart, 40, had said on the eve of the
first test here against South Africa at Edgbaston that he
would quit test cricket at the end of the current series
against the Proteas.
That gives Stewart the chance to bow out from England
duty on his oval home ground where the fifth and final test
gets underway on September 4.
After that England travel to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
before touring the West Indies in the spring of 2004.
Stewart, speaking at Edgbaston here yesterday where rain
delayed the start of the second day's play, said: "with a long
winter coming up I felt it would be one tour too many, and
therefore I will call it a day at the oval or if not
beforehand."
"I hope I have chosen the right time to go. I am sure I will miss it - but at the same time I will look back and say I have enjoyed my career."
Bureau Report.
"I hope I have chosen the right time to go. I am sure I will miss it - but at the same time I will look back and say I have enjoyed my career."
Bureau Report.