An Australian fast bowler has retired. The player has announced his retirement, putting an end to his 16-year career. We are talking about Jason Behrendorff, who has currently said goodbye to state cricket. Meaning he will continue to play in the T20 league. However, Behrendorff is not a part of Australia's team in the Champions Trophy.

Behrendorff, who turned 35 in April this year, will however be available for national selection. He has played 17 T20 matches for Australia so far. However, it has been 12 months since he played his last match. He played his last T20 match against West Indies. Behrendorff has also played 12 ODIs for Australia between 2019 and 2022. In these 12 ODIs, he took 16 wickets for Australia. At the same time, he has 18 wickets in 17 T20 matches.

Jason Behrendorff, while announcing his retirement from state cricket, said that now a chapter of his career has ended. These 16 years have been very good moments. I have lived my childhood dream by playing state cricket. It is because of that that I got a chance to play for Australia.

Jason Behrendorff has played state cricket for Western Australia. He started playing at the state level at the age of 19. Then gradually he became the main player of Western Australia. He has won 5 ODI cups.

Jason Behrendorff has also visited India and has shown his bowling prowess in the T20 format on Indian soil. In the T20 match played in Guwahati in 2017, he single-handedly destroyed India's top order. He took the top 4 wickets including Rohit-Virat giving away just 21 runs. This is the best figure of his T20 International career. Due to this brilliant performance, Australia registered a big win in that match.