Former Proteas left-handed top-order batsman Jacques Rudolph has announced he will end his career playing county cricket in England.
Rudolph‚ who turns 34 next month‚ played 48 test matches for South Africa - scoring 2‚622 runs‚ including 222 not out on debut against Bangladesh‚ in April 2003.
He scored five other centuries‚ and 11 fifties in tests. Rudolph's final test was in Adelaide against Australia in November 2012.
“I have decided to conclude my career with Glamorgan on the English county-circuit following a 17-year period of dividing my time between the Titans‚ South Africa and the counties Yorkshire and Glamorgan‚" he said in a statement.
“In the twilight of my career‚ I wish to commit myself more exclusively to the advancement of my batting career in England. I leave with remarkable memories of South African cricket.”
He added that “one of the lasting impressions" of his career‚ "was to be part of the South African team that managed to wrestle the number-1 position in the world from England in 2012".
Rudolph also played 45 One Day Internationals‚ scoring 1‚174 runs‚ and a sole T20 International where he scored six not out.
-RDM News Wire
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