Australia all-rounder Ben Cutting announces his retirement from First-Class cricket. However, he will continue playing limited-overs cricket, especially T20s all around the world. In his 51 First-Class matches, Cutting took 170 wickets at 28.41 and also scored 1,561 runs at 23.65. Cutting also played in two continuous Sheffield Shield finals for Queensland — in 2008-09 and 2009-10 — but Victoria emerged victorious on both occasions.

Cutting, who was part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) title winning squad in 2016, is now with Mumbai Indians (MI) this time. He has also played four ODIs and seven T20Is for Australia. Announcing his retirement from the 4-day format, Cutting write this on Instagram:

“12 years since I first joined the Queensland Bulls, and 11 years since my debut First Class match, the time has come to call my retirement from the Baggy Maroon.

“I will not be a part of the contract list for the coming season as I choose to turn my full time focus to both the shortest format of the game, and building my business.

“I can’t thank Queensland Cricket enough for the opportunities at what has been my home for the past decade!”

Cutting will continue playing in the Big Bash League (BBL) and also the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). In BBL 07, Cutting scored 190 at a strike rate of 152 with 14 sixes in the middle-order. Cutting also played a three-match T20I series for World XI against Pakistan in Lahore, which was to help international cricket return to the nation. Mumbai Indians bought Cutting in the IPL 2018 auction for Rs 2.2 crore from a base price of Rs 1 crore.

In 84 T20s, Cutting has picked up 64 wickets and has also scored 1,044 runs with the bat.