South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has officially retired from international cricket, the 33-year-old said in a statement.
The paceman, who played the last of his 101 Tests in December, but was out of favor with the national selectors ago, will make a final appearance in a Twenty20 international against India in Durban on January 9.
"It 's been a wonderful journey for me to represent our country," Ntina said in a statement. "I have so many great memories that I will do the rest of my life with me."
Ntini made his debut in South Africa one-day international in 1998 and retired after taking 390 test wickets, with best figures of 7 to 37, and 266 wickets in 173 ODIs.Nicknamed the "Mdingi Express after the people of his birth in the Eastern Cape, Ntini will continue to play domestic cricket.
"My career is far from over, it simply means that my time abroad has come to hang up his boots," he said. Interior "Cricket is booming at the moment, and I want to be part of the development as a player, as long as possible."
The paceman, who played the last of his 101 Tests in December, but was out of favor with the national selectors ago, will make a final appearance in a Twenty20 international against India in Durban on January 9.
"It 's been a wonderful journey for me to represent our country," Ntina said in a statement. "I have so many great memories that I will do the rest of my life with me."
Ntini made his debut in South Africa one-day international in 1998 and retired after taking 390 test wickets, with best figures of 7 to 37, and 266 wickets in 173 ODIs.Nicknamed the "Mdingi Express after the people of his birth in the Eastern Cape, Ntini will continue to play domestic cricket.
"My career is far from over, it simply means that my time abroad has come to hang up his boots," he said. Interior "Cricket is booming at the moment, and I want to be part of the development as a player, as long as possible."

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