Pakistan’s left-arm pacer, Usman Shinwari has announced his retirement from the longest format of cricket in order to play more matches in shorter formats.

Shinwari has suffered from a lot of injuries during his cricketing career which has limited his appearance in domestic matches and has moved down the pecking order for the national team selection.

On his official Twitter handle, Shinwari said that he is now “absolutely fit” to play cricket again. Due to his back injury, he had been ruled out of the squad for a long time.

He announced his retirement from the red-ball format in his tweet. He wrote in the tweet: “…but due to my Doctors and physio advise I have to leave long format to avoid such injuries in future and prolong my cricket career. I am resigning from Red ball.”

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Thanks to @sportsphysiojav ALHAMDULILLAH I have made my comeback again from back injury and now I am absolutely fit but due to my Doctors and physio advises I have to leave Long format to avoid such injuries in future and prolong my Cricket career.I am Resigning from Red ball pic.twitter.com/63gy4J7RKS

— Usman khan shinwari (@Usmanshinwari6) November 16, 2021

The 37-year-old has played only one Test match for Pakistan and has made appearances in 33 first-class matches in his career. While his statistics in a first-class career are satisfactory, he has performed well in the limited-overs format. He has taken 34 wickets in his 17 ODI matches with an average of 18.60 and an economy rate of 4.94.

Shinwari will be looking to prove himself in the upcoming limited-over domestic season and make his way back into Pakistan’s limited-overs format.

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