The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced the retirements of fast bowler Ehsan Adil and all-rounder Hammad Azam.
Ehsan made his Test debut in February 2013 in Centurion against South Africa and played two more Tests and six One-Day Internationals till 2015, taking five and four wickets in the two formats, respectively.
Ehsan was a member of Pakistan’s side in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup in Australia in 2012. He played 67 first-class (245 wickets), 67 List A (98 wickets) and 68 T20 (86 wickets) matches from March 2012 till October 2021.
He was also a part of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup squad in Australia and New Zealand. He played his last match for Team Green against Australia in the quarter-finals at Adelaide, which Australia won by six wickets.
All-rounder Hammad Azam featured for Pakistan in the ICC Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2010 in New Zealand. He played 11 ODIs (80 runs and two wickets) and five T20Is (34 runs) from 2011 to 2015.
His domestic career spanned from December 2008 to June 2021 in which he played 107 first-class (4,953 runs and 186 wickets), 114 List A (2,362 runs and 91 wickets) and 98 T20s (1,361 runs and 75 wickets).
Azam was once recognized as one of the brightest talents of Pakistan but could not make his place in the team even after many chances.
The PCB congratulated the two for their services to cricket and wished them well in their future endeavours.
Both cricketers will be in action for MI New York in the inaugural season of Major League Cricket (MLC) this month.
Pakistani pacer Haris Rauf and the all-rounder Shadab Khan will represent San Fransisco Unicorns while the young Pakistani cricketer Saif Badar, who also featured in Pakistan Super League (PSL), will play for Los Angeles Knight Riders.
Two other Pakistani cricketers — Saad Ali and Mukhtar Ahmed — will represent Washington Freedom in the league.