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Title: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: imran75 on June 11, 2015, 10:13:38 AM
http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/prior-bows-out-professional-game-medical-advice (http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/prior-bows-out-professional-game-medical-advice)
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: shamelessshaun on June 11, 2015, 10:27:27 AM
Retiring with 3 ashes series wins is not bad going. Wishing him well from where he goes from here!
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: ppccopener on June 11, 2015, 10:36:44 AM
brilliant player, bailed us out so many times counter-attacking down the order.
not many players win 3 Ashes series
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: Simmy on June 11, 2015, 11:06:08 AM
be on some big money in club cricket soon i guess then!
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: L21 on June 11, 2015, 11:37:38 AM
Has been a long time coming.

Suprised he didn't call it a day after the shambles in Oz last year.

The moment Bairstow took the gloves and then Buttler got the call up it was inevitable Prior wouldn't play again. 

Has been a very good player for England, a good gloveman and a batsman.

Be a long time before we have one of them again.
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on June 11, 2015, 11:46:31 AM
hes into cycling now mate and heading up a pro team so i think that will take up the majority of his time over cricket.

Struggled with his Achilles and the op turned out to be alot worse than 1st thought. Top lad though and was lucky enough to share and table (and a fair few beers) with him at the PCA dinner last Oct.
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: wcc on June 11, 2015, 12:07:32 PM
Good luck to him, he has been a great servant to english cricket, wasnt a great keeper when he first came on the test scene and turned himself into one of the best keeper batsmen in the world at one stage.
Title: Re: Matt Prior retires from professional cricket
Post by: Frontfootdrive on June 11, 2015, 01:09:28 PM
signed to Billingshurst in W Sussex,I hear,along with Mike Yardy,but doubt will play much