Zafar Ansari
Zafar Ansari

Zafar Ansari retires at age of 25


Surrey's England all-rounder Zafar Ansari has announced his retirement from cricket with immediate effect.

Ansari won one-day international honours for England in 2015 and made his Test debut against Bangladesh last October.

But the 25-year-old has shocked the cricket world by announcing his retirement "to pursue new challenges", possibly in the legal world.

"After seven years as a professional cricketer and almost two decades in total playing the game, I have decided to bring my cricket career to an end," Ansari told the official Surrey club website.

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