Mitchell Johnson announces his retirement from the Big Bash League

Mitchell Johnson leaves the Big Bash League.

Former Australian mariner Mitchell Johnson announced Wednesday his retirement from the Big Bash League. The southpaw, who has played for Perth Scorchers, will continue to practice for other T20 leagues around the world, but will not compete in the Australian T20 competition in 2018-19. The bowler will be 37 years old at the start of the season, and with the entire team playing 14 games for the first time in a full season, he thinks it will be too much pressure on him at his age. [19659006Parlantà The West Australian Johnson's manager, Sam Halvorsen, said: "The intensity and length of the BBL are too much for someone who will be 37 years old at the beginning of the year. 39; summer. " He added that the former Australian international has however given its name to the inaugural league of the United Arab Emirates Twenty 20.

"Mitch has put his name to the Emirates tournament in Dubai, but it's the half of the BBL, "he said. It is still unclear whether Johnson, who is currently playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, will be back in the Indian Premier League next year.

In his Big Bash League career, Johnson picked up 20 wickets in his cat in 19 games at a 6.15 save rate with 3/3 numbers in the 2016-17 semifinal as his best time. In total, he played a total of 112 T20 matches in his career with 123 wickets in his name, averaging 25.78.

Johnson retired from international cricket in 2015, after a career of 73 tests, 153 ODI and 30 T20Is. He took 313 wickets in the longest format, 23 wickets in ODIs and 38 wickets in T20Is.

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