Saurashtra’s Sheldon Jackson broadcasts his retirement from first-class cricket after his group’s loss to Gujarat within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.
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Prolific Saurashtra batter Sheldon Jackson on Tuesday (February 11, 2025) retired from skilled cricket after a profession spanning 15 years, his final outing ending in a defeat to Gujarat within the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal in New Delhi.
Jackson, 38, retires with greater than 7200 runs in 105 first-class matches with a highest rating of 186, 21 tons of and 39 half-centuries.
That he ended his profession with a median of over 45 speaks volumes about his consistency in first-class cricket.
Jackson has been a multidimensional cricketer and in addition to being a dependable batsman and a very good fielder. He additionally stored wickets for Saurashtra within the limited-over competitions.
Within the longer format, nonetheless, he was not required to do the obligation because of Sagar Jogiyani’s presence.
He scored 14 and 27 in his ultimate two outings as Gujarat gained by an innings and 98 runs.
Jackson, who was as soon as a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders set-up after being noticed by former Bengal participant Joydeep Mukherjee, made his debut for Saurashtra in December 2011.
After being on the fringes of choice for his state group Saurashtra for 3 years, he made his debut in December 2011.
He made 4 fifties and three tons of within the 2012-13 Ranji season, together with back-to-back centuries within the quarter-final and semi-final towards Karnataka and Punjab respectively, to assist Saurashtra qualify for the ultimate for the primary time.
Owing to his glorious run with the bat that yr, he broke into the India A group for the sequence towards West Indies A at residence. He was additionally a outstanding member in Saurashtra’s second cost in direction of a Ranji Trophy title within the 2015-16 season.
Final month, Jackson had known as time on his limited-overs profession after scoring 2792 runs in 84 innings, together with his highest being an unbeaten 133 through the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2022.
Within the limited-overs recreation, he struck 9 centuries and 14 half-centuries in all.
Printed – February 11, 2025 03:48 pm IST
