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      <title>Three-time Ashes winner England bowler Finn retires after injury battle</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former England fast bowler Steven Finn retired on Monday after the three-time Ashes winner accepted “defeat” in his battle against a host of injury problems.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finn took 125 wickets in 36 Test appearances for England at an average of 30.4 between 2010 and 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The 34-year-old also played in 69 one-day internationals and 21 T20 internationals for England.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hampered by various injuries, Finn slipped out of the England squad and has not played red-ball cricket since July 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“I have been fighting a battle with my body for the last 12 months and have admitted defeat to it,” Finn said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Finn made his county debut with Middlesex aged 16, emerging as a rising star for England following his maiden Test appearance against Bangladesh in 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read: &lt;a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30325985/bazball-under-fire-as-england-crumble-in-ashes"&gt;Bazball’ under fire as England crumble in Ashes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But after helping England to three Ashes triumphs, Finn’s injury problems took their toll.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He signed for Sussex last year, but a setback in his attempt to recover from a long-running knee problem forced him to bring the curtain down on his 18-year career.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“I retire with some amazing memories with England, Middlesex and Sussex, shared with fantastic people. Those will live with me forever,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Cricket has given me a lot and I hope to give back to the game in some capacity in the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“But, for now, I’ll enjoy watching on without wondering whether my body will be able to make it through another day’s cricket.”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Former England fast bowler Steven Finn retired on Monday after the three-time Ashes winner accepted “defeat” in his battle against a host of injury problems.</strong></p>
<p>Finn took 125 wickets in 36 Test appearances for England at an average of 30.4 between 2010 and 2016.</p>
<p>The 34-year-old also played in 69 one-day internationals and 21 T20 internationals for England.</p>
<p>Hampered by various injuries, Finn slipped out of the England squad and has not played red-ball cricket since July 2022.</p>
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<p>“I have been fighting a battle with my body for the last 12 months and have admitted defeat to it,” Finn said.</p>
<p>Finn made his county debut with Middlesex aged 16, emerging as a rising star for England following his maiden Test appearance against Bangladesh in 2010.</p>
<p>Read: <a href="https://www.aajenglish.tv/news/30325985/bazball-under-fire-as-england-crumble-in-ashes">Bazball’ under fire as England crumble in Ashes</a></p>
<p>But after helping England to three Ashes triumphs, Finn’s injury problems took their toll.</p>
<p>He signed for Sussex last year, but a setback in his attempt to recover from a long-running knee problem forced him to bring the curtain down on his 18-year career.</p>
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<p>“I retire with some amazing memories with England, Middlesex and Sussex, shared with fantastic people. Those will live with me forever,” he said.</p>
<p>“Cricket has given me a lot and I hope to give back to the game in some capacity in the future.</p>
<p>“But, for now, I’ll enjoy watching on without wondering whether my body will be able to make it through another day’s cricket.”</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2023 17:26:06 +0500</pubDate>
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