Simon Katich retires

July 13, 2014 01:07 am | Updated 01:07 am IST - Melbourne:

Already retired from Tests and ODIs, veteran Australian opener Simon Katich on Saturday called time on his Twenty20 career as well ruling himself out of the Champions League T20 in India.

The 38-year-old, who had quit first-class cricket in 2012, had captained Perth Scorchers to KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League title earlier this year, making the team eligible to play in the CLT20.

Katich played 118 T20 games and scored 2483 runs at 0.28 and a strike-rate of 126.61. He played 56 Tests, averaging 45.03 for his 4,188 runs.

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