SYDNEY: Australia's Steve O'Keefe, whose 12 wickets for 70 runs against India in a 2017 test remains the best figures by a visiting spinner, quit first class cricket on Sunday after New South Wales opted not to retain him.
O'Keefe said it had been a"privilege" to play for his country and to captain his state. He would miss the camaraderie the most, he added. One of the 13 spinners Australia have employed to fill the void left by Shane Warne's 2007 exit, O'Keefe played nine tests between 2014-17, claiming 35 wickets.Twelve of them came in the 2014 Pune test alone, where he claimed six wickets in each innings to help Australia to a comprehensive victory.
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