New Zealand's best batsman George Worker has retired from international cricket. The 34-year-old player played 10 ODIs and 2 T20 matches for New Zealand. During this time, he also scored 4 half-centuries but despite good performance, Worker's career was limited to only 12 matches. The reason for George Worker's retirement is also interesting. The left-handed batsman retired because he got a good opportunity in a big investment firm. According to reports, George Worker is now going to work in a big investment company.

George Worker retires

Announcing his retirement, George Worker said that he is ending his 17-year professional career.

He is now moving towards a new chapter in his life. Worker started his professional career for Central Districts and played for Auckland for the last time. Talking about international cricket, this player got a chance in T20 International for the first time in the year 2015 and after that he also played ODI cricket. However, by 2018 his career came to an end.

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Opportunities were not given according to talent

George Worker was one of the best players of New Zealand. Even though his record in first class cricket was not good, he was an excellent player in ODIs and T20s. This left-handed batsman played 126 matches in first class cricket, in which he scored 6400 runs with the help of 11 centuries. Apart from this, he scored 6721 runs in 160 List A matches and this player scored 18 centuries. In T20 too, Worker scored 3480 runs in 154 matches and in that too, he scored a century. In this way, he scored 30 centuries and more than 16 thousand runs in professional cricket.