Spinner retires

Zafar Ansari has retired from cricket in order to pursue a career in the legal profession, just four months after playing his third and final test for England. Ansari’s retirement comes as a surprise even though he never hid the fact that cricket was always only "just one part of my life". His academic achievements - he has a double first in politics, philosophy and sociology from Cambridge University and a Masters degree in history from Royal Holloway - offer him plenty of opportunities outside of bowling left-arm spin. He endured a tough winter with England and admitted in an interview earlier this week how difficult he found the step up from county to international cricket.