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Corey Anderson retires from New Zealand cricket, signs 3-year deal with MLC in USA

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson has announced his retirement from international cricket.

Aside from this, he has signed a 3-year contract with the Major League Cricket T20 in the United States of America. 29-year-old Corey, who has played 13 Tests, 49 ODIs, and 31 T20Is for New Zealand.

In the 93 international games across formats, he scored 2277 runs with two hundred and 10 half-centuries. He also picked up 90 wickets.

“It’s been a huge honor and extremely proud to represent New Zealand. I would have loved to have achieved and played more but just is what it is sometimes, and different opportunities arise and send you in a direction you never thought would be a possibility. Very appreciative for everything that NZC has done for me,” Anderson told Cricbuzz.

He also thanked his fiance Mary Margaret, who was born in America, for supporting him and for the sacrifices she made by moving to New Zealand and getting immersed in a different culture.

“It hasn’t been an easy decision. I asked myself several questions. What do I want to do now or what do I want to achieve in the next two years, five years, 10 years? As you get older you think about life a little bit more broadly as well,” he was quoted as saying.

“So, when the opportunity arose, we thought that living in America is the best thing, not only for my cricket, but it’s, it’s the best thing for both of us in general as well,” he added.

However, his career was affected by frequent injuries, including a spate of stress fractures, groin injuries, and chronic back issues. He last played for New Zealand in 2018. He will now join in the MLC T20 league in the USA with Pakistan’s Sami Aslam and South Africa’s Dane Piedt.

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