5 Reasons Why Craig Kieswetter Announced His Retirement

5 Reasons Why Craig Kieswetter Announced His Retirement: Craig Kieswetter, a brilliant wicket keeper batsman and one of the architects for the ICC World T20 win for England in 2010 announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket. This is indeed a shocking incident as the Somerset player had to retire at such an early age when he had decent amounts of cricket left in him. The 27-year old player has played 46 One Day Internationals and 25 T20 Internationals for England and had a perfect cricketing career combining the domestic and the international stages of the game. Since ending a career at such an early age is never expected or acceptable from a player of his caliber, let us have a vivid study onto the reasons why Kieswetter had to announce his retirement. 1. Injury: Apparently chicks dig scars…?! #rocky pic.twitter.com/DcGBhp5unN — Craig Kieswetter (@kiesy_22) July 13, 2014 The wicket-keeper batsman suffered from a deadly eye injury in last July while batting against the Northants. That injury led to the destruction of his eye socket and cheekbone and he is yet to recover from the disastrous injury. Kieswetter could have even lost his life but due to intensified medical care, he somehow returned to life and also to cricket but did not manage to carry on with the early run. 2. The Trauma: Operation went well – little bit more damage than expected. The road to recovery starts now! #patience #work pic.twitter.com/4f2Hn4CVbi — Craig Kieswetter (@kiesy_22) July 20, 2014 After being victimized to such an alarming injury, any human being would have a fear in his mind thinking of facing such deliveries at sheer pace. This requires intensified mental strength. Kieswetter opted to be on the safer side and thus announced his retirement with ‘no regrets’ as he feels he had a perfect cricketing career with ups and downs. Even Kieswetter said of the fact that he would never be the same player that he was. 3. Impaired Vision: Recovery is going well! Reckon the scar makes me look dangerous ? #brawler #scarredselfie #✌️ pic.twitter.com/B3VGdcSVa8 — Craig Kieswetter (@kiesy_22) August 13, 2014 After facing the tormenting injury, Kieswetter made his return to cricket in September, 2014. It was then that he experienced that his vision was still impaired and the reflexes were lacking. He headed onto South Africa and scored 199 runs in 10 innings in the domestic season. After finding out the flaws in his reflexes, he decided to sit out for the 2015 season and eventually announced his retirement of late. 4. Fear of Sustaining a Life Threatening Injuries: Using @hilotherapy to try help my recovery pre and post op. Definitely pulling the Batman look off.. ? pic.twitter.com/ZveiL4SgL7 — Craig Kieswetter (@kiesy_22) July 14, 2014 A person who averaged near 40 in both List A and ODI cricket, with batting average of 76 in T20 cricket, Kieswetter was considered as a dependable batsman for sure. And thus, he had to face such stern challenges. Also, he had to keep behind the stumps, keeping and batting together and then the fear that gets tied to the inner self after an accident must have reduced his passion and thus terror won over cricket. 5. Choice of being on the Safer Side: Craig Kieswetter. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Kieswetter has experienced a number of ups and some occasional downs in his career. Also, he has the experience of being the World Champion. He was the Man of the Match in the World T20 Final in 2010. He has plenty of sweet memories and friends to take back and thus he chose to be on the safer side. His words were, “I’ll have so many memories of a career that spanned nine years of my life during which I have made so many friends. See you all on the sidelines.”