New Delhi: English bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday. The decision from the 36-year-old comes ahead of Ashes 2025-26 after he did not get a place in the squad for the massive England-Australia Test series.

Woakes last played at the Oval Test match against India few months back where he participated with a dislocated shoulder. Woakes came to to bat courageously with his left-arm in a sling as England went down in the final game of the series.

Across 62 Test matches, Woakes claimed 192 wickets, with his best match figures of 11 for 102 against Pakistan at the Lord’s and best innings figures of 6 for 17 against Ireland at the same venue. With the bat, he has one Test hundred to his name apart from seven fifties.

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