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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, July 31:\u00a0\u00a0Queensland fast bowler Alister McDermott has announced his retirement. A persistent back complaint that curtailed his cricket over the past 12 months and saw him miss out on a p",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, July 31:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Queensland fast bowler Alister McDermott has announced his retirement. A persistent back complaint that curtailed his cricket over the past 12 months and saw him miss out on a playing contract with the Queensland Bulls this season saw him reconsider his playing future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>McDermott made his debut for Queensland as a 17-year-old in the old Big Bash League and went onto play 20 first class games and 27 one day matches. He was a BBL player for the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder teams. He won one-day (2012-13) and Sheffield Shield (2011-12) titles with Queensland and was a member of the Heat&#39;s BBL 2 championship team, taking 2-21 including the key scalp of Mike Hussey in the final win over the Perth Scorchers in Perth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;From a young age I gave my full commitment to fulfilling my dream, looking to improve my fitness, strength, and skill level,&quot; he wrote on his Alister McDermott Cricket Academy website.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Even though I did not have the extended career I had dreamed of as a kid due to injuries, form and self-confidence, I have had some amazing memories that I can be proud of, and was fortunate to play with some absolute legends of the game,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A clever swing bowler, he took 69 first class wickets at 25.92 for the Bulls, with a best haul of 7\/24 in an innings. In one-day cricket, his best return was 5\/64 for Queensland as part of 40 wickets at 27.50.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among his career high points were Australia &#39;A&#39; selection in first class and one day cricket, and touring the United Arab Emirates as part of the Australian squad for T20I and ODI games against Pakistan in 2012.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After a three-year absence, he was contracted by Queensland for the 2019-20 season but a spate of injuries, including a broken wrist in a off-season fielding accident, prevented him playing any games for the Bulls and he was left off the list for this summer as he fought to recover sufficiently to bowl again.<\/p>\r\n",
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