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Malcolm Waller has officially retired from cricket to take up farming. A player who had his moments in a Zimbabwe shirt (99 not out against New Zealand being the highlight), but struggled for consistency. A very popular man on and off the field. Take care Maru!

He will be missed on the domestic scene

he should have hung around for selection at the t20 world cup at least, thats his format.

Farming? Zimbabwean cricket must be in bad shape if a white guy is taking up farming instead.

eugene wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:27 am

Farming? Zimbabwean cricket must be in bad shape if a white guy is taking up farming instead.

You'll be surprised Eugene. There's been a little bit of progress over the past 8 months or so in terms of white farmers getting land back/leased.
Obviously the land is not on the scale of what it once was but it's a start. I know Malcolm's younger cousin is heading back to Zimbabwe to help out on the farm due to some new opportunities. There must have been some guarantees in place for Waller to retire and commit to farming.
I think he's going to be very much missed on the domestic scene, could do some real damage on his day.

Surely he can do both?

Some of us have been strong critics of Waller, but here's wishing him all the success in everything he does in future. That 99* will remain in memory for a long long time...

Played a big role in that first ODI win in Sri Lanka too. 40 off 29. The Australia win I think he clean bolwed Glen Maxwell after BT had dropped him the previous delivery. The T20 heroics in Bangladesh with Madziva. Great career moments.

I was hoping he would try make the t20 world cup. He would have been very useful then.

ZIMDOGGY wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:37 am

Surely he can do both?

Yeah you'd think he could have easily taken part in the t20 or 50 over domestic competitions, probably not worth his time $$$$

https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/03/waller-quits-cricket/

Zimbabwe cricketer Malcolm Waller has retired to venture into business, NewsDay Sport has been informed.

While Waller was unreachable yesterday, a reliable Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) source confirmed social media reports that Waller had ended his affair with the game and gone into farming.

Waller endured an international career that was mired with frustrations of constantly getting dropped from the national team.

The 34-year-old all-rounder played 14 Tests for Zimbabwe, where he scored 577 runs, with a best single innings score of 72 not out after making his debut in 2011 against New Zealand.

He played more one-day internationals (ODIs), winning 79 caps to score 1 259 runs with narrowly missing on a century in his highest score of 99 not out.

His last ODI for Zimbabwe came against Afghanistan last year and he was part of the squad that played in the International Cricket Council World Cup qualifiers staged in Bulawayo and Harare.

Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the finals after they lost their last match against United Arab Emirates.

ZC’s acting managing director Givemore Makoni yesterday said he wasn’t aware of Waller’s retirement because it had not been communicated to the organisation.

“I am not aware of his retirement. We no longer had a contract with him. If he had a contract, he would have been compelled to communicate with ZC, so in this case, he would be the best person to speak with.”

Waller had a brush with ZC last year after the organisation cancelled his contract, forcing the player to take the organisation to the Labour Court.

After he lost his contract with ZC, Waller played briefly for Rhinos before he disappeared off the scene.