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Cowan announces retirement from cricket

Former Test batsman Ed Cowan has announced his immediate retirement from first-class cricket with Tasmania.

The news comes less than a month after the NSW-born 32-year-old signed on for another 12 months with the Tigers, indicating that he still had ambitions to represent Australia.

An emotional Cowan cited family reasons for his decision to leave the Tigers, who have just one Sheffield Shield fixture remaining for the season, versus Victoria in Alice Springs.

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He told reporters it had been a mistake to sign on for another year and the decision has been playing on his mind and impacting on his playing form.

“It’s time to be a family man who plays cricket rather than a cricketer with a family,” he said.

“And that’s a very hard decision to make when cricket has been your number one priority for 15 years, but times change.”

Cowan, his wife and young daughter will move to Sydney and the left-hander said he hasn’t given any thought to his cricketing future.

“I still desire to play Test cricket but there’s a realisation that might have gone and it’s family first from here,” he said.

“I might end up playing club cricket for Sydney Uni next year and that’s the only cricket I play.”

Cowan said he’s had no contact with NSW Cricket, who he said are a strong unit.

“Let it settle, have a break and I’m sure it will come to me, what’s going to happen from there.”

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