Craig Kieswetter retires due to eye injury

The cricketer tweeted: "Probably the hardest decision I've had to make but one that is definitely the right move forward."

The 27-year-old cricketer had represented the Somerset side in his career.

Somerset County Cricket Club in  its website said  the club is 'sorry to announce that Craig Kieswetter has reluctantly come to the decision to end his professional cricketing career as a result of the horrific eye injury he suffered last summer'.

In making his announcement Craig said: “After been given the opportunity to take some time off and step away from the game, I’ve come to the decision that wasn’t the easiest to make, yet I feel is the right one."

“Having gone through that experience of my eye injury and everything it entailed, I feel mentally I will never again be the player that I was," he said.

Craig went on: “I have had a terrific career, with plenty of ups and occasional downs, and I am calling time on my career and walking away with no regrets."

“There are so many people that I am grateful to yet most importantly I need to thank my family, without whom nothing I have achieved would have been possible. Their sacrifices to help me to be able to achieve some fantastic success defines the importance of family," he said.

He has played 46 ODIs for England.