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Players Whose Careers Ended Without Any Fanfare

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Starfighter said:
Pietersen doesn't fit at all. Granted it took some time for it to be clear his career was over, but there was plenty of rigmarole.

The idea of long standing players 'deserving to go out on their own terms' and getting a big farewell is a modern, more Australian one. Previously, with longer gaps between series, it became apparent a player's test career was over when they weren't picked for a series or tour.
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They scapegoated him for a 5-0 whitewash when he was England's highest run scorer in the series, sacked him immediately after it and told him he'd never be picked for England again. That was one thing, but it gets worse because they lied to him and told him he could get selected for the 2015 ashes if he got big runs county cricket (obviously thinking he'd never skip the IPL to do that), and he did, and they still refused to pick him while Gary Ballance gets picked in the test team... the moral of the story is: don't **** with Andrew Strauss.
 
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Ben Hilfenhaus. Finished with 99 Test Wickets.
Just seemed to fade away/disappear. I think probably injuries were his main concern.
 
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