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*****The End of Chicken Dance****

Trent Johnston has announced he will retire from international cricket at the end of the year. The 39-year-old will play in the World T20 qualifiers in UAE in November, and finish his Ireland career in the ICC Intercontinental Cup final in Dubai in early December.

"It's been a difficult decision and I've racked my brains ever since I came back from the UAE tour in March", Johnston said. "It's becoming harder to recover after matches now, so much so that I can hardly walk for a couple of days."

He explained that after that two-week tour he could only put on and take off his socks with the help of his children, Charlie (10) and Claudia (13). "I knew then my time was limited and although it would have been great to play in another World Cup in Australia, it was just beyond me. It's time to move on to new things and give Phil Simmons a chance to find somebody to replace me."

Johnston's announcement comes just after Ireland qualified for the 2015 World Cup and the final of the Intercontinental Cup. "I'd set myself personal goals at the start of the year and I've been slowly ticking those boxes as we go along. I always knew we were going to qualify for the 2015 World Cup with the squad we have, and the standard we've been playing at for a few years now. I've achieved a lot in my career and I'm pretty happy with how it's all went."

chicken Dance no more

next time world cup happens in cw, no trent johnston