David Balcombe retires from professional cricket
SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - JUNE 06 : David Balcombe of Hampshire in action during the LV- County Championship Division One match between Hampshire and Essex at The Rose Bowl on June 6, 2010 in Southampton, England. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
DAVID Balcombe has hung up his spikes with immediate effect and will now take up a role with the Kevin Pietersen Foundation.
Balcombe, 31, joined Surrey from Hampshire at the end of 2014 but did not make a first XI appearance for the county. The seamer had spent eight years on the south coast having made his first-class debut for Durham UCCE in 2005.
In 67 first-class appearances, Balcombe took 196 wickets at an average of 32.83 and calls it a day at the age of 31.
Balcombe said: “To play professional cricket was a dream come true and I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute.
“I have made lifelong friends, experienced some wonderful career moments and it provided me with 10 seasons of immense enjoyment.”