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Australia left-arm pacer  Mitchell Johnson  has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 36-year-old, who went on to play in T20 tournaments across the globe after quitting international cricket in November 2015, last played in this year's IPL for the Kolkata Knight Riders. "It's over. I've bowled my final ball. Taken my final wicket. Today I announce my retirement from all forms of cricket," Johnson said in a column on  Perth Now . "I had hoped to continue playing in various Twenty20 competitions around the world until perhaps the middle of next year. But the fact is my body is starting to shut down." Johnson playing in the BBL

Player Name: Adam Zampa DOB & Age: 31 March 1992 (26 Years 107 Days) Role:  Bowler Batting Style: Right Hand Bowling Style: Leg Spin Top Teams: Australia, South Australia, Melbourne Stars, Rising Pune Super Giants, Guyana                                   Amazon Warriors & Essex. Zampa with RPS ODI debut        vs New Zealand at Westpac Stadium, Feb 06, 2016 T20 debut vs South Africa at Kingsmead, Mar 04, 2016

Alex Carey  ( WK) D'Arcy Short Travis Head (C) Shane Watson Glenn Maxwell Ashton Turner Ashton Agar D wayne Bravo Rashid Khan Andrew Tye Ben Laughlin

Australian batsman Brad Hodge announced his retirement from cricket after health issues forced him to miss the latter stages of Melbourne Renegades' BBL 2017-18 campaign. The 43-year-old confirmed that he will retire at the end of this season. Hodge, who coached the Gujarat Lions in IPL 2017, will take charge of Kings XI Punjab this time around.

Adelaibe Strikers 202/2 vs Horbat Hurricanes 177/5 AS won by 25 runs AS won the toss and choose to bat first MOM: Jake   Weatherald  MOS:  D'Arcy Short The Strikers lift their maiden BBL crown.

Arjun Nair , the Sydney Thunder spinner, has been suspended for a suspect bowling action after undergoing testing at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

Moises Henriques will not feature for Sixers today dut to an illness , South African Spinner Botha will lead the squad. The team are currently below the last with 2 loss in 2 games. 

Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Jonathon Dean, Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Jake Weatherald, Colin Ingram, Travis Head, Kelvin Smith, Jonathan Wells, Rashid Khan

Sean Abbott, Sam Billings (overseas), Jackson Bird, Johan Botha, Ben Dwarshuis, Mickey Edwards, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques (captain), Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, Jason Roy (overseas), Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc, Henry Thornton

Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Klinger, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Joel Paris, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Adam Voges (Captain), Sam Whiteman, David Willey 

Aaron Finch (c), Dwayne Bravo (WI), Tom Cooper, Marcus Harris, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, Jon Holland, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi (AFG), James Pattinson, Kieron Pollard (WI - international replacement), Kane Richardson, Matt Short, Will Sutherland (rookie), Chris Tremain, Guy Walker, Beau Webster, Cameron White, Jack Wildermuth

Michael Beer, Scott Boland, Jackson Coleman, Ben Dunk, James Faulkner, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, John Hastings (captain), Ben Hilfenhaus, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen (ENG), Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Dan Worrall, Luke Wright (ENG), Adam Zampa

George Bailey (captain), Jofra Archer (overseas), James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Hamish Kingston, Ben McDermott, Simon Milenko, Tymal Mills (overseas), David Moody, Tim Paine, Jake Reed, Sam Rainbird, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, D'Arcy Short, Matthew Wade

Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Brendan Doggett, Jason Floros, Cameron Gannon, Sam Heazlett, Shadab Khan (overseas), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Lalor, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum (Captain), Jimmy Peirson, Matt Renshaw, Alex Ross, Mitchell Swepson, Mark Steketee, Cameron Valente, Yasir Shah 

Shane Watson (captain), Fawad Ahmed, Aiden Blizzard, Jos Buttler (OS), Pat Cummins, Callum Ferguson, Ryan Gibson, Chris Green, Jay Lenton, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell McClenaghan (overseas), Arjun Nair, Clint McKay, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Gurinder Sandhu, Blake Macdonald

Afghanistan's  Mohammad Nabi  and West Indies'  Kieron Pollard  have been signed by Melbourne Renegades for the upcoming BBL season, starting December 19. The allrounders will join  Dwayne Bravo  as the team's other overseas recruits. Sunil Narine, Renegades' leading wicket-taker last season, has withdrawn from the tournament citing personal reasons. Nabi, one of two Afghanistan players to be handed an IPL contract, will join the Renegades squad for their first match against Hobart Hurricanes on December 21. He will be replaced later in the season by Pollard, who is currently playing the BPL. Bravo will be available for the entire BBL season, which ends on February 4. Renegades head coach Andrew McDonald said the timely signing of Narine's replacements would boost the team, which failed to secure a semi-final berth because of an inferior run-rate last season. http://www.melbournerenegades.com.au

James Faulkner  has signed a two-year T20 deal with Lancashire. The Australia allrounder will return to county cricket next season, having played a vital role in Lancashire's 2015 NatWest Blast triumph.

England wicketkeeper-batsman  Jos Buttler  will return for a second stint in the Big Bash League, this time with the Sydney Thunder. Buttler is expected to be available for the first six games of the tournament, which starts from December 19, before the start of England's limited-overs series against Australia and the tour of New Zealand. It is a fantastic move by the Thunder to rope in the hard-hitting Englishman who on his day can take apart any bowling attack in the world. Buttler will be aiming to help his side win the trophy they last got their hands on in 2015/16.