London, May 13 -- Liam Dawson has announced his immediate retirement from First-Class cricket, bringing the curtain down on a distinguished red-ball career with Hampshire County Cricket Club and England cricket team.

The 36-year-old all-rounder will, however, continue to represent Hampshire in the Vitality Blast and the One Day Cup, according to the Hampshire website.

Dawson has played over 200 matches for Hampshire in red-ball cricket, where he scored over 10,000 runs and took more than 350 wickets.

He also featured four times in Test matches for England, where he scored an unbeaten 66 on debut in India and took eight wickets, including dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal with his seventh ball on his return to the Test side in 2025.

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