The 35 year old South African Wicket-Keeper Mark Boucher retired from all forms of international cricket after suffering a serious eye injury during their warm up game against Somerset at Taunton. Mark Boucher was standing up to the stumps to Imran Tahir without a helmet when Tahir bowled the batsman G. Hussain and a bail hit the left eye of Mark Boucher.
Boucher immediately fell on the ground and there was blood coming out of his eye. The physio had to help him get out of the ground. He will now have to undergo an eye surgery. After this incident, Graeme Smith announced in his press conference that Mark Boucher has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.
Graeme Smith read out a statement on Boucher's behalf which said, "I never anticipate announcing my retirement now but circumstances dictate differently. For now, I would like to thank a huge number of people for their heartfelt support for the last 24 hours. I now head onto a road of uncertain recovery."
The whole cricketing world will be praying for his quick recovery and will miss him in the future. Boucher holds the record for the most number of dismissals in Test Cricket. He has given his all to this wonderful game and surely deserved a better stage for retirement.
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