Wheal sent out an emotional message following his decision to call time on his career at a ripe age of 30.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve loved my time at Hampshire and representing Scotland as a professional cricketer, but unfortunately, recurring injuries have forced my hand, and I\u2019ve made the decision to retire from playing cricket.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not been an easy decision, but one I am at peace with. I\u2019ve had four stress fractures in my back and recently had surgery on my knee, and ultimately my body can\u2019t cope with the demands of fast bowling anymore.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has always meant a lot to me and my family to have had the opportunity to play for Scotland, and it\u2019s something I\u2019ll always be incredibly proud of.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate enough to represent Scotland at four World Cups and have had some incredible experiences along the way. I\u2019ve made some lifelong friends and shared a dressing room with some great people, and those are the things I\u2019ll probably miss the most.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m incredibly thankful to all my teammates, coaches and support staff who I\u2019ve worked with over the years. I\u2019d also like to thank all the Scotland fans for their support over the years, particularly those who\u2019ve travelled around the world to support us. It\u2019s always meant a lot having them behind us.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a huge part of my career and something I\u2019ll always look back on with really fond memories. I\u2019ll certainly be following the boys closely and supporting them from afar.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wheal sent out an emotional message following his decision to call time on his career at a ripe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,95832,95830,95836,95846,95842,95845,95843,1950,95844,95841,95847,95853,95852,95833,7301,95851,95835,95834,90626,95839,95840,95849,85,95848,95850,95838,95831,95837],"class_list":["post-930329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-breaking-news","tag-cricket-headlines-today","tag-cricket-live-score","tag-cricket-match-highlights-today","tag-cricket-match-live-streaming-score","tag-cricket-match-result-today","tag-cricket-match-today-live","tag-cricket-news","tag-cricket-results-today","tag-cricket-scorecard-live","tag-cricket-series-updates","tag-cricket-world-cup-live-score","tag-cricket-world-cup-news","tag-cricket-world-news","tag-icc","tag-icc-cricket-updates","tag-international-cricket-live-score","tag-international-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-news","tag-latest-cricket-scores","tag-live-cricket-match-update","tag-odi-cricket-live-score","tag-sports","tag-t20-cricket-live-score","tag-test-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-live-score","tag-today-cricket-news-update","tag-todays-cricket-match-score"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}