Former Australia captain Tim Paine has retired from cricket following Tasmania's final Sheffield Shield match of the season.
Paine has called time on his 18-year playing career 16 months after standing down as Australia skipper on the eve of the Ashes over a sexting scandal. Having taken over as captain in the aftermath of the 2018 ball-tampering incident, which saw Steve Smith stripped of the job, Paine led Australia in 23 Tests.
However, he quit in November 2021 after it was revealed he had sent explicit texts to a Cricket Tasmania employee. Although Paine said he was "exonerated" by Cricket Australia and Cricket Tasmania, he resigned after learning the texts were set to be revealed publicly.
