Star opener Shaun Marsh is set to announce his Sheffield Shield retirement following a glittering career for Western Australia.
Marsh led the Warriors to last season's title, and they will attempt to go back-to-back when they host the final against either Victoria or Queensland from March 23.
The 39-year-old has battled knee, hamstring and calf injuries since the end of last season, and last month he fractured a finger while playing a Shield match for WA.
It remains unclear whether he will be able to return in time for this month's Shield decider.
But even if he doesn't get the chance to have a fairytale finale, Marsh will end his career as one of the greatest ever players to feature for WA.
Marsh (8347 runs) sits third on the all-time WA Shield runs list, behind only Tom Moody (8853) and Justin Langer (9406).
His career has featured 20 Shield centuries and an average of 42.37.
Marsh sits on top of WA's one-day cup all-time runs list with 3672 runs at an average of 44.78.
The veteran run machine stepped away from WA's one-day team at the end of last season in order to give space for younger players to feature.
Marsh also played 38 Tests, 73 ODIs and 15 T20s for Australia.
Since his international career came to a close in 2019, Marsh has continued piling on the runs for WA and the Melbourne Renegades.
Marsh still has another season to run on his BBL deal with the Renegades.
Meanwhile, star WA paceman Jhye Richardson will meet with specialists this week to determine whether he needs surgery on his left hamstring.
Richardson first injured his hamstring during last summer's one-day cup final.
He suffered another strain while featuring for the Perth Scorchers on January 4, and his hopes of appearing for Australia in the upcoming ODI tour of India were dashed when he repeated the injury last week while playing club cricket.
