THERE IS one thing acceptable about Keith Barker ending his skilled cricket profession the place all of it started.
When the 39-year-old introduced his retirement this week, bringing the curtain down on 17 seasons in skilled cricket, it was at Warwickshire that the story got here full circle. Barker first joined the Bears in 2008, made his skilled debut the next yr and, after a massively profitable seven-year spell with Hampshire, returned to Edgbaston for one remaining season in 2026.
It’s a profession that deserves to be appreciated not merely for the distinctive numbers however for the unu…
