‘Australia won’t miss me’

LONDON: Ryan Harris backed Australia to mount a successful defence of the Ashes without him after announcing retirement from all cricket just four days before the start of the first Test against England.
Persistent knee trouble, which has plagued him throughout his career, led the 35-year-old fast bowler to call time on his career on Saturday.
“Am I going to be missed? I don’t think I am,” Harris told reporters at Chelmsford. “Personally I don’t think I was going to be playing the first two Tests anyway, and when you chuck Mitch Johnson in there, with the guys we have got, they can do the job in any conditions,” he said.