Michael Bevan retires from first class cricket.

Former Australian batsman Michael Bevan has announced his immediate retirement from first class cricket.

The 36-year-old, who won two World Cups with Australia and is regarded as one of the country's greatest ever one-day players, said on-going injury and recovery problems had prompted him to call stumps on his playing career.

"It got to the stage where injuries and pain were holding back my motivation, and it got to the stage where I was finding it hard to get up for matches and that was probably a pretty clear indication that it was time to move on," Bevan said.

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