'Not thought about retiring' - England spinner Rashid

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Leg-spinner Adil Rashid says he has nary plans to discontinue "any clip soon" arsenic England effort to rebuild their white-ball sides.

The 36-year-old Yorkshireman and gait bowler Jofra Archer are nan only survivors of England's 2019 World Cup-winning squad successful nan group for nan ongoing one-day world bid against Australia.

Rashid, who remains important to England arsenic a world-class leg-spinner, is nan oldest personnel of nan statement by 5 years, pinch chap World Cup winners Moeen Ali and Jonny Bairstow, 34, among those overlooked for younger players.

"I person not thought astir it [retirement] yet," Rashid told nan BBC.

"Keep playing, bask it, enactment fit, vessel well, lend to wins, hopefully World Cups and Champions Trophies - that is my eventual aim.

"I person not thought astir retiring aliases calling it a time immoderate clip soon."

Having grounded successful nan defence of some their white-ball world titles successful nan past year, England are rebuilding pinch a position to nan Champions Trophy successful February, but much notably nan adjacent T20 World Cup successful 2026 and nan 2027 50-over World Cup.

Although nan caller era has had a difficult commencement pinch dense defeats successful nan first 2 of 5 ODIs against Australia, Rashid became conscionable nan 3rd Englishman to scope 200 wickets successful nan format successful nan 2nd lucifer astatine Headingley connected Saturday.

"I'm playing each crippled and each bid arsenic it comes and if I'm still enjoying it and performing well, I'll support carrying on," said Rashid, speaking earlier Tuesday's 3rd lucifer successful Chester-le-Street.

England are besides still readying for Joe Root, who was rested earlier adjacent month's Test circuit of Pakistan, and injured skipper Jos Buttler to beryllium portion of their white-ball squads going forward.

The white-ball early of 33-year-old Test skipper Ben Stokes, different 2019 World Cup victor but ruled retired of this bid done injury, remains uncertain.

All-rounder Moeen has retired from world cricket since being near out, however, and Rashid admitted he has missed a team-mate he described arsenic his "best friend".

"We ever person that banter and vibes," he added. "That's not location anymore but that is life. Everything moves on."

England's inexperience was shown by nan truth Rashid, a low-order batter, was nan highest ODI run-scorer successful nan XI successful nan first 2 matches.

The Headingley conclusion was England's 10th successful their past 14 ODIs, but Rashid maintained they person nan talent to travel good.

"There person been large changes, caller batters, caller bowlers," he said.

"It will return time. It will ever return clip erstwhile it is simply a rebuilding process.

"We person sewage each guidelines covered successful position of bowling, batting, keeping.

"Everything is location for us. All we person to do now is play nan crippled of cricket, bask it, drawstring a fewer games together of winning and past disconnected we go."

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