Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker has decided to stop playing the professional game. He completed 17 seasons. He leaves immediately. Fellow player Chris Cooke also declared his exit from professional cricket. Together, the two players appeared in 750 games altogether in their spells. The cricket community paid tribute to both players after they stepped down.

A number of news outlets carried this update. Cricinfo, BBC, Yahoo News Australia, and sekbernews.id all wrote about the exits on Barker and Cooke. Barker ends professional cricket after 17 seasons in the sport.