Matt Dunn: Surrey fast bowler forced to retire

Surrey fast bowler Matt Dunn is to retire from professional cricket “with immediate effect” because of injury, his club has announced.

Dunn, 33, has failed to recover fully after tearing cartilage in his shoulder during a second XI match against Middlesex in May 2024.

He had surgery, but Surrey’s medical team and his surgeon have advised him to retire on medical grounds because of on-going pain.

Dunn made his debut for Surrey in 2010 and was part of their squad which has won the County Championship four times since 2018.

Dunn explained his decision, claiming he had run “out of options” because of pain.

“Unfortunately, I’ve been struggling with a shoulder injury for the last 14 months now,” he told Surrey’s website., external

“I had a surgery in January, tried my best this year to come back, took multiple injections, but unfortunately, we’ve reached a point where we’re kind of out of options medically.

“For me, the club is, and has been, an absolutely massive part of my life for a long time and it will be for a long time. I don’t think you ever really do properly leave this place.”

In a career hampered by a number of injuries, he claimed 115 first-class wickets for Surrey, including four five-wicket hauls, to go with a further 52 in white-ball cricket.