Following 5-0 whitewash against England in the One-Day International (ODI) series, Australian captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine has hinted at possible retirement from the 50-over cricket. The 33-year-old was appointed as captain of Test and ODI team after Steve Smith was handed a 12-month ban following a ball-tampering scandal. While Paine is looking to continue playing Test cricket, he is likely to take a call on ODIs soon.

"All I know is I was coming here to do this series and I've said a few times before, when you are my age it's a bit foolish to look ahead. Certainly, I am really looking forward to captaining the Test team and continuing how I have been playing in that format. But where I go with the rest of my cricket is something we will discuss in the coming weeks,ā€ Paine told Cricket Australia's website.

The wicketkeeper-batsman managed to score just 36 runs in the five-match series against England, with the highest score of 15. Interestingly, around last year Paine said he did contemplate retirement in 2016 but somehow decided to continue. ā€œCertainly did last year (think about retirement) when I had an opportunity away from cricket. I am thankful that I stuck at it,ā€ Paine said in November last year.

Meanwhile, Australia after the ODI series will face England in one-off T20I on June 27. Aaron Finch has been named as the captain of the side. And there is a strong possibility that the right-handed opening batsman might take over the captaincy duty in ODIs as well.

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