'Immensely proud' Willey bids England farewell

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David Willey took his 100th ODI wicket in England's 93-run win over Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup.
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00:00 Mixed, I think. Looking back to being a kid, I could only have dreamt of playing as many
00:10 games of cricket for England, so I'm immensely proud of that. To be in a dressing room with
00:17 so many quality players, I've been very fortunate to be a part of that and play my part in that.
00:24 At the same time, I'm sad. I don't think anybody ever wants to walk away from playing for their
00:30 country. It's all I ever wanted to do. But at the same time, my timing of my announcement
00:38 was so I could enjoy my last three games and I've very much done that. On the phone with
00:45 my wife this morning, she said, "Go on, just get to 100 wickets. It'll be a nice way to
00:49 finish." To do that was a nice way for me, personally.

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