Graham Napier has announced he will retire from cricket at the end of the 2016 season.
The all-rounder will bring the curtain down on his successful 19-year First Class career with Essex later this year.
Napier will take up a role at the Royal Hospital School (RHS), Suffolk, as Director of the Graham Napier Cricket Academy.
Since making his Essex debut in 1997, he has gone on to play 157 First-Class matches, 213 List A games and 97 Twenty20 clashes for his County.
Napier said: “The opportunity at RHS is one that I could not turn down.
"I feel the time is right to move on, and give back to the game that has given me so much.
"I have loved every second of playing for Essex and will be doing my best to make sure I retire with a bang at the end of the season.”
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