SYDNEY, June 3: Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill and team management reportedly agreed his decision to retire from international cricket was not because he was drunk, but due to discipline related matters and the concerns over his recent sub-standard performances.

MacGill announced his retirement only a day after turning up late to ground during the second Test against the West Indies in Antigua. He and coach Tim Nielsen will refute claims he took an abrupt call to retire because he was intoxicated.

Former West Indian champion Viv Richards walked into the ground with MacGill and said the leg-spinner was “sheepish” but did not appear under the influence of alcohol.

“I walked in with him, talked to him, he looked okay to me. He was a bit sheepish, and he knew he would be in trouble with the team. He knew he would get a slap on the wrist. But otherwise he looked okay,” Fox Sports quoted Richards as saying.—Agencies