figures of 3/22 remain (as of 2022) the best bowling figures ever taken by an England male player in a List A cricket World Cup final. The English home season of 1992 saw Pringle take his best one-day international figures, 4/42, also against Pakistan in an England victory at Lord's. In the subsequent Test series, Botham and Pringle initially played together in the Test side, but neither lasted long. Botham played his last Test at Lord's, and Pringle was dropped until the Headingley Test match. Headingley was the ground where he took more of his Test wickets than any other, and again, Pringle was instrumental in England's win versus Pakistan, and the selectors persisted with him for the Oval. By this stage he was beginning to be easier to play on flat pitches but an excellent opponent when there was anything in the pitch. On a very true, fast, bouncy surface at the Oval, Pringle looked highly playable, and his final bow on a Test match field saw him having his off stump flattened by Wasim Akram. He was not chosen to tour India in 1992–93, but did make the Texaco Trophy side for 1993 against Australia. Failing to make the Test side, he retired shortly afterwards. Career after and outside cricket Pringle eventually became a cult figure late in his career. His always popular warm-up routine before coming on to bowl involved him lying on his back and apparently wrestling with an invisible octopus. He once damaged his back when his chair collapsed, forcing him to withdraw from a Test match, although the story usually (but wrongly) told is that he sustained the injury whilst writing a letter. After his playing days he became a cricket correspondent, firstly with The Independent and then The Daily Telegraph. In 2004 Pringle was threatened with deportation by the Mugabe administration in Zimbabwe during an England cricket tour of the country. He has eclectic tastes in fashion and music in comparison to his former team-mates. Pringle's interests include archaeology, photography, writing, real ale, and more obscure musical trends. He picked a track, (The Soft Boys with "I Wanna Destroy You"), for Rough Trade Records' 30th anniversary compilation album. Pringle also appeared as an extra in the film Chariots of Fire. He was a Technical Advisor to the Oman cricket team in 2015, helping them qualify for their first ever World T20 Tournament the