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New Zealand captain Sophie Divine will retire from ODI cricket after the ODI World Cup to be held in India and Sri Lanka this year.
However, she will continue to play in T20 International cricket. Sophie announced this on Tuesday.
Announcement of retirement before the Central Contract List arrives The 35 -year -old Divine announced its retirement from ODIs a day before the Central Contract List of 17 women players from New Zealand.
They will no longer be part of the Central Contract Group. The Divine will captain the team in the World Cup and after that a new ODI captain will be appointed before the domestic season.
ODI career started at the age of 17 years Divine’s 19 -year -old ODI career began in the age of 17 in 2006. He is second in New Zealand’s women’s list of women playing ODIs and is ranked fourth in the list of run -makers. By the end of the World Cup, she can reach the third position, leaving behind Debbie Hawkley by completing 4000 runs. He has eight ODI centuries in his name, which is the second highest among the women of New Zealand after Bates.
Second place in taking wickets in ODIs from New Zealand She is also second in the list of most wickets in New Zealand’s women’s ODIs and is one of the two players who took more than 100 wickets with Lee Tahuhu.
Many foreign leagues will also continue to play Divine wants to play in T20i cricket, as she has several foreign franchise contracts. He said, ‘This is the right time for me to move back slowly.
I am grateful to the support of New Zealand cricket, which I can contribute to White Ferns. I am fully dedicated to this group and will give my best in the next six to nine months.
High performance chief Liz Green said- 20 years were excellent Liz Green, the women’s high performance head of New Zealand Cricket, said, ‘Sophie has given white Ferns about 20 years. We fully support her decision and are happy that she will be connected to us under T20 format.
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