Sophie Devine ODI retirement : In the last few days, many players have retired in cricket game. This list is quite long and now another player’s name has been added to it. There are some players in this list who have decided to retire from international cricket very soon. Now a veteran all -rounder from the New Zealand cricket team has decided that he will distance from ODI cricket. These players are New Zealand captain Sophie Divine. Sophie Divine has taken this decision a day after the announcement of the schedule of ODI World Cup 2025.
Sophie Divine took important decision
New Zealand women’s cricket team captain and veteran all -rounder Sophie Divine has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. He has made it clear that the Women’s ODI World Cup to be held in 2025 in India will be a final 50 -over tournament of her career. However, Divine has also clarified that she will continue to play T20 international cricket. The experienced player was captained by the New Zealand team in 2020. Under his captaincy, New Zealand won the T20 World Cup played in Dubai last year.
The New Zealand Board was about to announce the central contract of the women’s team in one to two days, just before that Divine retired from ODI. In such a situation, one thing is clear that his name will no longer be in the Central Contract. They will now have only the contract of T20 format. Sophie Divine has so far played 151 ODIs for the New Zealand women’s cricket team. In which he has scored 3990 runs while batting, during this time 16 half -centuries and 8 centuries have been scored from Sophie’s bat. Apart from this, while bowling, Sophie has taken 107 wickets in this format. He is considered one of the best all -rounders in the world.
Sophie Divine may be included in this list
In the ODI World Cup 2025, Sophie Divine will have the opportunity to reach the third number in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs. They need 54 runs to reach number three and leave Debbie Hawkly behind. He has scored 3990 runs in ODIs so far. Divine is the second female batsman to score the most centuries for New Zealand in ODIs, he has 8 centuries in his name. At the same time, Suzy Bates is at number one with 13 centuries.