NZ women’s cricket team captain Sophie Divine to retire from ODI after 2025 World Cup in India. Cricket news
New Zealand’s OD captain Sophie Divine will retire from one day international at the conclusion of the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in India and Sri Lanka later this year. Divine will lead the white fern at the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup starting on 30 September. NZC said Divine would opt for a casual game agreement for the 2025-26 season and a decision on their successor would be made in front of the New Zealand Home Summer.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Dewin has played 298 international matches since debuting as 17-year-old in 2016, which became the female permanent captain of New Zealand in 2020, and since then the team was taken to new heights-including a bronze medal win at the Commonwealth Games in 2022 and a first ICC Women’s T20 World Cup win last year.The 35 -year -old has scored 7,421 runs, including eight OD century and a T20I century and have taken 226 wickets in his international career. He is New Zealand’s second largest capped women Odis player behind Suji Bates and New Zealand’s all-time women ODI ODI ODI runs fourth in the fourth place with 3990 runs and will definitely pass 4000 runs and will definitely pass 4000 runs, which will be ahead of Debbe Hawkley (4064) by the end of the World Cup.
It seems that the right time for me is to start staying away. I feel very lucky to support NZC in finding a solution which means I can still give to What Fern. It is important that everyone knows that I am focused and dedicated to give everything to this group which I can do before it is removed. I am really excited where this youth group is going and I am eager to play my role in the next six to nine months, in a statement shared by NZC, Divine said.Dewin is currently at the second place of New Zealand’s All-Time ODI OD wickets, who is one of only two players with more than 100 wickets with Lee Tahuhu.NZC chief Liz Green of women’s high performance said Divine had full support of NZC.“Sophie has served White Fern and NZC for about 20 years, which fully supports her discovery to find more balance at this level in her career. We are able to reach an agreement, which means that she can join with a white fern based on a case-by-case, while the opportunity to fulfill the opportunity for another player.NZC Chief Executive Scott Venink praised Divine’s contribution to the White Fern and said, “Sophie has been an extraordinary leader and ambassador for white fern. Supporting her step for a casual sports agreement will allow them to continue contributing to the white fern environment.”
