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Veteran New Zealand cricketer Sophie Devine has taken retirement from international cricket. On Sunday, she played the last match of her career against England in the Women’s World Cup 2025. New Zealand was already out of the race for the semi-finals, but Sophie Devine could not say goodbye to cricket with memories of victory. England defeated New Zealand by 8 wickets.
Sophie Devine’s international career lasted for more than 19 years. She had already announced that she would retire after the World Cup tournament. After the match was over, his team members, opposition team players and fans also showed respect towards him. He scored 23 runs in the match against England and also took one wicket in bowling.
Sophie Devine’s retirement speech
Sophie Devine said in her retirement speech, “I want to thank everyone. Thank you to the team members, support staff, media and opponent team. It was an honor for me that I got the opportunity to play cricket for so many years. I have not said goodbye to this game completely, I know that I am going to roam on the fields in future also.”
She also said that when her career started, women’s cricket was not given much importance, but today women’s cricket is touching new heights.
Sophie Devine ended her international career at the age of 36. He scored 4279 runs in his ODI career of 159 matches. In his ODI career, he scored 9 centuries and 18 half-centuries and also took 111 wickets in bowling. He also played 146 T20 matches in his career, in which he has 3431 runs in his name and while bowling, he also took 119 wickets.
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