Tammy Beaumont has introduced she’s going to retire from worldwide cricket on the finish of the Rothesay Take a look at match towards India, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Beaumont, who has made 260 appearances for her nation since debuting in 2009, retires as England Ladies’s main ODI centurion with 12 a whole lot to her title.
She was additionally Participant of the Match as England lifted the ICC Ladies’s World Cup on house soil in 2017, ending as high scorer throughout the match with 410 runs.
Beaumont is certainly one of solely two English girls – and 5 English gamers – to have scored a global hundred in all three codecs of the sport, beforehand changing into the primary English girl to attain a Take a look at double-century with a memorable 208 at Trent Bridge within the 2023 Ladies’s Ashes.
“Playing for England for nearly 17 years has been the greatest honour,” Beaumont mentioned. “After I fell in love with taking part in cricket as a younger woman, I barely knew that taking part in cricket for England was an choice.
“It brings me a lot pleasure to suppose what number of women and boys have been impressed, this summer time particularly, and the way far the sport has are available in our nation. We have all the time wished to take the cap ahead for the subsequent era and the time has come for me at hand over that privilege to the subsequent era of England gamers.
“This Take a look at match at Lord’s – our first ever girls’s Take a look at at Lord’s – seems like the right event to log off on a profession that I might by no means have dreamt could be as particular because it has been. I’ll nonetheless be taking part in home cricket, however I might wish to thank all of the followers on your superb assist.
Beaumont made her ODI and T20 debuts in 2009 and her Take a look at debut in 2013
“I’d also like to say thank you to all the coaches and support staff who I’ve worked with over the years, to my teammates who I’ve shared so many amazing moments with, and to my friends and family – I couldn’t have got this far without your love and support all these years.”
Beaumont to retire after ‘stellar worldwide profession’
The 35-year-old was among the many first gamers to obtain an England Ladies’s Central Contract in 2015 and has been an integral a part of the England squad – throughout all three codecs – throughout her prolonged profession.
“Tammy (Beaumont) has made a remarkable contribution to the England Women’s cricket team and we will miss her incredibly,” mentioned Clare Connor, managing director of England Ladies.
“It is impossible to put into words or measure the impact Tammy has had on our sport. She played her first few years for England as an amateur, one of only a few players left whose international careers were forged through extraordinary levels of devotion and commitment and love of the game.
“The burden of runs she went on to attain for England on the high of the order has put her within the class of one of many recreation’s nice batters. I understand how a lot it has meant to Tammy to drag on the three lions and to assist England win.
“She has always remained connected to the grassroots of the game and why she herself started playing. In so doing, she has been a wonderful role model, always wanting to inspire the next generation. Tammy should be so proud of a stellar international career and we wish her every success and happiness as she leaves the England dressing room.”
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