New Zealand Cricket: These days, players are competing to retire in world cricket. Steve Smith, Rohit Sharma. Some of them said goodbye to international cricket. Now the news of the retirement of another big cricketer has come.

Legendary retired from ODI

New Zealand’s ODI captain Sophie Divine has announced to retire from ODI cricket after the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. She will now create a ‘Casual playing agreement’ with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) for the 2025-26 season. The 35 -year -old player has played 298 international matches and became the team’s permanent captain in 2020. Since then she has taken New Zealand to new heights.

New Zealand won in T20 World Cup

Under the captaincy of Divine, the team won the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games in 2022. Then in 2024, the team won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time. Divine, who was honored as one of the most successful all -rounders in women’s cricket, has scored 7,421 runs including 8 ODI centuries and a T20 century. He has taken 226 wickets in his international career.

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What did Sophie Divine say?

Divine said that it takes appropriate time to retire from ODIs. He said, “It takes the right time for me to step back.” I feel very lucky to find a solution with the support of New Zealand cricket, which means I can still contribute to New Zealand. It is important that everyone knows that I am focused and dedicated to giving everything to this team, before I step back. I am really excited about moving forward of the youth team and I am eager to play my role in the next six to nine months. ”

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New Zealand Cricket statement

NZC Women’s High Performance Head Liz Green said that Divine has full support of NZC. Green said, “Sophie has served nearly 20 years to New Zealand and NZC fully supports her attempt to find more balance in this stage of her career. We are happy to reach an agreement that means she can continue to be involved with New Zealand, while the opportunity of full contract is also opening for another player. ‘Divine Cricket World Cups starts on 30 September. Will lead