atherine Sciver-Brunt has introduced her worldwide retirement, bringing the curtain down on a unprecedented 19-year profession through which she took extra wickets than some other lady for England.
Sciver-Brunt made her worldwide debut in August 2004 and went on to gather 335 wickets in 267 appearances, serving to England to a few Ashes sequence victories and as many World Cup wins - two in ODIs and one in T20s.
Only India’s Jhulan Goswami (355) has extra dismissals than Sciver-Brunt in all ladies’s worldwide codecs, with the seamer ending as England’s main wicket-taker in each ODIs (170) and T20s (114).
Now 37, Sciver-Brunt stop taking part in Tests final yr and quietly slipped away from ODIs as effectively however she has now elected to stroll away from England altogether, regardless of considering staying on for the T20 portion of this summer time’s multi-format Ashes sequence.
“Well here I am, 19 years later, at the end of my international journey,” she mentioned. “I thought I’d never be able to reach this decision but I have and it’s been the hardest one of my life.
“I never had any dreams or aspirations to do what I’ve done, I only ever wished to make my family proud of me. And what I’ve achieved has gone way beyond that.”
Sciver-Brunt’s final England look got here within the T20 World Cup semi-final defeat against hosts South Africa in February, the place she attracted some criticism for her on-field outbursts of frustration.
However, that white-line fever she generally exhibited was instrumental to her and England’s success, significantly in 2009 once they claimed World Cup glory in each limited-overs codecs.
Another 50-over World Cup adopted in 2017, whereas she married her England team-mate Nat Sciver-Brunt in May 2022, with the couple electing to make use of the identical surname on the sector earlier this yr.
“I have so much to be thankful for, cricket has given me a purpose, a sense of belonging, security, many golden memories and best friends that will last a lifetime,” Sciver-Brunt added.
“Of the trophies and titles I could have wished to achieve, I have reached them all, but my greatest achievement is the happiness that I have found in Nat.
“It has been a huge honour representing England for so long and I’d like to thank all of the England cricket family past and present for making my time a special one.
“The supporters - you are awesome. Without you we wouldn’t be able to do what it is that we love and the atmosphere you guys create is irreplaceable.
“The biggest thanks I have though goes to my family, they are my biggest fans and greatest support without which I wouldn’t have made this journey at all.”
Sciver-Brunt, typically thought of a bowling all-rounder after amassing 1,864 worldwide runs, has already stepped away from regional cricket however will proceed to play in The Hundred.
Clare Connor, deputy chief government officer and England Women’s managing director, paid tribute to her former team-mate.
Connor, Sciver-Brunt’s first England captain, mentioned: “Katherine has done so much for the game of cricket and for women’s cricket in particular. She has been an unbelievable role model, giving us everything she has for nearly 20 years.
“Katherine began her career in a completely different era from the one we are in now and we owe her a debt of gratitude for the part she has played in progressing our game, raising standards and bringing a new audience to women’s cricket.
“She is quite simply a legend of our sport.”
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