London, April 14 (UNI) England’s two-time women’s World Cup and inaugural T20 World Cup winner Anya Shrubsole has announced retirement from international cricket, ending a 14-year career at the highest level, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Thursday.
The fast bowler will continue to play domestic cricket in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Charlotte Edwards Cup and The Hundred. Shrubsole bagged nine wickets at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 during England’s run to the final. Her best performance came in the final against Australia in which she registered figures of 3/46 in England’s 71-run defeat.
The 30-year-old, who started her domestic career for Somerset, has played 173 games for her country across all formats and claimed 227 wickets. She finished fourth on the list of England’s ODI wicket-takers and bowed out as England’s current top T20 wicket-taker.
Announcing her decision, Shrubsole said in a statement: “I feel immensely privileged to have been able to represent my country for the past 14 years. To have been involved in women’s cricket at a time of such growth has been an honour but it has become clear to me that it is moving forward faster than I can keep up with, so it is time for me to step away.
“There have been many ups and downs along the way but it was all worth it to be able to lift the ICC Women’s World Cup at Lord’s in 2017.” UNI
