The ODI career of this star player is over. (Photo- PTI)
New Zealand faced England in the 27th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. The New Zealand team, which was out of the race for the semi-finals, took the field for the last time in this edition. This match was also very special for the Kiwi team, because it played for New Zealand for the last time in the ODI format. Actually, this player had told even before the start of the tournament that she would retire from ODI after the Women’s World Cup 2025. However, this player could not do anything special in her last ODI match.
ODI career of this star player ended
In this match against England, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine came to play One Day International match for the last time. Actually, Sophie Devine had already announced that she would retire from this format after the ODI World Cup being played in India and Sri Lanka this year. However, she will continue to play in T-20 International cricket. Sophie Devine’s ODI career ended with this match. But in this match she could play only 23 runs in 35 balls. During this he hit 1 four.
36 year old Sophie Devine’s ODI career started in the year 2006. That means he has played ODI cricket for New Zealand for almost 19 years. During this period, he played a total of 159 matches and scored 4279 runs at an average of 32.66. He has 18 half-centuries and 9 centuries in his name in ODI cricket. Out of these, he scored one century during this tournament. He faced 112 balls against Australia and scored 111 runs. With this, she also became the third oldest player to score a century in the Women’s World Cup.
New Zealand collapsed for 168 runs
In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. But she could not take advantage of it. She was all out after scoring 168 runs in 38.2 overs. During this, Georgia Plimmer scored the maximum 43 runs and Amelia Kerr contributed 35 runs. At the same time, Sophie Divine’s 23 runs were also included. But apart from these, no other batsman could touch the 20-run mark.