Laura Marsh bids adieu to the game of Cricket

England off-break bowler Laura Marsh has announced her retirement from all formats of Cricket, having played 9 Tests, 103 One Day Internationals and 67 T20s for England, picking up 217 International wickets in the process, the most by a tweaker among England women.

Marsh, 33, started her Cricketing career as a fast bowler before switching to spin. She signed off from International Cricket last year in December itself, but her decision to call time on her career was triggered by the cancellation of The Hundred due to COVID-19.

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This was what she wrote on Twitter about the same, “I have made the decision to retire from all forms of cricket. With the cancellation of The Hundred competition this year, I feel that it is the right time to hang up the boots. I want to say a huge thank you to all the teams and organisations I have represented over the years,” she said on Twitter.

Laura Marsh was part of the 2017 World Cup winning England Women’s Cricket team

“I owe a huge amount to both Kent & Sussex for the role they played in my development as a player. Big thanks also to The Surrey Stars, Sydney Sixers, NSW Breakers and Otago Sparks. Every team I played for developed me as a player and a person and I am fortunate to have made some lifelong friends and memories over the years. I am excited for the next chapter and look forward to giving back to the game that has given me so much.”

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Marsh, a three-time World Cup winner with England, took 16 wickets to finish as the leading wicket-taker in England’s 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup triumph. She was also part of their World T20 winning side that year and was triumphant on the world stage once more as England won the World Cup again in 2017, on home soil at a packed-out Lord’s.