{"id":638315,"date":"2026-04-29T11:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638315\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:17:10","slug":"new-zealands-sophie-devine-and-lea-tahuhu-to-retire-after-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638315\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand’s Sophie Devine and Lea Tahuhu to retire after T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Zealand stalwarts Lea Tahuhu and Sophie Devine have confirmed they will be retiring at the end of this summer’s Women’s T20 World Cup. <\/p>\n

All-rounder Devine, 36, retired from one-day internationals after last year’s 50-over tournament and has represented the White Ferns 310 times in both white-ball formats since her debut in 2006.<\/p>\n

Since starting her career primarily as a bowler, Devine has developed into one of the world’s leading all-rounders with 3,587 runs and 128 wickets in T20s. <\/p>\n

Fast bowler Tahuhu, 35, has earned more than 200 caps and both played key roles in New Zealand’s surprise T20 World Cup win in the United Arab Emirates in 2024.<\/p>\n

Their departures from the international game will see New Zealand undergoing a significant transition, as fellow veteran Suzie Bates confirmed last week that she will also retire<\/a> after their attempt to regain the title. <\/p>\n

The trio have been the backbone of New Zealand’s side for the past 15 years. <\/p>\n

“To have our three most senior players all finishing their careers at the same tournament is a rare and special occasion,” said head coach Ben Sawyer. <\/p>\n

“All three have had distinguished careers in their own right and have given so much to this team and the game in general.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand stalwarts Lea Tahuhu and Sophie Devine have confirmed they will be retiring at the end of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-638315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}