South African cricketer Mignon du Preez has announced retirement from the longer format of the game- ODIs and Test cricket. She remains available for the T20Is.
Cricket South Africa took to social media to share the official release today.
Her statement reads-
“I’ve been wonderfully fortunate to play in four ICC ODI World Cups to date. These have been some of my most treasured memories in life. I would, however, love to prioritise time with my family and hopefully start a family of my own soon. I feel the time is right to announce my retirement from the longer format of the game and focus my attention on T20 cricket going forward. Thus, I decided to retire from od! Cricket at the completion of our Recent world cup in New Zealand.
I feel South African women’s cricket is in a very healthy state and the time is right to step away and allow the next generation of exciting cricketers to continue to grow this beautiful game of ours. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone at cricket South Africa and the board for their continuous support during my ODI career. I am extremely grateful for the honour to have represented my country in 154 ODI games and also for the opportunity to have captained my country at the highest level. To our team sponsor momentum and all our fans, thank you for your continuous support. Lastly, I would like to thank our management and my teammates for making my ODI journey a memorable one.”
