England bowler Katherine Brunt has announced her retirement from county cricket. The 37-year-old, who is in the England squad for next month’s T20 World Cup, will play in this summer’s Hundred, but will not feature for the Northern Diamonds or Yorkshire.

Brunt has barely featured for her home county in recent seasons due to an increasingly busy international schedule and has not played county cricket since 2019. “I have played some games over the last few seasons, but it’s been two or three max per year because that’s all the schedule has allowed,” she said on Yorkshire’s official website. “There has been a time when I’ve been injured and not fully fit and I’ve played just as a batter.

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Katherine Brunt says, “I don’t want to hold those girls back”

“I don’t want to take up someone’s place in the team. It wouldn’t think that’s fair when there’s so much good young talent in that Diamonds set-up. “I don’t want to hold those girls back just because I’m someone who walks into the team because I need the practice. “That makes it hard for a coach who needs to develop their young players who will be needed for crunch time in finals when I’m not available. “I’m happy with what I’ve done”.

Brunt retired from Test cricket in June 2022 and has not played ODI cricket since July last year. Said that she is retiring from regional and domestic cricket to allow younger players to come through. Brunt won the Championship with Yorkshire in 2015. Will be in South Africa with England for next month’s T20 World Cup. She last played county cricket in 2019 and has played just eight times. For the Northern Diamonds across the first three years of regional cricket.