Trisha Chetty announces retirement after 16 year international career
Trisha Chetty of South Africa has announced her retirement from international cricket after 16 years of service. The wicketkeeper-batsman holds the global record for the most dismissals (182) in one-day internationals. A reoccurring back ailment compelled the decision, bringing a 21-year career in local and international cricket to an end.
#MomentumProteas wicket-keeper/batter Trisha Chetty has announced her retirement from professional cricket 🏏
Thank you for everything you have done Trish 🙏
Full statement 🔗 https://t.co/uSLMgh10RW#AlwaysRising pic.twitter.com/QrTNB2VN8P
— Proteas Women (@ProteasWomenCSA) March 17, 2023
Trisha Chetty is a South African cricketer who has made important contributions to her country’s women’s cricket. She debuted for the South African national team in 2007 and has since become a key member of the squad.
Over the past decade and a half, Chetty has been an integral component of the Proteas setup. She first made her international debut in 2007.
She appeared in two Tests, scoring 93 runs at an average of 31 and recording two catches and three stumpings. Behind the wicket, she has 2703 runs at an average of 27.86, 184 victims, 133 catches, and 51 stumpings in ODIs.
Super excited for our first T20 against Ireland tomorrow! Let's go get them girls#MomentumProteas #PlayAsOne#NoDeal pic.twitter.com/U5LiLOzlkb
— Mignon du Preez (@MdpMinx22) July 31, 2016
Chetty scored 1117 runs at 17.18 with 42 catches and 28 stumpings in T20I cricket. Her final appearance for South Africa was in 2022.
“I can still remember the incredible feeling I had back in 2007 as I walked over the boundary rope, dressed in green and gold for the first time. For the past 16 years, it has been a privilege to represent my country and play for the Proteas, and that feeling has never gone away – each time I pulled on my South African kit I felt honoured to be doing so,” Chetty said in a statement released by CSA.
“Throughout my cricketing journey, I have learned valuable lessons about life, such as the importance of discipline, professionalism, and teamwork.”
“These lessons have shaped me into the person I am today, and I will forever be thankful for cricket’s impact on my life. As I embark on the next chapter of my life, I choose to maintain my gratitude towards cricket,” Trisha Chetty added further on her retirement decision.
Chetty has been a part of numerous important occasions in South African cricket. In 2013, she was instrumental in her team’s first-ever bilateral series victory over Bangladesh. She hit an unbeaten 98 in the third ODI, which South Africa won by 106 runs.
