Tammy Beaumont: England batter to retire from internationals after India Test
Analysis by BBC Cricket Correspondent Stephan Shemilt
In 2013, the Women’s World Cup was an afterthought. It is played only in Mumbai, usually in small venues.
At a match in England, a lady among a group of traveling fans announced that she was Tammy Beaumont’s mother. Beaumont, then just 21, did not play a single match in the disappointing England campaign.
His international career was at risk of ending.
Four years later, there was great success in women’s cricket and Beaumont was a pioneer.
Beaumont, who gave life to his batting with the arrival of Mark Robinson as England coach, became the star of the 2017 World Cup. What greater honor could there be than being named player of the tournament in a home World Cup victory?
Beaumont will be remembered as one of the greats of English women’s cricket, not just for her runs but also for her longevity moving into the professional era.
One of only a handful of players, male or female, to score centuries for England in all three formats, he will reach his career-high of two hundreds in the Ashes Test at home in 2023.
Perhaps the writing was on the wall when Beaumont was left out of the one-day squad earlier this summer, but she will bid a fitting farewell in her first women’s test at Lord’s. Don’t ignore another big score.
