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Lea Tahuhu retires from ODIs after 15-year career

Wellington, March 8 (UNI) Lea Tahuhu has announced her retirement from One-Day International (ODI) cricket after a 15-year career with the New Zealand women's national cricket team, as per the New Zealand Cricket website.
Since making her ODI debut as a 20-year-old against Australia in Brisbane in 2011, Tahuhu has represented New Zealand in 103 ODIs, claiming 125 wickets, the most by a bowler for the White Ferns in the format.
Tahuhu is also among just 12 players to have played more than 100 ODI matches for New Zealand’s women’s team and was part of four editions of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup.
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