England opener Tammy Beaumont has announced her retirement from international cricket after the one-off Test against India at Lord’s, which starts on Friday.The 35-year-old curtain raiser in an international career that began in 2009. “Playing for England for almost 17 years is the greatest honour,” said Beaumont.“When I fell in love with playing cricket as a young woman, I hardly knew that playing cricket for England was an option and it brings me great joy to think how many girls and boys have been inspired, this summer in particular, and how far the game has come in our country,” she said.“We’ve always wanted to keep the cap going for the next generation and the time has come for me to pass that privilege on to the next generation of England players.”“This Lord’s Test game – our first ever Lord’s women’s Test – feels like the perfect occasion to sign off on a career that I never imagined would be as special as it is.”Beaumont made his England debut in 2009 and has gone on to play 260 international matches. She is England Women’s leading ODI century-maker, with 12 hundreds.He represented England in 11 Tests, 140 One Day Internationals and 109 T20 Internationals. Her 12 ODI centuries remain an England women’s record.One of the biggest moments of her career came in 2017, when she was named Player of the Tournament as England won the Women’s World Cup at home. Beaumont ended the tournament as the highest run-scorer with 410 runs.More recently, Beaumont was left out of England’s squad for the latest Women’s T20 World Cup, which ended with Australia beating the hosts by seven wickets in the final at Lord’s last Sunday.His absence comes despite his return to England’s T20I side after spending more than two years out of the format between January 2022 and March 2024.Although he did not play any T20Is during England’s Ashes tour of Australia at the beginning of last year, Beaumont featured in all five T20Is against India during their tour of England last summer before missing out on the latest World Cup squad.She was also part of the England team that was knocked out in the semi-finals of the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup.In 2023, Beaumont became the first England woman to score a double century in Test cricket when she made 208 in the Women’s Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.She is one of only two England women, and one of five England players overall, to score an international century in all three formats of the game.