Mentor to retire from England duty after 22 years

Geva Mentor (centre) was a cardinal subordinate of the England squad that upset hosts Australia to triumph golden astatine the 2018 Commonwealth Games

England's Geva Mentor volition discontinue from planetary netball aft this summer's World Cup successful South Africa.

She was portion of the squad that won a historical gold astatine the 2018 Commonwealth Games successful Australia.

"To person represented my state and played elite athletics for astir a 4th of a period is rather a idiosyncratic accomplishment," Mentor said.

"I've grown up successful an situation which has undoubtedly shaped who I americium today.

"I permission the Roses fraternity hopefully imprinting my people connected and disconnected the court, and I'm eternally grateful for each who person shared the travel with me."

The World Cup takes spot from 28 July to 6 August successful Cape Town, South Africa.

Mentor has played successful 11 large tournaments, winning 5 bronze medals positive England's archetypal Commonwealth title.

Last summertime Mentor, who has been playing nine netball successful Australia since 2008, became the archetypal England subordinate to vie successful a sixth Commonwealth Games.

"Geva is 1 of the astir iconic figures of our sport, having re-written the past books truthful galore times," said England caput manager Jess Thirlby, a erstwhile team-mate.

"Her work and loyalty to the Roses is thing we are some grateful for and precise arrogant of.

"I privation to convey Geva some personally and connected behalf of the Roses for helping to enactment america connected the representation successful satellite netball and to alteration the crippled for the better."

Named successful England's squad this week, Mentor is acceptable to play successful a sixth World Cup.

"She has been an fantabulous ambassador for netball, not lone successful England but crossed the world," said England Netball show manager David Parsons.

"She volition permission an unthinkable legacy, inspiring the adjacent procreation of Roses."

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One of the top to deterioration the Roses formal - analysis

Jess Anderson, BBC Sport

Geva Mentor volition beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the top players to enactment connected the Roses dress.

She has spent astir a 4th of a period astatine the apical of the athletics and volition beryllium thought of arsenic a pioneer of the game, being 1 of the archetypal English players to play successful Australia's Super Netball league.

The quality comes successful a important week for the Roses with the announcement of the World Cup squad.

Her inclusion means she is acceptable to play successful a sixth World Cup - passing the England grounds acceptable by Sonia Mkoloma and matching the planetary grounds of Trinidad & Tobago's Rhonda John-Davis.

Roses caput manager Jess Thirlby volition present person different large to replace, pursuing the retirements of Serena Kersten, Eboni Usoro-Brown and Stacey Francis-Bayman past twelvemonth and, astir recently, shooter Jo Harten.

Mentor has already cemented her netball bequest arsenic a trailblazer and magnificent player. A World Cup golden medal is the lone happening missing from her extended CV - and she volition effort to enactment that close successful South Africa.