England's Taylor quits international cricket over anxiety issues

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Women's Ashes Preview - England v Australia - Fischer County Ground, Leicester, Britain - July 1, 2019 England's Sarah Taylor during nets Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

(Reuters) - England women's wicketkeeper-batsman Sarah Taylor has retired from international cricket because of her ongoing battle with anxiety, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.

Taylor, 30, made her England debut as a 17-year-old in 2006, and went to make 226 appearances. She scored 6,533 international runs to finish second on England women's all-time list of run-scorers, behind her long-term captain, Charlotte Edwards.