Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has announced his retirement from Test cricket. He ended his career with a convincing win.
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Veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has announced his retirement from Test cricket. He ended his career with a convincing win as New Zealand won the match by an innings and 117 runs. Apart from this, he finished his career by taking his first wicket in over a decade as well.
While Bangladesh registered a win in the last Test by eight wickets, New Zealand bounced back and levelled the series 1-1.
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However, while announcing his retirement, Taylor wrote on Twitter: “Today I’m announcing my retirement from international cricket at the conclusion of the home summer, two more tests against Bangladesh, and six odi’s against Australia & the Netherlands. Thank you for 17 years of incredible support. It’s been an honour to represent my country #234.”
However, Ross Taylor retires as New Zealand’s all-time highest run-getter in the longer format with a whopping 7655 runs. His runs came at an average of 44.76 in 111 matches, including 19 centuries – the second-highest for New Zealand. Notably, this is only behind their regular captain Kane Williamson.
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Meanwhile, Taylor had taken just two scalps in Test cricket before Monday, both of which came in a match against India a decade ago in November 2010. While the captain Tom Latham handed the ball to Taylor for one over before they took the new ball, Taylor picked up the final wicket off the third ball of the 80th over as well.
However, after the game, captain Tom Latham applauded his contribution to world cricket. “I have never felt more pressure while taking a catch. He probably didn’t see waking up he will take the final wicket. It won’t be the same without him at the first slip. We put up a perfect performance and it was ideal. Just wanted to do things a little bit longer. We just passed the ideal baton to the other guys,” Latham said.
Meanwhile, Devon Conway, who won the Man of the Series for his two centuries, also opened up on Taylor’s retirement. “The guy (on Ross Taylor) has played that amount of Tests and has so much of knowledge about the game. Just a great bloke to be around. We will miss him a lot in the change room,” Conway said.
Ross Taylor will hang up his boots from international cricket after the ODI series against Australia and the Netherlands in April as well.
