New Zealand
left-arm spinner, Daniel Vettori, has announced his retirement from
international cricket. The 36-year-old Vettori made this expected announcement after
arriving at Auckland Airport with the team from the World Cup on Tuesday. According
to his media conference at the airport, the final match of the Cricket World
Cup was his last game representing New Zealand.
In the
final match of the Cricket World Cup held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on
Sunday, the Black Caps were beaten by seven wickets by co-host Australia. Bowling
five overs, he gave 25 runs without any wicket. However, throughout the
tournament, he took 15 wickets at an average of 20.46 with an economy rate of
4.04.
He played
the most
number of Test and ODI matches for the New Zealand cricket team with 113
Tests and 295 ODIs. He has become the 12th bowler to capture 300
wickets in ODI. He has so far bagged 305 wickets. In the longest format of
cricket game, he took 362 wickets and became the ninth player to take more than
300 wickets in both Tests and ODIs. He is the second highest wicket taker for
New Zealand after fast bowler Richard Hadlee who ended his career with 431.
The former
captain who led the side after the retirement of Stephen Fleming in 2008 until
after the 2011 World Cup has scored 4,531 runs in Tests at an average of
exactly 30, with 6 centuries and 23 half-centuries. In ODIs, he has scored 2253
runs at an average of 17.33 with 4 half centuries.
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