New Zealand legend Ross Taylor played out an emotional final Test match to sign off his impactful career with the Kiwis on Monday, 11 January.
Speaking after the game, an emotional Taylor reflected on the Test match stating that it was a great way to finish his career. Taylor, has been an integral part of the New Zealand team that has put on domination performances since 2015, having featured in multiple finals of ICC tournaments.
“It’s a great way to finish to honestly stay in the series, but nah, we played fantastically well. Bangladesh put us under pressure a lot of times, and it’s probably a fair reflection of where the series was heading. I wanted to finish with a win and the guys gave it to me.”
Asked about taking the final wicket of the Bangladesh batting order, Taylor chuckled and said that he would have had a few more if he would have bowled under these circumstances.
Bangladesh, in a grand gesture gave Taylor a guard of honour and the cameras earlier caught the right handed middle order in an emotional state during the Kiwi national anthem.
“It was an emotional game for me and my family and friends and the teammates as well, but ya it was good to get the win.”
Taylor has been the bedrock of the NZ dominance across the world and hit the winning runs of the World Test Championship campaign, that ended NZ’s title drought at the ICC events.