Ross Taylor fails to control his emotions as he bids goodbye to cricket, receives a special guard of honor

Ross Taylor fails to control his emotions as he bids goodbye to cricket, receives a special guard of honor

Ross Taylor

Ross Taylor, the veteran cricketer who has been with the New Zealand team for such a long time, is playing his final match of his cricketing career on Monday against the Netherlands at the Seddon Park in Hamilton.

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Accompanied by his three children- Mackenzie, Jonty, and Adelaide, the 38-year-old Taylor failed to control his emotions during the pre-match rituals when both the sides arrived at the center. After the national anthem, teammate Martin Guptill was seen consoling him. During New Zealand’s batting, Taylor also received a special guard of honor by the Netherlands players. But he couldn’t make a huge score after he was caught on 14 by Logan van Beek.

Ross Taylor has been with the New Zealand team across all formats and has amassed over 15,000 runs. He is one of only four New Zealand players to play 100th test. With 8593 runs and 21 centuries, he holds the nation’s ODI runs record. H was also the first player in the world to play in 100 internationals in all formats.

In December, Taylor had decided to retire from international cricket but will continue to play in domestic cricket.

“Probably the hardest part was coming to the decision. Once the decision was made, it was nice to let it all go. I’ll miss my team mates.” “All you can try and do is make a contribution, enjoy everything for the last time…but not try and dwell on it too much, just try to enjoy the occasion and hopefully make a contribution.” He added.

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After retirement, Ross Taylor will be a cricket dad

Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor and Virat Kohli

New Zealand Cricket shared a video of cricketers of different eras came together to extend their wished to Taylor on retirement. They also include Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, and Daniel Vittori among others.

Taylor told the reporters later on: “My son’s just starting to get into cricket now too. I need to save my shoulder because I think I’m going to have to throw to him for the next few years and get a bit of payback on what my dad had to do with me.” He said.

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