Colin Munro, a South Africa-born energy hitter who smashed a slew of batting information for New Zealand, has retired from worldwide cricket after lacking out on a spot within the Black Caps’ T20 World Cup squad.
The 37-year-old lefthander’s final worldwide was a T20 match towards India in 2020 — however he had lengthy hoped to claw his method again into the squad.
“Though it has been some time since my final look, I by no means gave up hope that I’d have the ability to return off the again of my franchise T20 kind,” he mentioned in a press release on Friday.
“With the announcement of the Black Caps squad for the T20 World Cup now could be the proper time to shut that chapter formally.”
Making his T20I debut towards South Africa in 2012, Durban-born Munro performed 122 white ball matches for New Zealand and a solitary Check towards the Proteas in 2013.
His 47-ball century towards West Indies in Mount Maunganui in 2018 was the quickest T20 century for New Zealand on the time and noticed him turn into the primary participant to attain three T20I lots of.
His 14-ball half-century towards Sri Lanka at Auckland’s Eden Park in 2016 remains to be the quickest in T20Is by a New Zealander and the fourth quickest of all-time.
Together with two T20 World Cups, Munro was within the New Zealand squad that suffered a heart-breaking defeat within the 50-over 2019 World Cup last towards hosts England.
Munro will proceed to play franchise cricket however his legacy stays within the quick format sport as a pioneer of aggressive, “360-degree type” batting, New Zealand Cricket boss Scott Weenink mentioned.
“(He) took calculated risk-taking to a brand new degree, and led what was to turn into a revolution in the best way short-form cricket was performed,” mentioned Weenink.
“We thank him for his wonderful contribution in additional than hundred worldwide video games.”