Ross Taylor made 14 for New Zealand against the Netherlands in the third one-day cricket international on Monday, coming to the crease and leaving it to a standing ovation. The match was Taylor’s 450th and last for New Zealand before he retires at the end of a 16-year international career. The 38-year-old batsman played his last test against South Africa this year but decided to make this match on his home ground at Seddon Park his final bow. His children, MacKenzie, Jonty and Adelaide, stood beside him during the national anthems and he went through an honor guard formed by Netherlands players. Taylor played his first one-day international for New Zealand in 2006 and his first test the following year. He went on to play 112 tests, scoring 7,683 runs, including 19 centuries, and 236 one-day internationals in which he made 8,593 runs. He also scored 1,909 runs in 102 Twenty20 internationals. Taylor had a long wait for his last innings Monday. New Zealand batted first after winning the toss and a 203-run partnership for the second wicket between Martin Guptill and Will Young delayed his appearance until the 39th over. Guptill made 106 and Young went on to 120 as New Zealand made 333-8. Matt Henry then took 4-36 as New Zealand bowled out the Netherlands for 218 to win the match by 115 runs and sweep the three-match series. As soon as he appeared the crowd rose to its feet. Taylor hit a six among his 14 runs before mistiming a ball from Logan van Beek and offering the bowler a simple return catch. He turned toward the changing room for the last time with a faint smile on his face. The opposing players formed up on either side as he walked slowly from the field, acknowledging the long ovation of the crowd. Taylor has long been a fan favorite for his steadiness, reliability and his ready smile. “For me it was just being a player that tries fight in as many situations as possible, gave it my all, played with a smile on my face and hopefully represented my country proudly and with a lot of respect,” Taylor told Radio New Zealand. “That’s always what I wanted to do — play for my country. And hopefully that’s something it’ll be cool to be remembered for.”

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced that the New Zealand cricket team will visit Bangladesh later this month to play a five-match T20I series.  The Blackcaps will arrive in Dhaka on August 24, and the first match of the series will take place on September 1 while the other matches will be played on September 3, 5, 8 and 10.  Read:England’s Bangladesh tour deferred to March, 2023 Like the ongoing home series against Australia, all the matches of the New Zealand series will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.  England were also scheduled to tour Bangladesh for a three-match ODIs and T20Is in September-October. But the series has been rescheduled to March 2023.  Read:Tigers create history winning first T20I v mighty Australia Bangladesh are currently taking on Australia in the five-match T20 series. The hosts won the first match by 23 runs— which was Bangladesh’s maiden victory over the Aussies in T20Is. 

Bangladesh collapsed to 131 all-out in 41.5 overs in the three-match ODI series opener against New Zealand on Saturday at the University Oval, Dunedin.