Colin Munro, the opener for New Zealand, has announced his retirement from international cricket

May 10, Wellington, New Zealand: Abrasive Colin Munro, a batsman for New Zealand, has declared his retirement from international cricket. He has played for the Blackcaps in the last two T20 World Cups and is an expert in white-ball cricket.

Munro, 37, has opted to end his career as an international player after barely missing out on being called up for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup next month, where he had hoped to rekindle his New Zealand career.

The left-hander played in almost 100 games for the New Zealand cricket team. His one Test match, which came against South Africa in 2013, was overshadowed by an outstanding white-ball career in which he scored three hundred and nineteen half-centuries for his nation.

As one of only seven male players to have scored three or more T20I hundreds, Munro’s three hundreds all came in the game’s shortest format.

The former opener was an important part of the Kiwi team that advanced all the way to the exciting 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup final against England. He has represented New Zealand in the T20 World Cups in 2014 and 2016.

The southpaw’s retirement takes effect immediately, and although he will still play franchise cricket across the world, he will no longer be aiming to represent his nation.

Munro said that playing for New Zealand was unquestionably the high point of his career.

“My greatest accomplishment as a player has always been to play for the Black Caps. Munro was reported by ICC as saying, “I will always be incredibly proud of the fact that I was able to do that 123 times across all formats. I never felt prouder than donning that jersey.”

“Even though it has been a long time since I played for my team, I never lost faith that I may be able to make a comeback based on my franchise T20 form. Now is the ideal moment to formally seal that chapter with the Black Caps team announcement for the T20 World Cup, the former left-hander said.