End of an era: Colin Munro bids farewell to international cricket
37-year-old New Zealand batsman Colin Munro has retired from international cricket. However, he will continue to play franchise cricket. Munro has taken this decision due to not being selected in the New Zealand team for the T20 World Cup.
He has not played a single international match for New Zealand since 2020. However, he had declared himself available for the T20 World Cup. His name was also considered for the T20 World Cup. New Zealand coach Gray Stead has confirmed this. He said, Munro’s name was also considered during the selection of the World Cup team, but this left-handed batsman was not getting a place in the team.
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Career highlights: A look at Colin Munro’s contributions
Munro has played 123 international matches across all three formats. He has scored more than 3 thousand runs and has also taken 13 wickets. Colin Munro has played 65 T20 matches for New Zealand and scored 1724 runs. He has also scored three centuries in this format. He scored a century in 47 balls against West Indies in 2018, which was a New Zealand record at that time.
Munro also scored a half-century in 14 balls against Sri Lanka, which is a Black Caps record and the fourth-fastest century in T20 Internationals. He has scored 1271 runs in 57 ODI matches at a strike rate of 104.69. Which also includes 8 half-centuries. He has scored 15 runs in a test match
Munro’s thoughts and plans
During the announcement of his retirement, Munro said that playing for the Black Caps will always be the greatest achievement of his career.
He said that retiring after the announcement of the squad for the T20 World Cup was the right step. Now the time has come to officially say goodbye to my international career.
