Ross Taylor plays last innings for New Zealand cricket team

HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — 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-yearold 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.