Kiwi all-Rounder Award Elliott Leaves from one-day Cricket

AUCKLAND: A year afterwards he created what has been advised New Zealand’s a lot of memorable
 cricketing moment, all-rounder Grant Elliott has retired from one-day all-embracing cricket.

The 37-year-old Elliott hit a six from the penultimate brawl off South Africa’s Dale Steyn in the World Cup semi-final endure year to actuate New Zealand to their aboriginal World Cup final.

The attempt was voted by the New Zealand accessible as the antic moment of 2015.

“I accept played my endure one day game,” Elliott told Newshub at Auckland Airport on Friday afterwards the New Zealand aggregation alternate home from the World Twenty20 clash in India afterward a semi-final exit.

“But there is three formats. I won’t be advised for analysis cricket, I haven’t apparent my analysis accouterment for a few years. There’s still T20 candid and my physique feels good.

“I’m traveling to amend and let the dust settle. As continued as I’m adequate my cricket, I haven’t fabricated a alarm on annihilation yet. So I’ll just get home and appraise it.”

Originally from South Africa, Elliott confused to New Zealand to play all-embracing cricket, authoritative his analysis admission adjoin England in 2008 but alone competed in 5 matches in about two years.

He developed into a acknowledged limited-overs amateur but was a abruptness alternative in New Zealand’s World Cup band endure year, accepting not appeared for the aggregation in added than 14 months. He aswell spent added than two years out of the ancillary above-mentioned to that.

The right-hander’s accord was a lot of axiomatic during the clash as New Zealand went through basin play best and his 84 not out adjoin South Africa in the semi-final embodied his access on the team.

Elliott aswell top-scored with 83 in the final adjoin Australia, who won the bold at the Melbourne Candid Ground by seven wickets.

His endure one-day all-embracing was in February adjoin Australia at Seddon Park in Hamilton, if he denticulate his 11th bisected century.

He accomplished with 1,976 runs at 34.06 with two centuries. Elliott was aswell a accessible slow-medium bowler, who accomplished with 39 wickets at 30.23 in his 83 one-day internationals.