Wagner, 37, made the emotional resolution following a troublesome dialog with coach Gary Stead final week the place it was confirmed he was not in New Zealand’s greatest XI for the upcoming sequence towards Australia.
He introduced his retirement at a press convention alongside Stead on the Basin Reserve in Wellington on Tuesday having been invited to be a part of the squad for the primary Test.
Wagner retires after 64 Tests for his adopted nation having moved throughout from South Africa. He took 260 wickets at 27.57 with a strike-rate of simply 52.7. Only Sir Richard Hadlee has a greater Test strike-rate amongst New Zealand bowlers to have taken greater than 100 wickets.
Wagner will proceed to play first-class cricket however felt just like the time was proper to step away from the Test enviornment.
“I knew the time was coming near,” Wagner stated. “They sometimes say when you think about retirement, you’re screwed in a way. I knew the time was going to come and it was going to come close. In the last week, reflecting and looking into the future, looking at the Test matches that are to come, I thought it was the right time to step down and let the other guys come in and do what we’ve been doing as a group for a number of years and obviously grow that attack. It’s never easy. It’s an emotional road. It’s a big roller coaster, but it’s something that I feel like the time to come in to pass that baton on and leave that Black Cap in a good place for the rest to take it and hopefully grow their legacy forward.”
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