A batting average of 44 and a bowling average of 16 – Ross Taylor ends his test career with the averages of an all-rounder and a memory for a lifetime.
Taylor's last act in test cricket was to take a wicket, just the third of his career, with Tom Latham pouching the catch and sparking joyous scenes amongst Taylor's teammates as they all raced to mob the departing veteran.
It was the most fanciful of finishes, one that would have been penned by an ambitious scriptwriter trying to write an emotional finale, but all the stars aligned.
Not only was it the 79th over – the last over before the new ball, where spinners often get a customary over – but Taylor was also bowling to statistically the worst batsman in test history, Ebadot Hossain.
"I suppose if you bowl in those situations a bit more often you get the wicket," Taylor grinned after the game.
