to be his last. Langer scored an 80 and a century in the first test, but it was slim pickings to follow for him. Despite success in the Australian Test team, he did not get recalled to the one-day team, even after he was named as the domestic ING Cup's player of the season in 2002/03. Retirement On 1 January 2007, Langer announced his retirement from Test cricket after the fifth Ashes Test against England, starting at the Sydney Cricket Ground the following day. In doing so, he joined Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath who had both announced their retirements earlier in the month, and it came only three matches after the surprise departure of Damien Martyn. He came to the decision during the previous match in Melbourne, having earlier decided against retiring after the tour of South Africa to help Australia reclaim the Ashes. He said of his decision: "Everyone keeps saying 'you'll know when it's time'. Well, at one o'clock two days ago I knew it was time – it just came to me." Despite his retirement from international cricket, Langer opted to continue to play first-class cricket, with Somerset announcing on the same day that Langer had agreed to return to the English county in 2007 as captain. Langer had said during his retirement announcement that he was relishing returning to Somerset: "There's an amazing challenge at Somerset. They're at the bottom of everything, and I've got a great regard for the coach over there and I'm looking forward to that challenge." Langer also stayed on with Western Australia for a final season in 2007–08. List of international cricket centuries He scored his first Test century against Pakistan at the Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar on 15 October 1998, scoring 116. He scored his final Test century against England at The Gabba, Brisbane on 23 November 2006 and his final Test match was the final game of the same series at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 2 January 2007, having played 105 matches. His highest score in Tests is 250, scored against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26 December 2002. He never made a century in the ODI format; his highest score was 36, which he made against India at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on 19 April 1994. Test centuries Domestic career Western Australia Langer was the captain of the Western Warriors until