Record-breaking former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has announced his retirement from international cricket . The 36-year-old has called time on a career that has included 113 Test matches , 295 one-day internationals and 34 T20Is . His last appearance for his country came in Sunday 's World Cup final against Australia in Melbourne , where New Zealand suffered a seven-wicket defeat . Daniel Vettori ( centre ) has retired from international cricket after his World Cup campaign for New Zealand . Vettori ( right ) was named in the ICC Team of the Tournament for the World Cup for taking 15 wickets . Vettori 's last international game for New Zealand came in the World Cup final , which was lost to Australia . He told reporters at Auckland airport : 'It was my last game for New Zealand , in the final , so it was a lovely way to finish . 'Obviously it would have been great to win , but I 'm pretty proud of everyone , the way we 've gone about things the last six weeks . ' The left-arm spinner , who was named in the ICC team of the tournament after taking 15 wickets , added : 'To be able to finish in the final , albeit without a win , I 'm just very grateful for the amount of support I had , particularly from Brendon ( captain McCullum ) and Mike ( coach Hesson ) . 'To be able to get back from a number of injuries and to be here and to be part of it , and hopefully to be a big contributing factor , is something I 'll always treasure . ' Vettori became New Zealand 's youngest-ever Test player when he made his debut against England in February 1997 at the age of 18 and went on to take 361 wickets in the format , leaving him second in the country 's all-time list behind Sir Richard Hadlee ( 431 ) . Vettori is only one of three men to have scored 4,000 Test runs and taken 300 Test wickets , along with Sir Ian Botham and Kapil Dev . His ODI bow came a month later against Sri Lanka and his final tally of 297 wickets is a Black Caps record , with Kyle Mills second on the list with 240 scalps . Vettori ( right ) is one of three players in Test history who has scored 4,000 runs and taken 3,000 wickets . Vettori captained New Zealand in all three formats of cricket and made his debut when he was 18 . Vettori ( right ) holds the record for Test and ODI appearances but has quit at the age of 36 . The Auckland-born spinner , who captained New Zealand in all three formats , also holds the record for the most Test ( 112 ) and ODI ( 291 ) appearances for New Zealand . He also played one Test and four ODIs for the ICC World XI in 2005 , taking nine wickets in total . Vettori , who has played for Warwickshire and Nottinghamshire in county cricket , is the head coach of the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League .
Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has quit international cricket . He played 113 Test Matches , 295 one-day internationals and 34 T20 games . - The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have announced that they will be playing a series of three matches against Pakistan in the UAE from October 5 to November 8.