AUCKLAND: Zimbabwe batsman Brendan Taylor says he will miss representing his country after playing his last ODI against India in Auckland on Saturday but insisted life goes on.
The 29-year-old will play for Nottinghamshire on a three-year deal which will put his Zimbabwe career on hold — there is the possibility that he may never turn out for his country again.
Asked what he will miss, Taylor replied, “Not wearing the shirt. I think every international player is extremely proud of putting on his country’s shirt. I will miss my teammates and the good and bad times we go through.”
Suresh Raina ruined Taylor’s farewell party with an unbeaten 110 as defending champions India overhauled their target with eight balls to spare for a six-wicket win. “Definitely it’s a sense of sadness and sense of disappointment the way we have gone about this tournament,” said Taylor of a Zimbabwe side who won only one of their six games.
When Taylor was leaving the field, Zimbabwe and Indian players gave him a warm send-off, which Taylor said was touching. “It was nice from so many Indian players [Shikhar] Dhawan, Virat [Kohli] and Suresh [Raina] came to me and that was touching coming from so many established players,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2015.
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