Shane Bond retires from all form of cricket
Shane Bond has announced his retirement from all forms of the game. His career spans nearly nine years after his international debut in 2001 against Australia at Hobart. Shane Bond ended his test career in December 2009, now he has decided to quit all forms of the game. I know the time is right for me to step down, and I have given it everything when playing for New Zealand. And I cannot compromise my own standards just to prolong my career “Shane Bond said”. When I wad kid, I always dreaming to play for New Zealand and I can proud myself to represent my country at higher level. His persistent injuries limited his international career and just to manage 87 wickets in 18 test, 147 wickets in 82 ODI’s, and 25 wickets in 20 Twenty20 International. Bond has also taken one hat trick in international one day and help New Zealand to reach in Semi final in 2007 world cup. Shane Bond is the finest bowler after Richard Hadlee who dismissed big names of international cricket, Ricky Ponting, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Virender Sehwag, Muhammad Yousaf, Kumar Sangakkara. Perhaps his most memorable day in cricket against Australia came in the 2003 World Cup, when he finished with 6 for 23, which is extraordinary figure in any ODI.
| Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | Ct | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Ave | BBF | Econ | SR | 5w | 10 | |
| Tests | 18 | 20 | 168 | 41* | 12.92 | 8 | 3372 | 1922 | 87 | 22.09 | 6/51 | 3.41 | 38.7 | 5 | 1 |
| ODIs | 82 | 40 | 292 | 31* | 16.22 | 15 | 4295 | 3070 | 147 | 20.88 | 6/19 | 4.28 | 29.2 | 4 | 0 |
| T20Is | 20 | 8 | 21 | 8* | 4.20 | 4 | 465 | 543 | 25 | 21.72 | 3/18 | 7.00 | 18.6 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 60 | 70 | 830 | 100 | 16.60 | 24 | 10263 | 5478 | 225 | 24.34 | 7/66 | 3.20 | 45.6 | 12 | 1 |
| List A | 135 | 70 | 498 | 40 | 13.45 | 18 | 6903 | 5083 | 214 | 23.75 | 6/19 | 4.41 | 32.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 40 | 14 | 32 | 8* | 4.00 | 9 | 939 | 1109 | 51 | 21.74 | 4/19 | 7.08 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 |
Shane Bond promising figure of 6 for 23 against Australia, Port Elizabeth, 2003.
Australia had a formidable record in 2003 World Cup and won seven matches out of seven in the tournament. Bond sends the top order packing, before claiming three more victims in his second spell. He finishes with the best figures by a New Zealander in an ODI, but his team-mates crushed and they lost the match by 96 runs.
