A measure of Taylor's legacy

The most rancorous chapter in New Zealand cricket in the previous decade was the captaincy fiasco saga involving coach Mike Hesson, senior player Brendon McCullum, and then skipper Ross Taylor. At the end of it all, it was Taylor who came out of the episode as the fallen hero. The humiliation Taylor endured could have put a full stop to many a player's career, but it was not to be in his case. He took time away from the game, came back to the fold to take his deserved place - all within a span of months - and went on to become a torch bearer in instituting a golden era in New Zealand cricket. The entire saga is what was Taylor's career in a nutshell: of setbacks and rising from the adversities by sheer grit and determination.

Against Bangladesh, at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday (June 9), Taylor will draw curtains to his glorious Test career as his country's leading run-getter and joint-most capped player. Despite finishing as his country's top run-getter, Taylor sits 37th in the all-time list, highlighting the fact of how few Tests New Zealand play. He is also one of the five players with over 7000 runs batting at number four position, a coveted slot often reserved for the side's most decorated batter. Taylor also happens to be the only player to have featured in 100+ matches in each of the three formats in international cricket: 111 Tests, 233 ODIs, and 102 T20Is.

Most runs for New Zealand in Tests

Career of two halves

Taylor made his way to the Test side late in 2007 in the wake of a mass exodus of New Zealand batting stalwarts from the 1990s to 2006-08. He struggled to cope up with the pace and bounce of South African tracks in his