NZ batting maestro Taylor takes wicket in final Test

Ross Taylor called it "a great way to finish" as the New Zealand batting great bowed out of Test cricket yesterday as a bowling hero.

The 37-year-old took the last Bangladesh wicket as New Zealand beat the tourists by an innings and 117 runs in the second Test in Christchurch to draw the series.

With Bangladesh nine down, and the Hagley Oval crowd roaring for him to have a bowl, Taylor had Ebadot Hossain caught by skipper Tom Latham.

"It was a great way to finish," he said. "Tim Southee kept telling me to chuck it up."

It was only the eighth innings in his 112-Test career that Taylor has bowled his off-breaks and only the second match in which he has taken a wicket, after collecting two against India 12 years ago.

Taylor still has a one-day series against Australia and the Netherlands before he ends a 16-year international career.

He holds the New Zealand record for most Test runs with 7,683.