New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum announces retirement from international cricket

SOUNDBITE (English): Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricket Captain:

"At the end of the test series against Australia I'll be retiring from all international cricket. It will obviously be great to finish playing cricket in New Zealand and on some of our grounds and against Australia as well so I guess it's circumstantial that it was needed to be announced now with teams and the T20 World Cup etc... and to be able to allow clarity ideally my preference would certainly have been to wait till the end of your career before you retire but unfortunately it was that wasn't able to be avoided."

SOUNDBITE (English): Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricket Captain:

"I've been incredibly lucky to have represented New Zealand for a long, long time. Spent most of my adult life as a black cap touring the world and getting the opportunity to play with a group of guys and represent your country and not many people get that opportunity and I feel incredibly proud to be able to have done for as long as I have."

SOUNDBITE (English): Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricket Captain:

"Look my body's been a bit sore for a while but that's just international sport you're always going to be a bit stiff and sore when you play at the top for as long as what you do but that's not it I think in the end it's just the time has come and you've got to move on."

SOUNDBITE (English): Brendon McCullum, New Zealand cricket Captain:

"I guess it's up to other people to decide on what sort of state that you've left the team in but hopefully I've left it in a better position than when I took it over."