WELLINGTON: New Zealand opening batsman Colin Munro has made himself unavailable for Test selection to concentrate on his career in Twenty20 and One-day Internationals.
The South African-born batsman has played only one Test for New Zealand, against South Africa in 2013.
He has also ruled himself out of New Zealand’s domestic four-day competition for the remainder of the season, though he averages 51.58 in 48 first-class games.
Munro, who is the world’s top-ranked batsman in Twenty20 cricket, said, “It would be fair to say that my focus hasn’t been on four-day cricket this season and my passion for that format of the game isn’t what it once was.
Obviously, with the [50-over] World Cup next year I’d love to give myself the best chance of making that squad.”
