The 34-year old, former captain of the Netherlands cricket team Peter Borren has called it retirement from international cricket. The New Zealand-born all-rounder has represent as skipper for the Dutch in 37 T20 internationals as well as 31 ODIs since taking over the captaincy from Jeroen Smits in 2009. Pieter Seelaar was announced as Borren's successor, while Smits was named as team manager, taking over from Rob Kemming.
Peter Borren, who had been leading the Dutch side for the past few years has been one of the most successful captains of the Associate Nation. Having taken over the captaincy all those years ago in 2009, Borren has played in 37 T20 internationals as well as 31 ODIs in his cricketing career that has spanned the better part of 12-years. Peter Borren, who played 58 matches and scored 1004 runs with highest score of 96 runs and picked up 46 wickets for Netherlands.
Peter Borren, who had been born in Christchurch in New Zealand, Borren, similar to the likes of Dirk Nannes and Tom Cooper defected to play their cricket for the Netherlands, something that these three cricketers certainly do not regret, to say the least. Many still look back at their famous win over England, a match that eventually went into the final delivery. Many also would remember the manner in which England pacer Stuart Broad missed the stumps on two separate occasions to ensure that the Dutch would indeed be handed a rather shock victory.
