Former New Zealand batsman Peter Fulton has called time on his first-class career, after playing the longest format of the game for nearly 17 years. Fulton, whose last appearance in Test cricket came back in 2014 against West Indies, played a total of 23 Test matches in which he scored 967 runs at an average of 25.44.

He played a total of 162 First-class matches where he scored where he scored 10569 runs at an average of 39.88. He also appeared in 180 List A games and 95 T20Is.

Fulton was first called to the national team after he converted his maiden first-class century into a triple century and scored 301* for Canterbury. He made his ODI debut in 2004 whereas had to wait till 2006 for his Test debut.

He had a dream run with Canterbury and now ends up his first-class career as the highest run scorer and most capped player for the team. He was the part of the side that won the Plunkett said title against Wellington at Christchurch earlier this month.

“From making my debut, I never would have thought I would play this many times and achieve these records for Canterbury,” Fulton said. “At that stage, I was just stoked to play one. When I was growing up I had dreams of playing for Canterbury and New Zealand, but when I was younger I didn’t think I was going to do it. I am very proud to have played that many games and experienced so much success with different Canterbury teams throughout my career.”

Fulton scored a total of two hundred in his Test match career, both of them coming in the same game. Apart from that, he also played 49 ODIs in which he scored one hundred and eight half-centuries. In 12 T20Is he could just muster 127 runs in 12 innings at an average of 11.54.