New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has announced his retirement from international cricket. Upon arriving at the Auckland Airport today, Vettori gave his confirmation to the rumours that the World Cup Final against Australia, which the Kiwis lost by 7 wickets, was his last international match. He told reporters that it would have been great to win, but he was proud of the team, the way the players went about things for the last six weeks.Vettori, who retired from Tests and Twenty-20s in 2011, ends his international career as New Zealand's most capped test and one-day player. He took his 300th ODI wicket against Afghanistan at Napier during the just-concluded World Cup, becoming the 12th bowler to achieve the mark. He finished with 305 wickets in total from 295 games for New Zealand and a World XI.Vettori is the ninth player to take more than 300 wickets in both tests and ODIs, having finished his test career with 362 wickets, the most successful Kiwi bowler after pacer Richard Hadlee, who was the first man to bag 400 test wickets. A number of injuries ended his hopes of surpassing Hadlee's wickets tally, though he scored more runs than the fast bowler, notching 4,531 runs in tests at an average of 30, with six centuries.Vettori, who made his international debut as an 18-year-old, led the side following the retirement of Stephen Fleming in 2008 until after the 2011 World Cup.