Neil Wagner will finally stop bowling his bouncers. Watching him spill his guts out, attempt to spill the batsmen's guts out, was one of the most visceral cricket experiences in modern-day cricket

The time's obviously come,' said Wagner, who fought back tears when thanking people at a press conference in Wellington.' He would remember Brendon McCullum at this emotional time. ''He always spoke about leaving the Black Caps in a better place when you're done, and moving that legacy forward, and I thought that's something I can be pretty proud of.To the NZ public and the fans, I can't thank you enough, for your support, for making me feel welcome, for making me feel like a Kiwi.' His 260 Test wickets puts him in the fifth of all time New Zealanders' bowling list behind Richard Hadlee, Tim Southee, Daniel Vettori and Trent Boult. And importantly, only Hadlee's strike-rate is better than his. Cricket has seen faster men, 'nastier' pacemen, more skilful with fingers and wrists, but rarely has it seen in one passionate 'all-heart' package as with Wagner. He spews his guts out, drags us with him into the heat of the battle, make us feel his pain, his effort, his ceaseless energy, his undying passion- it can all get a bit gut-wrenching at times. No other pacer hurls as many bouncers as him. No one is as accurate as him. It all began with Allan Donald.