With an almost apologetic throwaway line, Grant Elliott confirmed his retirement from one-day international cricket.

The veteran allrounder slipped back in to Auckland Airport with his Black Caps team-mates on return from the World Twenty20, and without any fanfare delivered the line mid-sentence to a television reporter. "I've played my last one-day game," he said.

It was suspected Elliott, now 37, had played his last ODI in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series-winning match against Australia in Hamilton in February. He raised his bat to the crowd upon being dismissed but when asked about the gesture, a team spokesman said Elliott was waving to his son.

HANNAH PETERS/GETTY IMAGES One of the iconic images of the 2015 Cricket World Cup as Grant Elliott consoles South African fast bowler Dale Steyn after hitting him for the match-winning six.

Now it's confirmed Elliott has played his 83rd and final ODI, just over a year since his career high point when he blasted South African fast bowler Dale Steyn into the Eden Park grandstand to launch New Zealand into the World Cup final. He didn't rule out continuing his T20 career, although the Black Caps' next international commitments aren't till August with two confirmed tests in South Africa but no limited overs matches.

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"I'm going to reassess, let the dust settle. As long as I'm still enjoying my cricket, I haven't really made a call on anything yet," Elliott told Newshub on Friday.

"I've played my last one-day game, but there is three formats. I won't be considered for test cricket I don't think, I haven't seen my test clothing for a number of years," he quipped. "T20 cricket I'm enjoying, and the body feels good."

South African-born Elliott made his first-class debut in his homeland before shifting to Christchurch in search of more opportunities. He made his test debut against England in 2008 and played five tests in all. He made his first appearance in black clothing in England later that year as an injury replacement and chalked up 16 T20 internationals to go with his 83 ODIs in an eight-year span.

ANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT It's all over and Grant Elliott has smashed the semifinal-winning six against South Africa in March 2015.

He averaged 34 with the bat, including two centuries, and snared 39 ODI wickets with his medium pacers at 30 and an economy rate of 5.4.

His international career looked over before he was recalled for the Cricket World Cup in 2015 for his experience in the middle order. He repaid the selectors' faith spectacularly and earned a cult following and the nickname 'Hairy Javelin' as he starred at Eden Park in the semifinal against his country of birth. Standing and delivering Steyn over long on in the final over, Elliott raised both arms as the crowd erupted, before he offered a consoling arm to a shattered Steyn in one of iconic images of the tournament.

"I think you have to feel compassion and be humble in victory and humble in defeat. It's just part of who I am. I felt sorry for him and I felt sorry for a lot of them," Elliott said at the time. "It could have been us, it could have been me sitting there having missed the last couple of balls. I'd have been gutted as well."

Elliott now has a break with his family in Wellington to consider his overall cricketing future. He played in the Pakistan Super League in February but wasn't picked up in the Indian Premier League auction.

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