fivetime nba champion and la lakers legend black mamba kobe bryant scoring a jawdropping 60 points in his final game of professional basketball toi looks at five other sporting stalwarts who departed the big stage on a glorious notebrendon mccullumthe new zealand opener built a reputation for being one of the most attacking batsmen in contemporary cricket and he could not have provided fans a more fitting demonstration of his scintillating style than in his farewell test match with his side struggling at 32 for 3 on a lively strip at the hagley oval in christchurch against an australian bowling attack at the top of its game the kiwi skipper unleashed a spectacular counterattack that culminated in the fastest test century off 54 balls ever scored by a batsmanmiroslav klosethe polishborn german striker had a penchant not just for scoring goals but doing it on the biggest stage of them all with 14 world cup strikes to his name heading into brazil 2014 klose was two short of surpassing brazilian legend ronaldos all time world cup record of 15 goals after scoring in a group tie against ghana klose etched his name in history when he struck the second of germanys seven goals against hosts brazil in the semifinal on july 8 five days later he was celebrating germanys fourth world title after a 10 win over argentina he announced his international retirement the following monthimran khanimran signed off from the game after inspiring his nation to their greatest ever moment on a cricket field while three defeats and a fortunate noresult affair from their first five games seemed to suggest pakistan were simply not good enough to go the distance in the 1992 world cup their captain kept telling his side otherwise driven by a personal ambition to build a cancer hospital back in lahore imran was instrumental in bringing out the best in young talents like wasim akram and inzamamulhaq the skipper crowned his final international with world cup glory following a 22run win over england at mcgpete samprashaving suffered straightset thrashings in the 2000 and 01 us open finals sampras more than made amends in the 2002 mens final at flushing meadows up against his longtime american rival andre agassi sampras rolled back the years on his way to a 63 64 57 64 win which gave him his 14th and final grand slam bolstering his status as one of tennis greatest ever champions opting not to play any atp tour events the following 12 months he made his retirement official shortly before the 2003 us openrichie mccawa 3417 victory over transtasman rivals australia at twickenham stadium london last october did not just see new zealand successfully retain the iconic webb ellis cup it also ensured all blacks skipper richie mccaw his place among the pantheon of rugby greats as the only captain to have led a side to two world cup victories three weeks later mccaw called time on a glittering career saying i think i