Bangladesh's most successful spinner Mohammad Rafique will quit international cricket after the second and final Test against South Africa [ Images ] starting in Chittagong on Friday.

Rafique announced earlier this month he would retire from Test cricket after the series against South Africa, which also includes three one-dayers.

"I have decided to quit the cricket as mark of protest against a group people in the Bangladesh Cricket Board, who do not like to see me in squads," Rafique told a news conference on Thursday.

"These officials who did not allow me to play test cricket for nearly three years, are now back in the board. So I have decided to quit," added the 37-year-old, who has played in 32 Tests and 125 one-day internationals.

Bangladesh Cricket Board officials were not immediately available for comment.

Rafique is two shy of becoming the first Bangladeshi to take 100 Test wickets.

Already established as a one-day player, the left-armer played in Bangladesh's inaugural Test in November 2000 against India [ Images ]. However, he was reported to the International Cricket Council [ Images ] for a suspect action soon after and was not recalled to the team until 2002.

Rafique was excluded from the one-day tour of Sri Lanka [ Images ] last July and the squad which went to New Zealand [ Images ] in January.

He was the first Bangladesh player to complete the double of 100 wickets and 1,000 runs in one-day internationals.