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Brendon McCullum View All Photos
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Date of Birth : 27 September 1981 see more
Country : New Zealand
Teams : New Zealand, Kolkata Knight Riders
Playing Role : Wicket keeper, right handed batsman
Height : 5 feet 10 inches
Trivia : Brendon McCullum gave up wicket keeper in test matches to perform better as a batsman in toughest format.
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Cricketing career Test ODI T20
Test Matches
Vs Australia, at Hamilton, in March 2010. McCullum made 5 and 51 as Kiwis fell to 2-0 series defeat.
Brendon made his test debut against South Africa in 2004 and scored an impressive half century in his first test innings. A stroke player by nature MecCullum came of age in the longest format of the game in the 2009-10 season by scoring three centuries and averaging nearly fifty in that season. MecCullum with his experience and batting ability is a vital component of New Zealand's middle order.
ODI Matches
Vs Australia, at Wellington, on 13 May 2010. Brendon made just 1 run from 13 balls but Kiwis won by 51 runs.
MecCullum made his odi debut against Australia in 2002. He is a dangerous limited overs cricketer and one of the most feared opening batsman in the world at the moment. MecCullum scored his maiden ton an amazing 166 against Ireland, 6 years after making his debut. He also played a crucial role in a series just before the 2007 world cup against Australia in which New Zealand shocked the world by giving the mighty aussies a whitewash!
T20
Vs Sri Lanka, at Lauderhill in US, on 23 May. McCullum failed with just 1 run, but his team won the match by 7 wkts to level the series 1-1.
He is simply the best in the slam bang format of the games. His knock of 158* of just 73 balls against Australia which included 13 sixes and 10 fours is the highest score by an individual in a t20 game! He also holds some credit in the success of the ipl as he gave the tournamengt a block buster beginnings by scoring a brilliant century in the first game of the first ipl!
Statistics
Brendon McCullum as batsman at international level
Format Mts Runs Ave Best 100s 50s
Test 57 3389 37.24 225 6 19
ODI 186 3823 28.31 166 2 18
T20 40 1100 33.33 116* 1 6
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