Brendon Barrie McCullum is a international cricketer of New Zealand.
He was born at 27 September in 1981. Brendon McCullum is the current
captain in all three forms of the international game for New Zealand. At
provincial level, McCullum plays
for the Otago Volts and he played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian
Premier League.
Brendon McCullum
was a wicket-keeper until 2013. He is an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day
Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. Brendon McCullum currently plays for Chennai Super Kings in the
IPL. His brother Nathan McCullum is also a first-class and international
cricket player and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class
player of Otago.
Brendon McCullum
is the leading career scorer in Twenty-20 International cricket and only player
to have scored two Twenty-20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20
Internationals. Brendon McCullum
was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty-20
International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and highest individual score in
all Twenty-20 cricket (158 not out for the Kolkata Knight Riders against Bangalore
Royal Challengers in 2008). On 18
February 2014, Brendon McCullum
scored 302 runs against India making him the first New Zealand cricketer to
score a triple hundred in Test cricket.
Brendon McCullum
played in a Test series against England in 2003 and scored an innings of 96 at Lord's
what was then his highest score. His maiden Test century came several months
later when he scored 143 against Bangladesh.
Brendon McCullum
fell just short of his second Test hundred in a game against Sri Lanka when
dismissed one short of his hundred. The second century would later come with a
run a ball 111 against Zimbabwe. In 2005, He was selected in the 20-man ICC
World XI squad for the ICC Super Series in July.
On
20 February 2007, Brendon McCullum
scored 86 not out as New Zealand went on to be the first team to whitewash
Australia in a 3 match ODI series since 1997. In his match winning innings he
partnered Craig McMillan to a world record equaling 6th wicket partnership of
165.
On
21 March 2007, Brendon McCullum set
a new World Cup record by smashing 50 runs from just 20 balls against Canada in
St Lucia by finishing his innings with 52 runs from 21 balls which is decorated
by 1 four and 5 sixes with a strike rate of 247.61. The previous record of such
playing had been set by Mark Boucher (South Africa) against The Netherlands on
16 March 50 runs from 21 balls. To
know more about Brendon
Barrie McCullum’s career
statistics, you can visit www.cricinfo.com or other sites.
The
short life profile of Brendon
Barrie McCullum is-
Full
name
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Brendon
Barrie McCullum
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Born
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27
September 1981 in Dunedin of Otago in New Zealand
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Nickname
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Bazz
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Height
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1.71 m
(5 ft 7 in)
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Batting
style
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Right-handed
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Bowling
style
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Right
arm medium
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Role
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Batsman,
Wicket-Keeper
New
Zealand captain
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Test
debut (cap 224)
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10
March 2004 v South Africa
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ODI debut (cap 126)
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17
February 2002 v Australia
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