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Brendon McCullum

Full name: Brendon Barrie McCullum

Born: 27th September 1981, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Wicket-keeper

Relations: Brother: NL McCullum; Father: SJ McCullum

Teams: New Zealand (Test: 2003/04-2008); New Zealand (ODI: 2001/02-2008/09); New Zealand (Int Twenty20: 2004/05-2008); Otago (Main FC: 1999/00-2002/03); Canterbury (Main FC: 2003/04-2006/07); Glamorgan (Main FC: 2006); Otago (Main ListA: 2000/01-2007/08); Canterbury (Main ListA: 2003/04-2005/06); Glamorgan (Main ListA: 2006); Canterbury (Main Twenty20: 2005/06); Glamorgan (Main Twenty20: 2006); Otago (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); All teams

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Articles: McCullum lifts New Zealand but England hold edge

South Africa fined for slow over-rate in first Test at Dhaka

Vettori, McCullum lead New Zealand rout of Bangladesh

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Pictures: Brendon McCullum watches the shot

Brendon McCullum walks off the field after his dismissal

BB McCullum

Brendon McCullum

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The Dunedin-born cricketer plays the dual role of wicket-keeper/batsman for his team. However, he made his ODI debut in the New Zealand side purely as a batsman, in the 2001-02 VB Series in Australia. There he made a name for himself with some powerful hitting and ever since then, has developed a reputation for the same. Later, he started keeping wickets too and thus, made his Test debut against South Africa in 2003-04. He is notorious for hitting the ball hard and making quick runs, scoring a fifty off only 20-balls against Canada in the 2007 ODI World Cup. Recently, in a home series against England, he hit 261 runs at a strike rate of 127. He has two Test centuries to his credit at a very good strike rate of 63, while he is yet to translate the same form in the ODIs. As concerns his part as a wicket-keeper, he has scalped 95 catches and 6 stumpings in Tests, while at the same time, pouching 143 catches and affecting 13 stumpings in the ODIs. His hard hitting reputation saw him auctioned at the highest bid for any New Zealand player for the Indian Premier League, where the Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for a whopping $700,000. He began the tournament in style, scoring 158 runs off 73 balls with 10 fours and 13 sixes, the highest score in T20 yet.
Profile DateLine: 3rd June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
New Zealand	35	57	3	1697	143	31.42	2	10	64.87	101	6

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
Overall	74	126	7	3974	160	33.39	6	22	68.94	200	13

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
New Zealand	137	113	22	2631	166	28.91	1	13	90.50	151	13

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
Overall	176	147	26	3558	170	29.40	4	16	90.83	189	15

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
New Zealand	16	16	2	323	45	23.07	0	0	120.07	9	3

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
Overall	36	36	4	950	158*	29.68	1	3	155.48	18	3

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
New Zealand Under-19s	3	4	1	455	186	151.66	3	0	95.58	7

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2000/01)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct	St
New Zealand Under-19s	8	8	2	120	44	20.00	0	0	68.57	12	1