Brendon McCullum is certainly one of the best of all times, and finally the New Zealand skipper has decided to call it a day and retire from the International Cricket. He has played many match winning innings. Here are some of his memorable knocks.
1.69* Against India, Wellington – 2009 [T20]
This match proved why Brendon McCullum is the one of the best wicket-keeper batsman; India had posted a score of 150; thanks to a brilliant knock by Yuvraj Singh. 28runs was required from the last 3overs, for a moment everyone thought that India was going to win the match when Irfan Pathan picked up two wickets in the 18th over. But, thanks to McCullum Innings New Zealand won the match.
2. 47* Against Sri Lanka, Dam bulla – 2003 [ODI]
McCullum was pretty young in this match. Even at this age, he proved that he is going to one of the greatest in International Cricket with his small but very important contribution. New Zealand was in a terrible condition when he entered the crease at 76-5. His sensible innings lead the team to a total of 156 and the bowlers did their job and they managed to win the game by just 9 runs.
3. 86* Against Australia, Hamilton – 2007 [ODI]
This is certainly one of the best run chases in the history of Cricket. Australia set a score of 346 and on the other hand when New Zealand came down to the crease to chase they had one of the worst starts; they were at 116-5 when McCullum came down to the crease; everybody thought the match was just a formality but thanks to Brendon he delivered a spectacular 86 to lead New Zealand to victory.
4. 91* Against India, Chennai – 2012 [T20]
India has never won a T20 match against New Zealand, and McCullum is one of the biggest reasons behind it. India had set a decent total of 167, but thanks to McCullum’s 91* New Zealand won the match pretty easily.
5. 202 Against Pakistan, Sharjah – 2014 [TEST]
This is one of the best Test Innings by Brendon McCullum. New Zealand was trailing 1-0 and this was the third and the final test. They needed someone to deliver an amazing performance to level the innings and McCullum’s 202 just helped them to do the same.
6. 77 Against England, Christchurch – 2008 [ODI]
This matched proved why Brendon McCullum is considered to be one of the most destructive openers in International Cricket. He did not care about the conditions and delivered a 77 out of just 43 balls leading the team to 242 which was enough for them to take over the victory.
7. 131 Against Pakistan, Abu Dhabi – 2009 [ODI]
Generally, we all know Brendon McCullum as a cricketer who comes to the ground deliver boundaries, sixes and marches his way to a half century or a century; but in this match we saw a completely different McCullum and he reached his century with minor ones and twos, this match proved that McCullum is a very intelligent batsman and knows how to adjust to situations demanded.
8. 69* Against England, Hamilton – 2013 [ODI]
It is quite obvious that Brendon McCullum loved playing against India & England. New Zealand was chasing a total of 259; they started off to a good start but wickets were falling at regular intervals; McCullum delivered a fantastic 69 to lead the team to victory.
9. 19 & 74 Against West Indies, Auckland – 2006 [TEST]
This is one of the best knocks in Brendon McCullum’s Test Cricket stats, the scores may be very low but they were very crucial to win against West Indies. McCullum delivered 19 in the first innings to help New Zealand reach a 275 and later a 71 to set a target for 291 which was enough for New Zealand to take over the victory against West Indies.
10. 59 Against South Africa, Auckland – 2015 [ODI]
This is one of the most pressure games which McCullum has played in his entire career. New Zealand and South Africa face off and that too at a Cricket world cup semi-final was bound to a classic match. South Africa set a score for 298, thanks to McCullum’s 59 of just 26 deliveries, New Zealand was able to proceed to finals of Cricket World Cup 2015.
We hope that Brendon has a spectacular life ahead, now that he has decided to pull out his boots.
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