5 things which nobody did before Brendon McCullum
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum has undoubtedly been one of the most special players cricket has ever seen. While he may come across as a maverick at times, he has managed to pull off some spectacular deeds which many cannot even imagine.In more ways than one, McCullum has been a pioneer as well in the sense that he has been the first to do a number of things for his country and in the cricketing world too.While most of them were with the bat in hand, some are also related to his captaincy. Here are 5 things which nobody did before Brendon McCullum:
#5 First batsman to have a strike rate of more than 300 in a World Cup innings
A group stage match between New Zealand and England in the 2015 ICC World Cup got transformed into a party as Brendon McCullum started to go after Anderson & Co. The swashbuckling Kiwi batsman launched into the opposition bowlers scoring 77 off 25 at a strike rate of 308 with 7 sixes and 8 fours.
This was the first time a batsman had mustered a strike rate of 300 plus in a World Cup innings. Mitchell Johnson and Andre Russell achieved this feat in the same tournament but they both did it after McCullum.
However, McCullum’s strike rate of 308 is surely the best for an innings of 50 runs or above in World Cup cricket.