5 records Brendon McCullum retires with
After 101 Tests, 260 ODIs and 71 T20Is, Brendon McCullum finally played his last innings in New Zealand colours, in the second Test against Australia. While his career has been filled with plenty of highlights and memorable moments, it also has a slew of records as well.While he has been praised for his captaincy, for his ability to inspire a nation and lifting New Zealand to heights they had never seen before, he also did plenty of great things with the bat in hand. Aside from the third-highest score in the history of T20s, McCullum holds plenty of other international batting records as well.Here are 5 records Brendon McCullum retires with.
#5 Most T20I runs
Not only does he hold the record for the most T20I runs, but also the record for the highest score by a wicketkeeper, most centuries, most fifties, most sixes and most fours in the format. While none of those records are unlikely to last for very long, especially given the form of his former opening partner, Martin Guptill, who is in second place and hunting down all the records, it is still staggering to think that a player, who isn't called Sachin Tendulkar, could hold so many records at the same time.
Then again, Brendon McCullum is without a doubt, one of the finest T20 batsmen going around and it should come as no surprise that he holds such a massive advantage over the rest in the format in which he is most effective and brutal.
What is impressive about McCullum's numbers is not just the fact that he is the only batsman to cross 2,000 runs in the format, while the batsman in second place is almost 500 runs away, but also just how consistent he was in providing fast starts for the Black Caps. His average of 35 and strike rate of 136 shows that he doesn't just hit cameos but plays vital innings as well.