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Brendon McCullum stats

Data through 8 February 2019Last updated 8 February 2019

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 29 December 2002 to 8 February 2019. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Brendon McCullum played 89 Tests, 212 ODIs, 71 T20Is for New Zealand in the data, between 2002 and 2019. The most runs came in T20 leagues: 5,850 at an average of 27.99 and a strike rate of 135.3, with a highest score of 158*. Against Zimbabwe in T20Is, Brendon McCullum averaged 68.33 over 5 innings.

International matches

372

Tests 89 · ODIs 212 · T20Is 71

International runs

13,075

17 hundreds

T20 league & domestic matches

228

5,850 runs

Best batting average (Test)

38.78

157 innings

Highest score

302

Test

Teams played for

New Zealand 2002–2016 · 372Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2013 · 35Brisbane Heat 2011–2019 · 35Trinbago Knight Riders 2016–2018 · 33Chennai Super Kings 2014–2015 · 28Gujarat Lions 2016–2017 · 27Lahore Qalandars 2017–2018 · 18Middlesex 2016–2017 · 17Kochi Tuskers Kerala 2011 · 13Rangpur Riders 2017 · 12Warwickshire 2015 · 7Royal Challengers Bengaluru 2018 · 6

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Brendon McCullum batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	89	157	8	5,778	302	38.78	8,809	65.6	11	27	13	698	101
ODI	212	187	23	5,157	131	31.45	5,347	96.4	4	29	15	490	172
T20I	71	70	10	2,140	123	35.67	1,571	136.2	2	13	3	199	91
T20 (leagues & domestic)	228	226	17	5,850	158*	27.99	4,325	135.3	3	33	16	547	296
First-class	1	2	0	47	33	23.50	68	69.1	0	0	0	6	0
List A	3	3	0	228	110	76.00	178	128.1	1	1	0	25	10

Runs per year

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Brendon McCullum: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	7
2003	257
2004	261
2005	335
2006	472
2007	1,029
2008	1,359
2009	1,868
2010	1,483
2011	1,258
2012	1,791
2013	1,190
2014	2,022
2015	1,888
2016	1,289
2017	1,518
2018	879
2019	294

Year-by-year batting (53 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2002	ODI	1	7	7.00	58.3	7	0	0
2003	ODI	15	257	32.12	62.4	51	0	1
2004	ODI	5	109	36.33	62.6	47	0	0
2004	Test	8	152	21.71	53.3	55	0	1
2005	ODI	7	91	13.00	66.4	27	0	0
2005	T20I	2	53	53.00	160.6	36	0	0
2005	Test	6	191	31.83	91.0	111	1	0
2006	ODI	11	160	14.55	90.4	45	0	0
2006	T20I	3	71	23.67	118.3	39	0	0
2006	Test	11	241	24.10	70.5	74	0	1
2007	ODI	28	799	36.32	101.1	96	0	5
2007	T20I	8	161	23.00	117.5	45	0	0
2007	Test	4	69	17.25	46.9	26	0	0
2008	ODI	10	398	49.75	112.4	80	0	4
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	188	62.67	204.3	158	1	0
2008	T20I	5	111	22.20	133.7	59	0	1
2008	Test	19	662	36.78	66.1	97	0	6
2009	ODI	20	682	34.10	79.8	131	1	3
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	285	23.75	119.2	84	0	2
2009	T20I	12	417	41.70	122.3	69	0	4
2009	Test	14	484	34.57	58.2	115	1	3
2010	ODI	15	324	21.60	97.6	61	0	2
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	114	28.50	103.6	57	0	1
2010	T20I	10	287	41.00	141.4	116	1	1
2010	Test	12	758	75.80	62.4	225	3	2
2011	ODI	15	470	39.17	91.6	101	1	2
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	398	26.53	127.6	81	0	1
2011	T20I	2	145	145.00	174.7	81	0	2
2011	Test	10	245	24.50	58.8	64	0	2
2012	ODI	10	416	41.60	92.0	119	1	2
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	295	22.69	101.7	56	0	1
2012	T20I	15	459	30.60	135.8	123	1	1
2012	Test	19	621	34.50	53.1	84	0	5
2013	ODI	14	420	35.00	98.8	79	0	4
2013	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	6	6.00	85.7	6	0	0
2013	T20I	4	178	44.50	160.4	74	0	2
2013	Test	19	586	32.56	64.3	113	1	4
2014	First-class	2	47	23.50	69.1	33	0	0
2014	ODI	10	183	20.33	112.3	49	0	0
2014	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	405	31.15	121.6	71	0	3
2014	T20I	8	223	37.17	133.5	65	0	2
2014	Test	16	1164	72.75	72.6	302	4	0
2015	ODI	22	722	32.82	149.8	117	1	6
2015	T20 (leagues & domestic)	21	706	37.16	167.7	158	2	2
2015	T20I	1	35	35.00	233.3	35	0	0
2015	Test	15	425	30.36	79.9	80	0	3
2016	List A	3	228	76.00	128.1	110	1	1
2016	ODI	4	119	29.75	172.5	47	0	0
2016	T20 (leagues & domestic)	34	762	24.58	142.2	87	0	3
2016	Test	4	180	45.00	125.0	145	1	0
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	58	1518	29.19	142.1	91	0	11
2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	37	879	25.11	132.2	68	0	5
2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	294	26.73	116.7	69	0	4

Brendon McCullum bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	8	175	88	1	1/1	1/13	88.00	3.02	175.0	5
T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	6	13	0	–	–	–	13.00	–	0
First-class	1	24	6	0	–	–	–	1.50	–	1

Wickets per year

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Brendon McCullum: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	0
2003	0
2004	0
2005	0
2006	0
2007	0
2008	0
2009	0
2010	0
2011	0
2012	0
2013	0
2014	1
2015	0
2016	0
2017	0
2018	0
2019	0

Year-by-year bowling (6 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2010	Test	1	0	–	3.00	0/18
2014	First-class	1	0	–	1.50	0/6
2014	Test	5	1	51.00	2.97	1/1
2015	Test	1	0	–	8.00	0/16
2016	Test	1	0	–	0.75	0/3
2017	T20 (leagues & domestic)	1	0	–	13.00	0/13

Brendon McCullum against each team

vs Australia vs England vs Sri Lanka vs South Africa vs India vs West Indies vs Pakistan vs Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
India	Test	19	1224	68.00	60.8	302	4	2
England	Test	24	841	36.57	79.6	97	0	8
Australia	Test	28	809	29.96	66.6	145	2	3
Pakistan	Test	14	695	49.64	69.5	202	1	4
Sri Lanka	Test	20	600	33.33	79.3	195	1	2
South Africa	Test	22	499	23.76	47.8	61	0	4
West Indies	Test	16	479	29.94	59.5	113	1	2
Bangladesh	Test	9	388	55.43	66.2	185	1	1
Zimbabwe	Test	5	243	48.60	73.0	111	1	1
England	ODI	28	972	40.50	120.3	80	0	8
Australia	ODI	37	948	29.62	91.8	96	0	5
Sri Lanka	ODI	23	607	27.59	87.8	117	1	3
South Africa	ODI	19	572	31.78	80.7	85	0	4
Pakistan	ODI	18	423	28.20	95.1	131	1	1
India	ODI	20	421	24.76	79.6	77	0	2
Zimbabwe	ODI	8	364	60.67	100.0	119	1	2
West Indies	ODI	14	304	23.38	103.4	51	0	1
Bangladesh	ODI	14	299	23.00	111.2	80	0	2
England	T20I	12	314	28.55	144.0	74	0	2
India	T20I	4	261	130.50	137.4	91	0	3
South Africa	T20I	12	248	22.55	112.2	57	0	1
West Indies	T20I	8	237	33.86	132.4	60	0	2
Australia	T20I	5	228	57.00	156.2	116	1	1
Zimbabwe	T20I	5	205	68.33	153.0	81	0	2
Sri Lanka	T20I	12	190	15.83	110.5	49	0	0
Pakistan	T20I	6	169	28.17	115.0	47	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	569	43.77	148.2	158	1	2
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	16	474	33.86	137.0	81	0	4
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	12	343	28.58	142.9	56	0	1
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	305	20.33	116.0	60	0	2
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	277	21.31	113.5	67	0	2
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	9	235	26.11	129.8	81	0	1
St Lucia Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	222	44.40	153.1	68	0	2
Jamaica Tallawahs	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	220	31.43	158.3	91	0	2
Sunrisers Hyderabad	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	214	35.67	126.6	100	1	0
Melbourne Renegades	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	193	38.60	133.1	69	0	3
Rising Pune Supergiant	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	186	46.50	166.1	49	0	0
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	178	35.60	148.3	43	0	0
Hobart Hurricanes	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	163	32.60	148.2	72	0	2
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	158	15.80	130.6	81	0	1
Melbourne Stars	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	150	37.50	164.8	61	0	1
Sydney Sixers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	117	19.50	108.3	46	0	0
Comilla Victorians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	115	38.33	126.4	78	0	1
Guyana Amazon Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	115	19.17	127.8	65	0	1
Perth Scorchers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	114	28.50	132.6	50	0	1
Adelaide Strikers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	112	28.00	134.9	51	0	1
Islamabad United	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	103	34.33	115.7	34	0	0
Barbados Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	101	25.25	131.2	66	0	1
Karachi Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	90	22.50	116.9	44	0	0
Pune Warriors	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	83	27.67	95.4	42	0	0
Sydney Thunder	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	71	14.20	139.2	56	0	1
Dhaka Dynamites	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	58	29.00	100.0	51	0	1
Quetta Gladiators	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	55	18.33	137.5	30	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	5	36	7.20	92.3	20	0	0
Peshawar Zalmi	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	28	7.00	107.7	15	0	0
Surrey	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	25	8.33	89.3	16	0	0
Somerset	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	24	8.00	82.8	10	0	0
Khulna Titans	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	17	5.67	100.0	15	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	4	1	48.00	2.97	1/1

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Seddon Park	32	1436	55.23	185
Eden Park	37	1203	36.45	224
Basin Reserve	28	1015	36.25	302
McLean Park	19	890	46.84	119
The Gabba	26	595	22.88	80
Hagley Oval	6	536	89.33	195
University Oval, Dunedin	15	531	40.85	113
MA Chidambaram Stadium	15	509	39.15	100
Wellington Regional Stadium	18	481	28.29	77
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	17	470	33.57	71

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	3	1	26.00	4.33

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	4038	3100	130.3	143	–	–	–
T20	Middle	3111	2350	132.4	97	6	0	13.00
T20	Death	841	446	188.6	29	–	–	–
ODI	Powerplay	2055	1899	108.2	63	–	–	–
ODI	Middle	2170	2742	79.1	74	–	–	–
ODI	Death	932	706	132.0	27	–	–	–

How Brendon McCullum was dismissed

Caught352 (60%)
Bowled108 (18%)
Lbw73 (12%)
Run out22 (4%)
Caught and bowled17 (3%)
Stumped15 (3%)

How Brendon McCullum took wickets

Caught and bowled1

Last 20 innings

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Brendon McCullum: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
1 Sep 2018	35
5 Sep 2018	2
7 Sep 2018	4
9 Sep 2018	9
11 Sep 2018	0
14 Sep 2018	43
16 Sep 2018	39
19 Dec 2018	4
22 Dec 2018	4
1 Jan 2019	8
5 Jan 2019	14
8 Jan 2019	56
10 Jan 2019	50
13 Jan 2019	69
17 Jan 2019	0
20 Jan 2019	27
27 Jan 2019	13
29 Jan 2019	3
1 Feb 2019	3
3 Feb 2019	51

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
3 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	51	39	lbw	Adelaide Oval
1 Feb 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	3	7	bowled	The Gabba
29 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	3	11	caught	Bellerive Oval
27 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Stars	13	14	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Sixers	27	31	caught	Sydney Cricket Ground
17 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	0	1	caught	The Gabba
13 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	69	43	caught	Geelong Cricket Ground
10 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Melbourne Renegades	50	47	caught	The Gabba
8 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Thunder	56	35	caught	Sydney Showground Stadium
5 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Perth Scorchers	14	11	caught	Perth Stadium
1 Jan 2019	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Sydney Sixers	8	13	caught	Carrara Oval
22 Dec 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Hobart Hurricanes	4	4	run out	Carrara Oval
19 Dec 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Adelaide Strikers	4	2	caught	The Gabba
16 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Guyana Amazon Warriors	39	24	caught	Brian Lara Stadium
14 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	43	26	lbw	Brian Lara Stadium
11 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Guyana Amazon Warriors	0	2	lbw	Providence Stadium
9 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Guyana Amazon Warriors	9	12	run out	Providence Stadium
7 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Barbados Royals	4	6	caught	Queen's Park Oval
5 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Guyana Amazon Warriors	2	5	caught	Queen's Park Oval
1 Sep 2018	T20 (leagues & domestic)	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots	35	33	bowled	Warner Park

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Brendon McCullum faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Brendon McCullum scored in Tests?

5,778 runs in 157 innings (89 matches) at an average of 38.78 and a strike rate of 65.6, in the data from 2004 to 2016.

How many runs has Brendon McCullum scored in ODIs?

5,157 runs in 187 innings (212 matches) at an average of 31.45 and a strike rate of 96.4, in the data from 2002 to 2016.

How many runs has Brendon McCullum scored in T20Is?

2,140 runs in 70 innings (71 matches) at an average of 35.67 and a strike rate of 136.2, in the data from 2005 to 2015.

What is Brendon McCullum's highest score?

302 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Brendon McCullum scored?

21 hundreds in the data: 11 in Tests, 4 in ODIs, 2 in T20Is, 3 in T20 leagues, 1 in List A.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.