Brendon McCullum retirement: Twitter reactions on former New Zealand captain’s retirement from T20s

Dixit Bhargav | 05/08/2019
Brendon McCullum retirement: Twitter reactions on former New Zealand captain's retirement from T20s

Brendon McCullum retirement: Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has announced retirement from T20s.

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will retire from T20s post the conclusion of the ongoing Global T20 League 2019 in Canada. Having made his T20 debut in 2005, McCullum will end a historic 14-year old career in the upcoming week.

In 370 T20s, McCullum has scored 9,922 runs at an average of 29.97 and a strike rate of 136.49 including seven centuries and 55 half-centuries. Including his stint with Toronto Nationals in the ongoing tournament, McCullum has played for a total of 20 T20 teams around the world.

It is worth mentioning that McCullum is the second-highest run-scorer in T20s. Only Universe Boss Chris Gayle (12,808) has scored more runs that McCullum in the format. Among most number of centuries in T20s, McCullum (7) is the joint-second on the list with Australia opening batsman David Warner.

Other than Gayle (987), McCullum (924) is the only batsman who has score more than 900 fours in the format. While there’s a drastic difference between Gayle (931) and McCullum (485) in the number of sixes hit, the latter is still the third-highest in this department as well.

The 37-year old cricketer has only played a couple of matches in the Global T20 League 2019. His 40 runs have come at an average of 20 and a strike rate of 148.14. With him hanging his boots now, a lot of fans will be eager to see the last sights of him batting in T20s.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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