Brendon Barrie McCullum

Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. His brother Nathan McCullum is also a first-class and international cricketer at provincial level, and their father Stu McCullum was a long-serving first-class player for Otago.

Both Brendon and Nathan attended King's High School, Dunedin.

McCullum also plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. He scored 158 not out in the inaugural match of the competition on 18 April 2008. The innings is currently the world highest score by a batsman in a Twenty20 match.
He also has the amazing ability to play the 'ramp shot', which involves the batsmen squatting down and scooping deliveries back over the wicketkeepers head. Doing this shot in the 20/20 on the 28th February 2010, against Australia, he managed to hit Shaun Tait for six back over Brad Haddin's head on numerous occasions.

Personal information
Full name	Brendon Barrie McCullum
Born	27 September 1981 (1981-09-27) (age 29) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Nickname	Baz
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	NL McCullum (brother), SJ McCullum (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut	10 March 2004 v South Africa
Last Test	15 February 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI debut	17 January 2002 v Australia
Last ODI	13 March 2010 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	42
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–present	Otago
2009	New South Wales
2003–2006	Canterbury
2006	Glamorgan
1999–2003	Otago
2008–present	Kolkata Knight Riders
2010–present	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	50	171	93	215
Runs scored	2,678	3,569	5,155	4,617
Batting average	34.33	29.01	34.36	29.40
100s/50s	4/15	2/17	8/29	5/21
Top score	185	166	185	170
Catches/stumpings	158/10	189/13	263/18	232/15