5 batters who played aggressively in Test cricket before 'Bazball' was a thing

2. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

Former New Zealand skipper and current head coach of England’s Test team, Brendon McCullum comes next on this list. The right-handed batter played an aggressive brand of cricket throughout his cricketing career. Not only with the bat, McCullum’s aggressive approach as skipper also helped New Zealand to win several memorable matches.

Talking about his numbers in the Test format, the right-handed batter played 101 matches and amassed a total of 6453 runs at an average of 38.64. McCullum played with a strike rate of 64.60 and also stroked 12 centuries and 31 half-centuries in the longest format of the game.

The Kiwi batter made his debut in March 2004 against South Africa and the batter played his last Test match against Australia in 2016. Even in his last Test match, the right-handed batter smashed 145 runs off just 79 balls and smashed the Australian bowlers all around the park at Christchurch. However, he could only manage to score 25 runs off 27 balls in his last Test innings as the visiting team won that match.