Brendon McCullum’s ODI career in numbers

Brendon McCullum appeared for one last time in the Kiwi black on February 8, 2016, at the Seddon Park in Hamilton during the 3rd ODI against Australia. He can easily be called the greatest batsman from New Zealand, and arguably even the best among those who made their debuts after the year 2000.

One of only three batsmen to score 6000 ODI runs, Brendon McCullum played 260 ODI matches which yielded 6083 runs at a strong strike rate of 96.37. He scored five centuries and 32 fifties with the career best of 166.

Brendon McCullum’s ODI career:

Brendon McCullum’s first in ODIs:

First innings – 5 vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 17, 2002

First fifty – 51* vs Australia at Nehru Stadium, Poona on November 03, 2003

First hundred – 166 vs Ireland at Mannofield Park, Aberdeen on July 01, 2008

Brendon McCullum’s last in ODIs:

Last innings – 47 vs Australia at Seddon Park, Hamilton on February 08, 2016

Last hundred – 117 vs Sri Lanka at Seddon Park, Hamilton on January 15, 2015

Brendon McCullum’s distribution of ODI runs – Opposition wise

He scored more than 1000 runs against only one country in his ODI career.

He scored most fifties against England (8) and his ODI batting average against Zimbabwe is 69.17(min. 5 matches played).

Brendon McCullum’s distribution of ODI runs – Country wise

McCullum has scored more than one century only in New Zealand (2). He has scored a century in India, Scotland, and UAE.

His average is above 50 in only three countries in ODIs – Scotland (94.00), UAE (76.00) and Zimbabwe (54.80).

Brendon McCullum’s Home vs Away record

With a look at his stats, one can see that there is not much difference in his home and away performance barring his average which is a proof that he has been in love with New Zealand pitches to score runs quickly throughout his career to make an early impact on the game or to help New Zealand win the game.

Brendon McCullum’s distribution of ODI runs – Year by Year

He scored his runs at an average of 45 in only one year which is 2008 when he scored 618 runs from 16 matches at an average of 47.54.

McCullum has never scored 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs. However, he has scored more than 700 runs in three calendar years – 2007, 2009 and 2015.

He scored 6 half centuries in 2015 which is most by him in any calendar year and which was the main reason why New Zealand was the runners up of the ICC World Cup 2015.

Brendon McCullum’s distribution of runs – innings wise

He had a quite similar average in both the innings.

Brendon McCullum’s distribution of runs – batting position wise

His preferred batting position in ODIs is opening and he has played more than 103 innings while opening the batting for New Zealand and smashed four tons.

Brendon McCullum’s records in wins, losses and draws

Baz’s strike rate in won matches is 110.28.

The numbers easily prove Brendon McCullum’s impact in the ODI cricket as a player.