Brendon McCullum Retirement: New Zealand Skipper Brendon McCullum declared his retirement from all form of Cricket Internationally. He said that he will retire after test series with Australia in the completion of 2nd test in Feb. This is big blow fro Blackcaps as he is the most destructive batsmen for New Zealand in any form of Cricket. This news is big for New Zealand Cricket as his decision just comes before the Starts of 2016 World t20 in India in march. Now all eyes on Kane Williamson who is the perfect player to captain New Zealand in all forms of Cricket.
“Ideally, I would have preferred to wait until after the Test in Christchurch to make this news public. However, the schedule for naming the ICC World T20 squads means I could not have managed this without causing a lot of confusion and speculation - something I was keen to avoid.
“I’ve loved my opportunity to play for, and captain the Black Caps, but all good things have to come to an end, and I’m just grateful for the wonderful experience of playing for my country,” said McCullum.
He has revealed his retirement plan in a press conference in Christchurch today and he will play his last International Cricket match against Australia in Hagley on 20 Feb 2016. Kane Williamson will be the Captain for New Zealand in ICC T20 World Cup 2016 India.
The first test between Aus and NZ is Brendon McCullum’s 100th Test match which will start on Feb 12.
BLACKCAPS captain Brendon McCullum announces he will retire from international cricket this February — the full press conference
He becomes the captain of New Zealand in 2013 and take his team to World Cup 2015 Final in his first time. He is one of most aggressive batsmen after Virender Sehwag. New Zealand will feel his absence in World T20 in India.
Here are some best tweets on McCullum Retirement:
Brendon McCullum has been good for cricket and he has enriched it. In doing so he has raised the esteem his country’s cricket is held in.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 22, 2015
Brendon McCullum’s efforts in the 1st #NZvSL Test have tied him with @gilly381 for most sixes in Tests #howzstat pic.twitter.com/lAQ8D2ZUeP
— ICC (@ICC) December 15, 2015
Here are some match winning Knocks by Brendon McCullum:
- 69* vs India at Wellington, 2009 (T-20)
- 47* vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla 2003 (ODI)
- 86* vs Australia, Hamilton, 2007 (ODI)
- 91* vs India, Chennai 2012 (T-20)
- 202 vs Pakistan, Sharjah 2014 (Test)
- 77 vs England at Christchurch, 2008 (ODI)
- 131 vs Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2009 (ODI)
- 69* vs England at Hamilton, 2013 (ODI)
- 19 & 74 vs West Indies at Auckland, 2006
- 59 vs South Africa at Auckland, 2015 (ODI)
