Brendon Barrie "Baz" McCullum, ONZM (born 27 September 1981) is a former New Zealand international cricketer, who played all formats, and also a former captain in all forms. McCullum took quick scoring to Test matches as well, notably recording the fastest test century of all time. He is considered as one of the most successful batsmen and captains of New Zealand cricket.

Brendon McCullum

McCullum in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Brendon Barrie McCullum
Born	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 36) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Nickname	Baz, B-Mac, Brendie, Mr. Fantastic, Bash Brothers (with Chris Lynn),Game Changer.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium
Role	Opening Batsman, wicket-keeper
Relations	Nathan McCullum (brother) Stuart McCullum (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand (2002–2016)
Test debut (cap 224)	10 March 2004 v South Africa
Last Test	20 February 2016 v India
ODI debut (cap 126)	17 January 2002 v Australia
Last ODI	8 February 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	42
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2003; 2007–2015	Otago (squad no. 42)
2003–2006	Canterbury (squad no. 42)
2006	Glamorgan (squad no. 42)
2009	New South Wales (squad no. 42)
2008–2010; 2012–2013	Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 42)
2010	Sussex (squad no. 42)
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala (squad no. 42)
2011–2014; 2016–present	Brisbane Heat (squad no. 42)
2014–2015	Chennai Super Kings (squad no. 42)
2015	Warwickshire
2016	Middlesex
2016–2017	Gujarat Lions (squad no. 42)
2017–present	Lahore Qalandars
2017	MCC
2017	Rangpur Riders
2018–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 42)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 101 260 71 150 Runs scored 6453 6083 2140 9210 Batting average 38.64 30.41 35.66 37.13 100s/50s 12/31 5/32 2/13 17/46 Top score 302 166 123 302 Balls bowled 175 – – 259 Wickets 1 – – 1 Bowling average 88.00 – – 140.00 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 0 Best bowling 1/1 – – 1/1 Catches/stumpings 198/11 262/15 36/8 308/19
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 May 2018

McCullum is the former leading run scorer in Twenty20 International cricket and is the first and so far only one of the two players to have scored two Twenty20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals(apart from Martin Guptill). He became the first New Zealander to score a triple hundred in a Test, 302 runs against India on 18 February 2014. In 2014, he also became the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year (1164). The record was bettered by Kane Williamson with 1172 runs in 2015. In his last Test outing on 20 February 2016, McCullum posted the fastest ever Test century, in 54 balls, beating the record jointly held by his hero, Vivian Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq, scoring a total of 145 off 79 balls.

McCullum was the first batsman to score 2 tons in t20I.He was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and third highest individual score in all Twenty20 cricket (158 not out for the Kolkata Knight Riders against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008) which was later surpassed by aaron Finch (173 against the Zimbabwe for australian team and Chris Gayle (175 against the Pune Warriors India) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 edition of IPL . He played for the Kolkata Knight Riders from 2008–2010 and again from 2012–2013, while in between he played for the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He played the 2014 and 2015 seasons for the Chennai Super Kings. McCullum was a wicket-keeper until 2013.

On 22 December 2015, McCullum announced he would retire from international cricket at the end of the southern summer, joining his brother who had earlier that year announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is also the highest (170) runs scorer by the captain in his farewell test and first captain to score a century in his farewell test.