Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Brendon Barrie McCullum ONZM (born 27 September 1981) is a New Zealand retired international cricket player who captained New Zealand in all three forms of the international game. One of the greatest big hitting legends in limited over cricket, McCullum has brought fast hitting on to Test matches as well, where he owns the fastest test century of all time.He currently plays as a batsman for the Otago Volts at provincial level, the Gujarat Lions in the IPL, Middlesex in the English domestic league in 2016. 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, and is known for his fast scoring rate.His brother Nathan McCullum was also a first-class and international cricketer, and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class player for Otago. Both Brendon and Nathan attended King's High School in Dunedin.McCullum is the leading career scorer in Twenty20 International cricket and is the first and so far only player to have scored two Twenty20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals. He was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and second 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 Chris Gayle (175 against the Pune Warriors India) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 edition of IPL .He became the first New Zealand cricketer to score a triple hundred in Test cricket, with 302 runs against India on 18 February 2014. In 2014, he also went on to become the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year, ending the year with 1164 runs. The record was bettered by Kane Williamson with 1172 runs in 2015.On 22 December 2015, McCullum announced his intention to retire from international cricket at the end of the southern summer, joining his brother, who earlier that year announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is also the highest (170) runs scorer by the captain in farewell test and 1st captain to score a ton in farewell test.In his final Test match against Australia, on 20 February 2016, he 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 retired from all international cricket on 24 February 2016.After retirement, he has confirmed to return to Brisbane Heat for BBL 06, as well as being drafted in as one of the foundation members of Gujarat Lions as the highest-paid overseas player of the squad at US$1.1 Million."@en }
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- Brendon_McCullum abstract "Brendon Barrie McCullum ONZM (born 27 September 1981) is a New Zealand retired international cricket player who captained New Zealand in all three forms of the international game. One of the greatest big hitting legends in limited over cricket, McCullum has brought fast hitting on to Test matches as well, where he owns the fastest test century of all time.He currently plays as a batsman for the Otago Volts at provincial level, the Gujarat Lions in the IPL, Middlesex in the English domestic league in 2016. 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, and is known for his fast scoring rate.His brother Nathan McCullum was also a first-class and international cricketer, and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class player for Otago. Both Brendon and Nathan attended King's High School in Dunedin.McCullum is the leading career scorer in Twenty20 International cricket and is the first and so far only player to have scored two Twenty20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals. He was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and second 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 Chris Gayle (175 against the Pune Warriors India) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 edition of IPL .He became the first New Zealand cricketer to score a triple hundred in Test cricket, with 302 runs against India on 18 February 2014. In 2014, he also went on to become the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year, ending the year with 1164 runs. The record was bettered by Kane Williamson with 1172 runs in 2015.On 22 December 2015, McCullum announced his intention to retire from international cricket at the end of the southern summer, joining his brother, who earlier that year announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is also the highest (170) runs scorer by the captain in farewell test and 1st captain to score a ton in farewell test.In his final Test match against Australia, on 20 February 2016, he 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 retired from all international cricket on 24 February 2016.After retirement, he has confirmed to return to Brisbane Heat for BBL 06, as well as being drafted in as one of the foundation members of Gujarat Lions as the highest-paid overseas player of the squad at US$1.1 Million.".
- Q3345051 abstract "Brendon Barrie McCullum ONZM (born 27 September 1981) is a New Zealand retired international cricket player who captained New Zealand in all three forms of the international game. One of the greatest big hitting legends in limited over cricket, McCullum has brought fast hitting on to Test matches as well, where he owns the fastest test century of all time.He currently plays as a batsman for the Otago Volts at provincial level, the Gujarat Lions in the IPL, Middlesex in the English domestic league in 2016. 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, and is known for his fast scoring rate.His brother Nathan McCullum was also a first-class and international cricketer, and their father Stuart McCullum was a long-serving first-class player for Otago. Both Brendon and Nathan attended King's High School in Dunedin.McCullum is the leading career scorer in Twenty20 International cricket and is the first and so far only player to have scored two Twenty20 International centuries and 2000 runs in T20 Internationals. He was the previous record holder for the highest individual score in a Twenty20 International (123 against Bangladesh in 2012) and second 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 Chris Gayle (175 against the Pune Warriors India) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013 edition of IPL .He became the first New Zealand cricketer to score a triple hundred in Test cricket, with 302 runs against India on 18 February 2014. In 2014, he also went on to become the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year, ending the year with 1164 runs. The record was bettered by Kane Williamson with 1172 runs in 2015.On 22 December 2015, McCullum announced his intention to retire from international cricket at the end of the southern summer, joining his brother, who earlier that year announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He is also the highest (170) runs scorer by the captain in farewell test and 1st captain to score a ton in farewell test.In his final Test match against Australia, on 20 February 2016, he 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 retired from all international cricket on 24 February 2016.After retirement, he has confirmed to return to Brisbane Heat for BBL 06, as well as being drafted in as one of the foundation members of Gujarat Lions as the highest-paid overseas player of the squad at US$1.1 Million.".