Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand cricket coach and former player, born on 27 September 1981, who captained New Zealand in all formats and later became head coach of the England men's cricket team. He was renowned for quick scoring and set the record for the fastest Test century, reaching his hundred in 54 balls in his final Test in February 2016, and in February 2014 was the first New Zealander to score a triple hundred in a Test, 302 against India. He captained New Zealand to the final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, and in the 2015 tournament made the fastest fifty in World Cup history, 51 runs off 18 balls, against England. He is an inductee of the New Zealand Cricket Hall of Fame and retired from all forms of cricket in August 2019.
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captained the team to the finals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup
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