All you want to know Brendon McCullum

Factbox on New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who will retire from international cricket after the second Test against Australia, starting in Christchurch from Thursday.

- Born: September 27, 1981 in Dunedin

- Made his New Zealand debut as a 20-year-old batsman in a One-Day International against Australia at Sydney in 2002, scoring five runs.

- Test debut came two years later against South Africa in Hamilton and scored his first Test century against Bangladesh that year.

- Played his 100th Test in the first match against Australia at the Basin Reserve, becoming the first player in world cricket to play 100 successive Tests from debut.

- In 2014 became the first New Zealander to score a Test triple century (302 against India) and 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year (1,164). In addition to his triple century, he had scores of 224, 202 and 195.

- McCullum has scored 6,283 Test runs with 11 hundreds and 31 half-centuries at an average of 38.07.

- He has hit 100 Test sixes, equal with Adam Gilchrist for the most in world cricket, and 200 in One-Day Internationals. He is the only man to have achieved both milestones.

- He has also taken 194 catches, mostly wearing the gloves, and 11 stumpings.

- Scored 6,083 runs in 260 One-Day Internationals with five tons and 32 fifties. He has a highest score of 166 in the 50-over format with 262 catches and 15 stumpings.

- The right-handed batsman is the only player with two international hundreds in Twenty20 cricket.

- Smashed a century in the first game of the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.

- Has the third-highest score in Twenty20 cricket, an unbeaten 158 in the IPL, which he matched in a game in England in 2015. Has a strike-rate of over 136 in the 20-over game and scored 13 half-centuries.

- Named captain of New Zealand in all formats at the start of 2013, taking over from Ross Taylor.

- Led New Zealand unbeaten through seven Test series until the recent reverse in Australia, and to a first 50-overs World Cup final last year where they were again beaten by their trans-Tasman rivals.

- Announced on December 22, 2015 he would retire after the second Test against Australia in Christchurch.

Image: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hits out.

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