McCullam is a flamboyant wicket keeper batman’s playing for his country New Zealand. He is well known for his agile wicket keeping, fielding and attacking top order batting. He came to lime light in the 1999 domestic season playing for his native town Otago. Brendon made his ODI Debut against the Aussies in 2002.

He had some failures in the start of his carrier as an international cricketer but after 2004 his batting improved considerably and now he is regarded as one of the best wicket keeper batsman in International Cricket. Brendon plays his trade all over the globe in T20 format of the game. He currently holds the record for highest number of innings in International Twenty 20 cricket.

• Brendon and his elder brother Nathan McCullam currently playing for their national side New Zealand.

• McCullam won the International Twenty 20 Performance of the year award in 2010