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Rob Nicol wasn't so lucky, falling to a stunning catch by Hashim Amla, but Guptill hit another 6 to bring up his sixth consecutive half-century for New Zealand. South Africa struck with the wickets of Brendon McCullum and Colin de Grandhomme, but Kane...
Zealand captain Brendon McCullum feels his team have put down a marker with their convincing six-wicket victory over South Africa in the first Twenty20 in Wellington. The Black Caps outthought the Proteas in the field to restrict them to 147 for six in...
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: L to R, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson and Roneel Hira of New Zealand celebrate the wicket of Colin Ingram of South Africa during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac... View Photo »
Yup. I'm sure if Dean goes onto get a big score he will be pretty thankful for that missed opportunity
Yet, New Zealand had to prove their form was real and not inflated by a succession of matches against relatively weak opposition. They had to reproduce it against South Africa. And they did. Brendon McCullum's side had a near-perfect performance in...
Kane Williamson also made a valuable cameo with 24 off 22 balls, while paceman Tim Southee took three for 28 to limit South Africa’s total. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was pleased with the team’s performance. “Credit goes to the bowlers and to...
OUT: Ross Taylor is expected to be officially ruled out. Brendon McCullum is almost certain to captain New Zealand in the ODI series against South Africa starting in a week's time, with Ross Taylor expected to be officially ruled out today. Taylor...
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand leaves the crease after being dismissed during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium on February 17, 2012 in Wellington, New... View Photo »
We owe it to the New Zealand public to try to get a win over here ... I know our followers will respect us a lot more if we beat Australia over here. We're thinking about that. It's mainly come from the coach and the likes of captain Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum. It's something to ge...
AB de Villiers was particularly hard on himself after South Africa slumped to a six-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Friday's first Twenty20 International in Wellington. Batting first on a Westpac Stadium pitch that home skipper Brendon McCullum admitted...
Bracewell. AB de Villiers came to the crease with his side reeling at 38 for three but could only manage eight off 17 balls before being ruled out to a debatable catch and the carnage continued. South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy crosses home as the bails...
Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981 in Dunedin) is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate. His brother Nathan McCullum is also a first-class cricketer at... Full Article
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand leaves the crease after being dismissed during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium on February 17, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand.
View Photo »Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum walks out of the field after being bowled out by South Africa's Rusty Theron (unseen) during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum walks from the field after being bowled as South Africa's captain AB de Villiers (2nd-L), Johan Botha (L) and Jean-Paul Duminy (L-back) celebrate during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park...
View Photo »Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum is bowled out by South Africa's Rusty Theron (unseen) during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand's Martin Guptill falls over watched by South Africa's Morne Morkel and Brendon McCullum (C) in the first of their three match Twenty20 cricket series in Wellington, February 17, 2012.
View Photo »South Africa's Justin Ontong (L) watches the ball with Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »South Africa's Hashim Amla (L) is run out by Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand's Tim Southee (L) celebrates with his teammate and captain Brendon McCullum after South Africa's Justin Ontong was caught out during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »South Africa's Jean-Paul Duminy crosses home as the bails are taken off by Captain of New Zealand Brendon McCullum (unseen) during the first twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 17, 2012.
View Photo »WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: L to R Roneel Hira, Kyle Mills, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee and Colin de Grandhomme of New Zealand celebrate the wicket of JP Duminy of South Africa during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium...
View Photo »WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: L to R Roneel Hira, Kyle Mills and Brendon McCullum of New Zealand celebrate the wicket of JP Duminy of South Africa during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium on February 17, 2012 in Wellington,...
View Photo »South Africa's JP Duminy (C) survived this appeal from New Zealand's Kane Williamson (L) and Brendon McCullum in the first of their three match Twenty20 cricket series in Wellington, February 17, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, right, is bowled for 16 by South Africa's JP Duminy in front of AB de Villiers, left, in their first Twenty20 international cricket match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum takes the catch to dismiss South Africa's Colin Ingram, left, in their first Twenty20 international cricket match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand's Brendon McCullum bats during the second twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »Zimbabwe's Malcolm Waller takes the catch of New Zealand's Brendon McCullum during the second twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Seddon Park in Hamilton on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 14: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand congratulates his team after winning the second International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and Zimbabawe at Seddon Park on February 14, 2012 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
View Photo »HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 14: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand pulls the ball away for four runs during the second International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and Zimbabawe at Seddon Park on February 14, 2012 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
View Photo »New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (R) looks on as Tinotenda Mawoyo of Zimbabwe (L) bats during the opening Twenty20 international match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland on February 11, 2012.
View Photo »New Zealand's Martin Guptill (R) and teammate Brendon McCullum celebrate the team's victory in the opening Twenty20 international match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland on February 11, 2012.
View Photo »AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 11: Kyle Jarvis of Zimbabwe (C) celebrates his wicket of Brendon McCullum of New Zealand during the first Twenty20 International between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park on February 11, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
View Photo »Zimbabwe's Elton Chigumbura catches out New Zealand's Brendon McCullum during the opening Twenty20 international match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland on February 11, 2012.
View Photo »Zimbabwe's Kyle Jarvis celebrates after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum was caught out during the opening Twenty20 international match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland on February 11, 2012.
View Photo »Zimbabwe's Kyle Jarvis (2nd R-facing) celebrates with teammates after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum was caught out during the opening Twenty20 international match between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland on February 11, 2012.
View Photo »AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 11: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand attempts to run out Hamilton Masakadza of Zimbabwe during the first Twenty20 International between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Eden Park on February 11, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand.
View Photo »WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 17: Brendon McCullum of New Zealand leaves the crease after being dismissed during the first International Twenty20 match between New Zealand and South Africa at Westpac Stadium on February 17, 2012 in Wellington, New Zealand.
View Photo »Yup. I'm sure if Dean goes onto get a big score he will be pretty thankful for that missed opportunity
We owe it to the New Zealand public to try to get a win over here ... I know our followers will respect us a lot more if we beat Australia over here. We're thinking about that. It's mainly come from the coach and the likes of captain Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum. It's something to ge...
Even 280 is a competitive total on this Gabba deck
If Mitchell Starc knows he can bowl a great inswinger to Brendon McCullum at Allan Border Field he knows he can do the same at the Gabba.
I thought he bowled pretty well. In terms of the length he bowled, he was probably the most challenging out of all of them
No one really changes … you saw Brendon McCullum yesterday
First hour good; second hour got reckless. Guys wanted to assert some dominance on the opposition in the game and we probably just got a touch over aggressive in the game and we paid for it
He was probably, in terms of the length he bowled, was probably the most challenging out of the lot of them ... Obviously he's left arm as well. And his ability to use both the angle he can create going across you but also when he came around, coming from a wider angle as well, I thought he bowled reall...
We're slightly behind the 8-ball but we're going OK ... We still think we're not far away from eking out a competitive total ... 280-300 is the minimum for us, anything over that is a bonus.
First hour good. Second hour a bit reckless ... Our guys wanted to try to exert some dominance on the opposition and the game and probably got a touch over aggressive and we probably paid for it. We've got to keep making sure we put ourselves in the strongest position we can, 280-300 is the minimum for ...
Wrighty has talked long and hard to all of us to go out and be authentic to the style we have
From my point of view it's trying to be aggressive, keep out the good ones and hit the bad ones and put the opposition under pressure if they don't hit the right areas.
It was a huge surprise to us to come up against three guys who were named in the test straight after
We've got some pretty big aspirations but there's a lot of cricket to be played
There are a few injuries (for Australia) and there is the need to protect Cummins a bit with his age
We'll find out a bit more about them over the next couple of days as well, but I thought they, if anything, bowled a touch short at the start. Once they pitched their lengths up a bit, they were a lot more dangerous
There are a few injuries (for Australia) and there is the need to protect (teenage quick Pat) Cummins a bit with his age
