PlayersNew Zealand

BB McCullum

Middle-order batter, New Zealand, 89 Tests, 2004-2016. Debut v South Africa, 2004

35.5Adjusted average, 83rd of 143 batters. Raw 42, so −6.5 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 29.8 to 41.7.

Where the −6.5 comes from

The bowling he faced−3.9

Home or away−0.8

The grounds−1.8

Value per innings: 45.151st
Each run worth: 1.13×
At home, adjusted: 41raw 55.4
Away, adjusted: 34.7raw 31.4

Head to head with Agha Salman His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

80PD CollingwoodEngland35.8 81BT FoakesEngland35.7 82Agha SalmanPakistan35.6

83BB McCullumNew Zealand35.5

84BRM TaylorZimbabwe35.4 85AJ StraussEngland35.3 86PJ HughesAustralia35.1

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

Agha SalmanPakistan35.6Head to head BRM TaylorZimbabwe35.4Head to head AJ StraussEngland35.3Head to head BT FoakesEngland35.7Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2004	8	152	55	21.71	0	1	53.3
2005	6	191	111	31.83	1	0	91.0
2006	11	241	74	24.10	0	1	70.5
2007	4	69	26	17.25	0	0	46.9
2008	19	662	97	36.78	0	6	66.1
2009	14	484	115	34.57	1	3	58.2
2010	12	758	225	75.80	3	2	62.4
2011	10	245	64	24.50	0	2	58.8
2012	19	621	84	34.50	0	5	53.1
2013	19	586	113	32.56	1	4	64.3
2014	16	1164	302	72.75	4	0	72.6
2015	15	425	80	30.36	0	3	79.9
2016	4	180	145	45.00	1	0	125.0
Career	157	5778	302	38.78	11	27	65.6

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

Value / inns

45.1

Volume

Runs

5778

Average

38.78

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

28.9

Strike rate

65.6

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

27.5

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
India	19	1224	68.00	4
England	24	841	36.57	0
Australia	28	809	29.96	2
Pakistan	14	695	49.64	1
Sri Lanka	20	600	33.33	1
South Africa	22	499	23.76	0
West Indies	16	479	29.94	1
Bangladesh	9	388	55.43	1

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Pakistan	1	48.00	1/1	0

Home & away

Home

49.79bat avg

41adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

27.5bat avg

34.7adjusted

—bowl avg

Neutral

69.4bat avg

48bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	50	2295	46.84
2nd	39	1072	27.49
3rd	45	1808	44.10
4th	23	603	30.15

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia145 & 250/3Hagley Oval, Christchurch2016-02-20 v Australia0 & 10Basin Reserve, Wellington2016-02-12 v Sri Lanka18 & 18Seddon Park, Hamilton2015-12-18 v Sri Lanka75 & 17University Oval, Dunedin2015-12-10 v Australia4 & 20Adelaide Oval2015-11-27 v Australia270/16WACA, Perth2015-11-13 v Australia6 & 80Brisbane Cricket Ground2015-11-05 v England41 & 55Headingley2015-05-29 v England42 & 0Lord's2015-05-21 v Sri Lanka0 & 22Basin Reserve, Wellington2015-01-03

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 157
Not outs: 8
Runs: 5778
Average: 38.78
Strike rate: 65.6
Highest: 302
Hundreds: 11
Fifties: 27
Ducks: 13

Wickets: 1
Average: 88.00
Economy: 3.02
Strike rate: 175
Best: 1/1
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 175