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Dec 22, 2015

Brendon McCullum announces retirement from international cricket

12/22/2015
New Zealand cricket team captain Brendon McCullum has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket viz., tests, ODIs and twenty20.
He will retire after playing the two home test series against Australia in February 2016.
The 34-year-old McCullum will become the first cricketer to play 100 consecutive Test matches when he takes the field in New Zealand’s first Test against Australia in Wellington from Feb. 12. McCullum is expected to make the second Test of that series – starting in Christchurch on Feb. 20 – his last match for New Zealand.
 
McCullum’s Cricketing Career
  • McCullum made his Test debut against South Africa in 2004 and hasn’t been absent from the New Zealand Test side since.
  • He established himself first as a wicketkeeper and lower order batsmen but was forced to give up keeping late in his career because of a back injury and has batted higher in the order.
  • In his 99 Tests to date, McCullum has accumulated 6,273 runs to be New Zealand’s second-highest Test run-scorer after former captain Stephen Fleming (7,172).
  • He has scored nine centuries and averaged 38.48 in Tests. Last year he became the first New Zealander to score a test triple century, making 302 against India in Wellington.
  • McCullum became New Zealand’s Test and one-day captain in controversial circumstances in 2013 when new head coach Mike Hesson fired Ross Taylor between the first and second Tests.
  • Under McCullum, New Zealand is unbeaten in Tests at home since 2013 – a run of 13 matches – and reached the final of this year’s one-day World Cup.
  • McCullum also excels in the short formats, having scored 5,909 runs in one-day internationals and 2,140 in Twenty20s.

Nov 1, 2015

New Zealand wins 2015 Rugby World Cup

11/01/2015
New Zealand wins 2015 Rugby World Cup
New Zealand has won the 2015 Rugby World Cup for record third time by defeating Australia.
In the final match played at Twickenham, England the winning team defeated Australian team by 34-17 score.
With this victory, it also became the first nation to retain the Webb Ellis Cup and it was their first victory on the foreign soil.

About Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby World Cup is contested every four years between the top international teams.
  • It was first held in 1987 and was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.
  • The winning team is awarded with the William Webb Ellis Cup named after William Webb Ellis who invented sport of rugby according to a popular legend.
  • Four countries have won the trophy since its inception. New Zealand has won it three times (1987, 2011 and 2015).
  • 2 teams have won twice Australia (1991 and 1999) and South Africa (1995 and 2007). England has won it once in 2003.
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