4 Jul 2015

McCullum on fire in Birmingham debut

12:50 pm on 4 July 2015

Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum's hit the equal second-highest Twenty20 score of all time in an English county cricket match.

The Black Caps' captain Brendon McCullum.

Brendon McCullum's showing good form in England Photo: PHOTOSPORT

McCullum struck an unbeaten and typically belligerent 158 not out off just 64 balls on his home debut for Birmingham against Derbyshire, to tie his personal record set in the Indian Premier League in 2008.

It's the best knock in England's T20 Blast competition and led Birmingham to a huge total of 242 for four and a 60-run victory.

McCullum cracked 11 sixes and 11 fours in his innings, a score only behind West Indian Chris Gayle's 175 in the Indian Premier League in 2013.

The 33-year-old also thumped an unbeaten 158 off 73 deliveries for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the inaugural game of the IPL.