As per maths two plus three is called five, but in cricket it defines the history.
Brendon McCullum is now the third batsman in the world with a double and triple century in consecutive tests, a man whose aggressive batting is very fascinating both for the batsman and the spectators. For nearly two days at the Basin Reserve, facing 559 balls for 729 minutes, he has shown what the world has known him for. Wellington cheered almost every ball he played right up until the dab behind point that made him the first NZ batsman to hit a triple century. Even NZC was anticipating a triple century and has honoured his captain by reducing the tickets to half price. Unlike last test match where bowlers helpfully lost their lines this was one different. Bowlers not giving an inch fear of losing the match with 5 batsman remaining, creaking body but still McCullum succeeded in taking denial to another level.
His stiff temperament has made him listed as best scorers of Newzeland and ranked him in the list of players like Bradman, Hammond, Sehwag, Lara and many others. No one in the history other than the blind supporters would have expected an innings like this from McCullum. Even in other form of crickets like T20 he rightfully gets criticised for often throwing it away needlessly in trying to hit every bowl he faces. At times, the criticism is uncharitable.
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