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Brendon McCullum dismissed for 47 in his final ODI during New Zealand vs Australia, 3rd ODI at Hamilton

Brendon McCullum finished his ODI career with 6,083 runs in 260 ODIs.

Brendon McCullum played his final ODI at Hamilton on Monday © Getty Images  Brendon McCullum played his final ODI at Hamilton on Monday © Getty Images
Brendon McCullum played his final ODI at Hamilton on Monday © Getty Images

Brendon McCullum was dismissed for a quick 47 off 27 balls in his final One-Day International (ODI) on Monday at Hamilton. Seddon Park witnessed the very last innings of McCullum in the black jersey when he walked in to open during the third ODI between New Zealand and Australia. He ensured the crowd went back with the ‘typical’ McCullum memories as his innings consisted of three huge sixes and six fours before Mitchell Marsh became the bowler to get him out and thereby ending McCullum;s career of 260 ODIs with 6,083 runs at an excellent strike rate above 90. Earlir, Australoa won the toss and elected to filed first in the series decider of the Chappel-Hadlee Trophy. LIVE SCORECARD: New Zealand vs Australia 2015-16, 3rd ODI at Hamilton

McCullum  now is New Zealand’s third-most capped ODI player after former captains – Daniel Vettori (295) and Stephen Fleming (280). The third ODI at Hamilton will be McCullum’s 260th and final ODI since his debut against Australia in Sydney 14 years ago. He brings curtains down to his limited-overs career with 6,083 ODI runs and 2,140 Twenty20 International (T20I) runs. While he consists of five tons and 32 fifties in the ODIs, he managed two hundreds and 13 half-centuries in the T20Is. Live Cricket Score, New Zealand vs Australia 2015-16, 3rd ODI at Hamilton

The upcoming three-match Test series between New Zealand and Australia, starting from February 16 at Wellington is set to be McCullum’s final international assignment and the void that he is going to leave in the Black Caps’ side surely will be difficult to fill, especially with the ICC World T20 coming up in less than a month. It is being hosted by India with New Zealand playing the hosts in the opening match of the big event at Nagpur on March 15.

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