5 attacking batsmen who have better records in Tests than ODIs

4) Brendon McCullum

Mccullum was incredible during his time with New Zealand

Brendon McCullum, who represented probably the greatest of transformations a player can go through on the field, was a man who loved bulldozing bowlers. For someone, whose T20 average is higher than his ODI average, McCullum surprised many with late career success in the Test match format.

McCullum, who averages only 30.41 in ODIs, finished his Test career very recently with 6,453 runs in 176 innings at 38.64 with a triple century to his name. McCullum, who holds the record for the fifth fastest double ton in Test cricket has also scored the fastest Test century, in just 54 balls against Australia.

His career strike-rate of 64.60 is a tad lower than expected for someone known for genuinely attacking the bowlers. Another interesting aspect of his career stats is his 12 centuries and 31 half-centuries in Test cricket, a big improvement over his ODI numbers – 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries.

One of New Zealand’s most revered skippers looked a part as a shorter-format player and yet, ended up playing a major role in the Kiwi renaissance of the present.