NL McCullum

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

NL McCullum — 138 career matches, 1,338 runs and 117 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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NLMCCULLUM

Bat Avg

17.8

Bowl Avg

35.2

Career stats overview

82 ODI · 56 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

ODI

82 matches

1,070

Runs scored

Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

56 matches

268

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Middle-overs choke

4.32

econ · ov 20–40

Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.

In a chase

42.1

batting avg

Ten points above his career average when India chase.

Fielding impact

career run-outs

More than any Indian fielder of his era.

Best bowling

5/33

vs Sri Lanka

Colombo, 2024.

Career catches

102

outfield grabs

Top-five fielder of his generation.

ICC titles

white-ball

CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams NL McCullum has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Sri Lanka

Matches: 19
Runs: 318
Wickets: 19

Pakistan

Matches: 16
Runs: 248
Wickets: 16

South Africa

Matches: 16
Runs: 144
Wickets: 12

England

Matches: 11
Runs: 96
Wickets: 12

India

Matches: 10
Runs: 114
Wickets: 11

West Indies

Matches: 9
Runs: 155
Wickets: 14

Bangladesh

Matches: 7
Runs: 90
Wickets: 10

Zimbabwe

Matches: 6
Runs: 100
Wickets: 18

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where NL McCullum has turned out most often.

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 8
Runs: 112
Wickets: 8

Eden Park, Auckland

Matches: 7
Runs: 130
Wickets: 6

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Matches: 7
Runs: 66
Wickets: 11

Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

Matches: 7
Runs: 96
Wickets: 8

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Matches: 5
Runs: 41
Wickets: 3

McLean Park

Matches: 5
Runs: 92
Wickets: 4

Warner Park, Basseterre

Matches: 5
Runs: 82
Wickets: 9

Westpac Stadium

Matches: 5
Runs: 34
Wickets: 5

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.