New Zealand's enforcer

An ODI average of 30.41 is clearly underwhelming in today's age: among the 42 batsmen who have scored at least 5000 ODI runs since 2000, only Shahid Afridi has a lower average. But the quantum of runs scored per innings said little about Brendon McCullum, the limited-overs batsman. The way he went about his batting suggested he didn't care much for numbers, and it seemed his mandate was to shock the opposition with quick runs, leaving the more meaty contributions for others like Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill. In that he succeeded more often than not, especially in the last year, when he batted mostly at the top of the order. Here are some of the key numbers from his limited-overs career.

96.37 McCullum's career strike rate in ODIs; among the 42 batsmen with 5000-plus ODI runs since 2000, only four - Afridi, Virender Sehwag, Adam Gilchrist and AB de Villiers - have higher strike rates.

2 New Zealand batsmen who have scored more ODI runs than McCullum's 6083 - Stephen Fleming (8007) and Nathan Astle (7090). In terms of matches played, McCullum's 260 is third best for New Zealand, after Daniel Vettori (291) and Fleming (279).

2140 McCullum's aggregate in T20Is, the highest by any batsman. Guptill is next with 1666 runs.

2 Hundreds for McCullum in T20Is; he is the only batsman with more than one century in the format. Fifteen other batsmen have one hundred.

154.91 McCullum's ODI strike rate since the beginning of 2015, the highest among all batsmen who played at least 15 innings during this period. De Villiers is next at 131.88, followed by Glenn Maxwell's 131.46. In 27 innings during this period, he passed 50 seven times, of which five were at strike rates of 200 or more. In the first ten overs during this period, McCullum's strike rate is 164.50 - he scored 772 runs in 469 balls, with 21 dismissals. With a 250-ball cut-off, the next best is David Warner's 107.

12 Instances, in his ODI career, of McCullum facing 15 or more balls in an innings and scoring at a 200-plus strike rate. Only Afridi, with 15 such innings, has more. However, six of McCullum's 12 innings came since 2015: given that there have been only 31 such knocks by all batsmen during this period, McCullum's contribution is nearly 20%.

200 Sixes for McCullum in ODIs; he is one of four batsmen with 200 or more sixes in ODIs - only Afridi (351), Sanath Jayasuriya (270) and Chris Gayle (238) have hit more. McCullum's 91 sixes in T20Is is the highest; Gayle is next on 87.

18 Balls off which McCullum reached his half-century in the 2015 World Cup against England in Wellington; there have been only four instances of quicker fifties in ODIs. McCullum went on to score 77 off 25 balls in that innings, which is one of only three instances in ODI history of a batsman achieving a 300-plus strike rate in an innings of 25 or more deliveries.

61 Percent of New Zealand's runs McCullum scored while he was at the crease, in ODIs since the beginning of 2015. He scored 883 runs out of the 1446 runs that New Zealand made while he was batting.

36-22 New Zealand's win-loss record in ODIs under McCullum's captaincy, a win-loss ratio of 1.636. It's the best among all captains who have led them in ten or more ODIs - the next best is Vettori's win rate of 41-33 (ratio of 1.242). McCullum was the first New Zealand captain to take them to a World Cup final, in 2015.

277 Total fielding dismissals made by McCullum - 242 as a wicketkeeper, and 35 as a fielder. It's sixth highest in the all-time list, and easily the highest for New Zealand - the next best for them is 141, by Adam Parore.

9 Different positions at which McCullum batted in ODIs; in fact, he is the only player to bat at nine different positions in both Tests and ODIs.