Brendon McCullum to retire after upcoming Australia series

[SuperMurali]

fantastic player, captain and person

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Surprised esp that he's not staying up to WC at least. But he's the best decider for himself.

 

[Hurricane]

I don't feel like writing a tribute to him yet while he still has games left to play. One last chapter to write. I take it he is in the Chappell hadlee series.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Also won't write a lot while he has games to play but I will say he is/was the most entertaining sportsman I've ever watched from New Zealand.

 

[fredfertang]

A top T20 player who remained loyal to the long format - has enormous respect from me for that alone

 

[manishsqrt]

He is just 34, i don't understand what made him to decide retirement so early. He is a great player every body will miss him a lot. We cannot forget his bang bang batting and awesome keeping skills. I think we can rate him better keeper then moin or gilchrist sometimes. Its very upsetting to hear that we will not see him playing anymore.

 

[straw man]

It's been a career with so many phases, so many roles in the team, with huge amounts of worthy praise and at other times valid criticisms heaped on him, that I'm not going to take it on myself to write a tribute right now either. I will say though that what he's done in the last three years for NZ cricket overshadows any disappointments from the past. He's become a talisman - someone that people believe in, and even if they believe in him for no other reason than other people believing in him, that's enough. While he's not the only person responsible for it, he leaves NZ cricket in a vastly better state than it's been for a decade, if not three.

I wish he'd stick around another year or two but he's made his decision. Hope he can finish on a high.

 

[doesitmatter]

I think his enduring legacy for me is he showed the way that you can be a winner on the field and still be nice and be classy to the opponents apart from his crazy batting. Hope KW can carry that legacy forward

 

[Big Merv's Mo]

No great loss to cricket as a whole as he is a bit too big for his boots. He (and the fans) need some perspective, he is no all time great and let's remember he played for NZ! The fact that he will be a great loss to the NZ side probably says it all about where they sit in the who cares department of world cricket.

 

[indiaholic]

No great loss to cricket as a whole as he is a bit too big for his boots. He (and the fans) need some perspective, he is no all time great and let's remember he played for NZ! The fact that he will be a great loss to the NZ side probably says it all about where they sit in the who cares department of world cricket.

**** off.

 

[Hurricane]

Kane named as captain of the world t20 team. They didn't say if he will be the permanent captain but they might as well have.

If Ross is boss retires anytime soon then nz cricket could be in a spot of bother ( rebuilding phase ).

I have a suspicion that new Zealand's next patch of world class cricketers are all 3-4 years away unless we rush them in early.

I will be very interested to see how the nz under 19s travel it could be one of our better crops. They can't arrive on the scene soon enough.

In terms of replacing Brendon and who gets his spot. The contenders themselves will decide that over the course of the plunket season. Two front runners being Anderson and young.

Don't go anywhere Ross.

 

[Athlai]

No great loss to cricket as a whole as he is a bit too big for his boots. He (and the fans) need some perspective, he is no all time great and let's remember he played for NZ! The fact that he will be a great loss to the NZ side probably says it all about where they sit in the who cares department of world cricket.

**** off.

 

[vcs]

Everybody seems to be obsessed with "timing their retirement right" these days. Thought Smith, Kallis, Sangakkara, Johnson all had some cricket left in them. Kallis scored a hundred in his last game FFS.

McCullum will be greatly missed.

 

[Big Merv's Mo]

**** off.

Wow! Is this how you react to all contrary opinions?

 

[Bahnz]

Wow! Is this how you react to all contrary opinions?

Only when they're ****ing stupid.

Now **** off.

 

[Big Merv's Mo]

Only when they're ****ing stupid.

Now **** off.

Let's get one thing straight, you don't tell me what to do. Secondly, the fact that you respond to someone who doesn't share you opinion with nothing but profanity just shows the level of intellect you operate at. A clear sign that the person who's opinion is not worth listening to is actually you. Get back to me when you learn to discuss things in a civil manor.

 

[Athlai]

Let's get one thing straight, you don't tell me what to do. Secondly, the fact that you respond to someone who doesn't share you opinion with nothing but profanity just shows the level of intellect you operate at. A clear sign that the person who's opinion is not worth listening to is actually you. Get back to me when you learn to discuss things in a civil manor.

A manor is a house. You should edit your comment so you can get two things straight.

 

[NZTailender]

Don't know why you're even bothering to argue. 1: they're a troll and 2: they'll be banned soon enough.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Wow! Is this how you react to all contrary opinions?

You're entitled to your opinion. We're entitled to say **** off.

(and the mods are entitled to hand out the appropriate infractions)

 

[Big Merv's Mo]

A manor is a house. You should edit your comment so you can get two things straight.

Thanks for the tip. With >32,000 posts though I'd be worrying about getting your own house in order before concerning yourself with my spelling/grammar.