BB McCullum emulates AC Gilchrist to become the second batsman to score one hundred boundary sixes in the annals of test cricket
BB McCullum became the second batsman in the annals of test cricket to score one hundred boundary sixes in tests after AC Gilchrist. AC Gilchrist was the first batsman to score one hundred boundary sixes in the annals of test cricket.
BB McCullum achieved this coveted distinction in the just concluded Dunedin test against Sri Lanka. This is how espncricinfo.com describes the 100th boundary six scored by BB McCullum in New Zealand’s second innings during his knock of 17 not out in which he scored two boundary sixes. His second boundary six was his one hundredth boundary six.
65.4 – Herath to McCullum, SIX, Drum rolls, please! 100th six in Tests for Baz, he draws level with Gilchrist as the highest six-hitter. Baz jumps outside leg, and walloped it over midwicket. Herath dropped it shorter and Baz sent it clattering over Siriwardana in the deep. And with that NZ declare
The following table lists the career summary of BB McCullum with breakup of boundary sixes against each opposition
| Career summary | ||||||||||
| Opposition | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | 6s |
| v Australia | 14 | 26 | 1 | 654 | 104 | 26.16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| v Bangladesh | 9 | 12 | 2 | 558 | 185 | 55.80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| v England | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1041 | 97 | 35.89 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| v India | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1224 | 302 | 68.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| v Pakistan | 8 | 14 | 0 | 695 | 202 | 49.64 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| v South Africa | 13 | 24 | 2 | 575 | 61 | 26.13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| v Sri Lanka | 11 | 20 | 2 | 670 | 195 | 37.22 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
| v West Indies | 13 | 20 | 0 | 577 | 113 | 28.85 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| v Zimbabwe | 4 | 5 | 0 | 243 | 111 | 48.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| overall | 98 | 170 | 9 | 6237 | 302 | 38.73 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 100 |
The following is the batting career of BB McCullum which also shows the boundary sixes scored by him in each test. He has scored eleven sixes in two consecutive innings – against Pakistan at Sharjah in Nov 2014 when he made 202 in the first innings and against Sri Lanka at Christchurch in Dec 2014 when he made 195 in the first innings.
| No | FI | SI | Runs | 6s | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | 57 | 19* | 76 | 0 | v South Africa | Hamilton | 10 Mar 2004 |
| 2 | 13 | DNB | 13 | 0 | v South Africa | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 |
| 3 | 55 | 3 | 58 | 0 | v South Africa | Wellington | 26 Mar 2004 |
| 4 | 5 | 96 | 101 | 0 | v England | Lord’s | 20 May 2004 |
| 5 | 54 | 20 | 74 | 0 | v England | Leeds | 03 Jun 2004 |
| 6 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 0 | v England | Nottingham | 10 Jun 2004 |
| 7 | 143 | – | 143 | 2 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 19 Oct 2004 |
| 8 | 17* | – | 17 | 0 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 26 Oct 2004 |
| 9 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 18 Nov 2004 |
| 10 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 1 | v Australia | Adelaide | 26 Nov 2004 |
| 11 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 0 | v Australia | Christchurch | 10 Mar 2005 |
| 12 | 3 | DNB | 3 | 0 | v Australia | Wellington | 18 Mar 2005 |
| 13 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | v Australia | Auckland | 26 Mar 2005 |
| 14 | 99 | 7 | 106 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Napier | 04 Apr 2005 |
| 15 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 11 Apr 2005 |
| 16 | 111 | – | 111 | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 07 Aug 2005 |
| 17 | 24 | – | 24 | 0 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 15 Aug 2005 |
| 18 | 19 | 74 | 93 | 1 | v West Indies | Auckland | 09 Mar 2006 |
| 19 | 23 | DNB | 23 | 0 | v West Indies | Wellington | 17 Mar 2006 |
| 20 | TDNB | – | 0 | 0 | v West Indies | Napier | 25 Mar 2006 |
| 21 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 15 Apr 2006 |
| 22 | 5 | DNB | 5 | 0 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 27 Apr 2006 |
| 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 05 May 2006 |
| 24 | 0 | 14* | 14 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 07 Dec 2006 |
| 25 | 43 | 17 | 60 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 15 Dec 2006 |
| 26 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 0 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 08 Nov 2007 |
| 27 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0 | v South Africa | Centurion | 16 Nov 2007 |
| 28 | 7 | DNB | 7 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Dunedin | 04 Jan 2008 |
| 29 | 40 | – | 40 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Wellington | 12 Jan 2008 |
| 30 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 2 | v England | Hamilton | 05 Mar 2008 |
| 31 | 25 | 85 | 110 | 3 | v England | Wellington | 13 Mar 2008 |
| 32 | 9 | 42 | 51 | 0 | v England | Napier | 22 Mar 2008 |
| 33 | 97 | 24 | 121 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 15 May 2008 |
| 34 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | v England | Manchester | 23 May 2008 |
| 35 | 9 | 71 | 80 | 0 | v England | Nottingham | 05 Jun 2008 |
| 36 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 0 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 17 Oct 2008 |
| 37 | 66 | DNB | 66 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 25 Oct 2008 |
| 38 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 20 Nov 2008 |
| 39 | 30 | 84* | 114 | 3 | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Nov 2008 |
| 40 | 25 | DNB | 25 | 0 | v West Indies | Dunedin | 11 Dec 2008 |
| 41 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 2 | v West Indies | Napier | 19 Dec 2008 |
| 42 | 3 | 84 | 87 | 0 | v India | Hamilton | 18 Mar 2009 |
| 43 | 115 | – | 115 | 0 | v India | Napier | 26 Mar 2009 |
| 44 | 24 | 6 | 30 | 0 | v India | Wellington | 03 Apr 2009 |
| 45 | 1 | 29 | 30 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 |
| 46 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (SSC) | 26 Aug 2009 |
| 47 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 0 | v Pakistan | Dunedin | 24 Nov 2009 |
| 48 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 03 Dec 2009 |
| 49 | 89 | DNB | 89 | 1 | v Pakistan | Napier | 11 Dec 2009 |
| 50 | 185 | 19* | 204 | 3 | v Bangladesh | Hamilton | 15 Feb 2010 |
| 51 | 24 | 104 | 128 | 2 | v Australia | Wellington | 19 Mar 2010 |
| 52 | 5 | 51 | 56 | 1 | v Australia | Hamilton | 27 Mar 2010 |
| 53 | 65 | 11* | 76 | 0 | v India | Ahmedabad | 04 Nov 2010 |
| 54 | 4 | 225 | 229 | 4 | v India | Hyd-RGS | 12 Nov 2010 |
| 55 | 40 | 25 | 65 | 0 | v India | Nagpur | 20 Nov 2010 |
| 56 | 56 | 35 | 91 | 2 | v Pakistan | Hamilton | 07 Jan 2011 |
| 57 | 2 | 64 | 66 | 1 | v Pakistan | Wellington | 15 Jan 2011 |
| 58 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 0 | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 01 Nov 2011 |
| 59 | 34 | 1 | 35 | 0 | v Australia | Brisbane | 01 Dec 2011 |
| 60 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 0 | v Australia | Hobart | 09 Dec 2011 |
| 61 | 83 | – | 83 | 2 | v Zimbabwe | Napier | 26 Jan 2012 |
| 62 | 48 | 58* | 106 | 1 | v South Africa | Dunedin | 07 Mar 2012 |
| 63 | 61 | 5 | 66 | 1 | v South Africa | Hamilton | 15 Mar 2012 |
| 64 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | v South Africa | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 |
| 65 | 25 | 84 | 109 | 0 | v West Indies | North Sound | 25 Jul 2012 |
| 66 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 02 Aug 2012 |
| 67 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 0 | v India | Hyd-RGS | 23 Aug 2012 |
| 68 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | v India | Bangalore | 31 Aug 2012 |
| 69 | 68 | 13 | 81 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 70 | 4 | 35 | 39 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Nov 2012 |
| 71 | 7 | 51 | 58 | 0 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2013 |
| 72 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0 | v South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 11 Jan 2013 |
| 73 | 74 | – | 74 | 3 | v England | Dunedin | 06 Mar 2013 |
| 74 | 69 | DNB | 69 | 1 | v England | Wellington | 14 Mar 2013 |
| 75 | 38 | 67* | 105 | 3 | v England | Auckland | 22 Mar 2013 |
| 76 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | v England | Lord’s | 16 May 2013 |
| 77 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | v England | Leeds | 24 May 2013 |
| 78 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | 09 Oct 2013 |
| 79 | 11 | – | 11 | 0 | v Bangladesh | Dhaka | 21 Oct 2013 |
| 80 | 113 | 9 | 122 | 3 | v West Indies | Dunedin | 03 Dec 2013 |
| 81 | 37 | – | 37 | 0 | v West Indies | Wellington | 11 Dec 2013 |
| 82 | 12 | DNB | 12 | 0 | v West Indies | Hamilton | 19 Dec 2013 |
| 83 | 224 | 1 | 225 | 5 | v India | Auckland | 06 Feb 2014 |
| 84 | 8 | 302 | 310 | 4 | v India | Wellington | 14 Feb 2014 |
| 85 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | v West Indies | Kingston | 08 Jun 2014 |
| 86 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 16 Jun 2014 |
| 87 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 0 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 26 Jun 2014 |
| 88 | 18 | 39 | 57 | 0 | v Pakistan | Abu Dhabi | 09 Nov 2014 |
| 89 | 43 | 45 | 88 | 2 | v Pakistan | Dubai (DSC) | 17 Nov 2014 |
| 90 | 202 | – | 202 | 11 | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 91 | 195 | DNB | 195 | 11 | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2014 |
| 92 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | v Sri Lanka | Wellington | 03 Jan 2015 |
| 93 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 1 | v England | Lord’s | 21 May 2015 |
| 94 | 41 | 55 | 96 | 2 | v England | Leeds | 29 May 2015 |
| 95 | 6 | 80 | 86 | 2 | v Australia | Brisbane | 05 Nov 2015 |
| 96 | 27 | DNB | 27 | 0 | v Australia | Perth | 13 Nov 2015 |
| 97 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0 | v Australia | Adelaide | 27 Nov 2015 |
| 98 | 75 | 17* | 92 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Dunedin | 10 Dec 2015 |
| 98 | 3712 | 2525 | 6237 | 100 | Total |
BB McCullum is the only batsman to score eleven boundary sixes in an innings on two occasions in the list of batsmen who have scored ten or more boundary sixes in an innings. This he has achieved in two consecutive tests/innings which makes the feat more credible
| No | Player | Runs | 6s | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date |
| 1 | Wasim Akram | 257* | 12 | Pakistan | v Zimbabwe | Sheikhupura | 17 Oct 1996 |
| 2 | NJ Astle | 222 | 11 | New Zealand | v England | Christchurch | 13 Mar 2002 |
| 3 | ML Hayden | 380 | 11 | Australia | v Zimbabwe | Perth | 09 Oct 2003 |
| 4 | BB McCullum | 202 | 11 | New Zealand | v Pakistan | Sharjah | 26 Nov 2014 |
| 5 | BB McCullum | 195 | 11 | New Zealand | v Sri Lanka | Christchurch | 26 Dec 2014 |
| 6 | WR Hammond | 336* | 10 | England | v New Zealand | Auckland | 31 Mar 1933 |