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#3 Brendon McCullum - 559 balls
2nd Test, India tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Feb 14-18, 2014
Brendon McCullum has been a cricketer par excellence for New Zealand and while his explosive style of batting has made him one of the most exciting players in the shorter formats of the game, his Test record proves that he has been phenomenal in the longer format of the game as well.
His highest score in Test cricket came against India at Wellington in 2014 when he led from the front as skipper, scoring a mammoth 302 runs to help his side save the Test after New Zealand had conceded a 246-run first innings lead.
At 94/5 in the second innings, the hosts were well on their way to a heavy defeat only for McCullum to step up with an iconic innings that lasted 775 minutes at the crease, having faced 559 balls.
Centuries from BJ Watling and Jimmy Neesham helped New Zealand's cause no doubt but if not for the brilliant knock from McCullum, India would very well have won the match and thereby equalised the series at 1-1 having lost the opening Test of the series.
