Stats: Brendon McCullum breaks world record for fastest double century as captain in Tests

New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum now holds the record the fastest double century by a captain in Test cricket after he reached the milestone in only 186 deliveries against Pakistan in the ongoing Test match at Sharjah; he broke Michael Clarke’s record of 226-ball double against South Africa at Adelaide in 2012.

Before his dismissal in the same over that he registered his double, he had put on a 297-run partnership with Kane Willamson off 317 balls, which is now the fastest 250-run partnership for any wicket in the longer format of the game.

Brendon McCullum

This is the 33-year-old’s third double hundred as a captain, all coming in the same year; only Brian Lara (5), Sir Don Bradman (4), Graeme Smith (4) and Michael Clarke (4) have more.

Into Day 3 of the third and final Test match between the two sides, the visitors are on 388/2, in reply to Pakistan’s first innings score of 351, at the time of writing this article.

Given below is the list of fastest double centurions in Test cricket:

Player	Country	Balls
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	153
Virender Sehwag	India	168
Virender Sehwag	India	182
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	186
Virender Sehwag	India	194
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	211
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	212
Ian Botham	England	220
Virender Sehwag	India	222