McCullum wants to open batting for New Zealand
Wellington (New Zealand), July 23: Brendon McCullum wants to open the batting in cricket Tests for New Zealand after deciding this year to quit his wicketkeeping role.
McCullum, who will have to win his place in the team as a specialist batsman after making the decision to give up the gloves, thinks he would provide New Zealand with an aggressive opening option.
He pointed to Chris Gayle, Virender Sehwag, Tillakaratne Dislan and Matthew Hayden as examples of current Test openers who played a style similar to his own.
"I wouldn't play conventionally. There's a lot of aggressive Test openers around now. It's probably something we haven't really looked at," McCullum told New Zealand media on Friday.
"I'm not saying it's going to work, but I'm going to give it everything I've got to try and make it work.
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