Napier(New Zealand),Mar. 27 : New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum is expecting an Indian onslaught with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar at the crease at the end of the second day's play in the Napier Test.

"There''s world class players still at the crease and world class players still to come. It''ll take an amazing effort from us to try and get through these next couple of batsmen," McCullum said.

Wellington, Mar 23 : New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum has backed the decision to shift the Indian Premier League from India due to a clash of schedules with general elections.

McCullum is one of eight New Zealand players contracted to the lucrative Twenty20 competition; last night learned the tournament would be moved to South Africa or England.

The 59-match tournament, scheduled for April 10 to May 24, clashed with the Indian general election campaign between April 16 and May 13.

Wellington, Mar 3: New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum, who is struggling with his fluency, is expected to reproduce his Twenty20 form in the one-day international format.

Better known as a dasher when facing the shiny white ball, McCullum’s problems in finding momentum in the early overs of the two Twenty20 matches were instrumental in New Zealand winning by seven and five wickets respectively.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was delighted in his ability to plug away when apparently bogged down.

Wellington, Feb. 27: Sixty-one from 47 balls against Australia and 56 not out from 49 balls against India on Wednesday night might sound reasonable, but Kiwi wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum has been virtually anonymous at the crease, partly it has to be said due to a lack of strike.

New Zealand coach Andy Moles cannot predict how McCullum will bat tonight, but confirmed he was not under instructions to play second fiddle to anyone.

Melbourne, Jan. 29 : Controversial Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds was fined 4000 dollars on Thursday for his alcohol-fuelled weekend radio rant against Kiwi wicket-keeper batsman and New South Wales Twenty20 player Brendon McCullum.

A Cricket Australia (CA) code of conduct commission hearing today upheld a charge that Symonds had breached the CA code of behaviour relating to detrimental public comment. Symonds pleaded guilty, the Courier Mail reported.

Melbourne, jan. 26 : New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum is insisting that he has no hard feelings towards Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds after the latter labelled him a "lump of shit" during a recent radio program.

Symonds has publicly criticized the decision by New South Wales last week to sign McCullum on the eve of Saturday night''s domestic Twenty20 final against Victoria.