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              On this day, Brendon McCullum fondly known as Baz walked out for one last time to represent the Kiwis in whites at Christchurch, which is considered as his second home. Needless to mention his brand of cricket, he kept his game plan very simple. Watch and Attack was his go to mantra.He was among very few gifted players, who had the ability to set the stage on fire ,right from the word go. It was Feb 20, 2016. NZ locked horns with arch-rivals Aussies in Trans-Tasman test series. It was the second and final test of the series. Aussies won the first match in a formidable manner and were favorites for the second game as well. It was a green wicket at Christchurch and much to the dismay of NZ, they lost some of their quality batsmen. The score was 32/3 when Baz walked out. Kane Williamson fought hard for his 7 consuming 69 deliveries. It was very unfortunate for a player like McCullum to enter the pitch, but he took this stage as an opportunit...

This day in history - Feb15 It was the first test of the tour.The hosts Proteas were taking on a raw Australian visitors at Centurion. Proteas were the clear favourites, mainly due to the bowling prowess they possessed.As usual their bowlers started well, but gutsy centuries from Shaun Marsh and Steve Smith meant some business.An useful contribution from Mitchell Johnson with the bat made sure that Aussies inched closer to 400 mark in their first innings.But what followed was one of the fieriest spell of fast bowling, that world had seen.Banking on his confidence from a good batting performance, Mitchell Johnson made sure that he made life miserable for the hosts' batsmen.SA batsmen,other than Devilliers didn't have their answers prepared for the questions posed by the hostile spell of fast bowling from Johnson. He ended up picking 7 wickets in first innings, handing his team a very healthy lead of 197. Aussies batted well at a brisk pace to keep the lead tickling.They made sur...