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New Zealand opening batsman Brendon McCullum has won the ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year in recognition of his 116 not out off 56 balls against Australia in New Zealand. This is the third year the award has been given to recognise the most impressive performance by a player in Twenty20 Internationals during the 12-month voting period and it continues to mark the advent of this exciting format of the game at international level.
On 28 February 2010, during the Black Caps' Twenty20 International match against Australia at Christchurch, McCullum smashed 116 not out off 56 balls, in a performance that included 12 fours and eight sixes. He then helped his side to victory when the match went down to a one-over eliminator to decide the result.
The award rounds off a good year of Twenty20 International cricket for McCullum who featured in 14 matches for New Zealand scoring 411 runs at an average of 37.36.
According to the LG ICC Awards' 25-person voting academy McCullum's effort was the most impressive performance of the voting period from 24 August 2009 to 10 August 2010.
It beat competition from Australia's Michael Hussey for his 60 not out off 24 balls against Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 semi-final in St Lucia; South Africa's Ryan McLaren for his 5-19 against West Indies in Antigua on 19 March 2010 and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jaywardena for his two performances at the ICC World Twenty20 2010 - 100 off 64 balls against Zimbabwe in Guyana and 98 not out in 56 balls against West Indies in Bridgetown.
McCullum was unable to attend in person to collect his award due to playing commitments with the New Zealand side in Bangladesh.
The 29-year-old said upon hearing of his victory: "That score is my highest in a Twenty20 International and on the day everything just seemed to go right for me. I feel honoured that the voting academy felt my performance was the best amongst some other extremely strong candidates for the award in the form of Mahela, Mike and Ryan".
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