McCullum takes home supreme medal

10:22 pm on 1 April 2015

The Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has taken the top award at the New Zealand Cricket Awards in Auckland.

Brendon and Ellissa McCullum

Brendon and Ellissa McCullum at the ANZ New Zealand Cricket Awards 2015 Dinner. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

McCullum won the Sir Richard Hadlee medal, the supreme award for the evening.

He was honoured for his captaincy and batting, which included being the first New Zealander to score 1000 test runs in a calendar year.

Kane Williamson won the top award for batting while Trent Boult picked up the top bowling award.

Retiring Black Caps Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills were also honoured at the ceremony.

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