Brendon McCullum blazed the joint second-highest individual score in world T20 cricket with a brilliant unbeaten 158 as Birmingham Bears beat Derbyshire Falcons by 60 runs in the NatWest T20 Blast at Edgbaston. The New Zealand captain more than lived up to expectations on his home debut, thrilling the Bears' supporters with a thunderous innings from 64 balls that included 13 fours and 11 sixes. That matched McCullum's own best T20 score and only Chris Gayle, with 175 not out in the Indian Premier League, has managed more. His onslaught lifted Birmingham to 242 for two - their highest total in the format and the joint-third highest by any team in English domestic T20.New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was making his home debutThe Kiwi produced a thunderous innings from 64 balls that included 13 fours and 11 sixesMcCullum's onslaught lifted Birmingham to 242 for two
_'s 182 all out in reply was a plucky effort but predictably fell short as they had to go for broke from the off. That was bad news for the Falcons as _ responded by moving into overdrive. Facing a mountainous task, the _ had a real go at it.