McCullum brought up his first 50 in 23 balls, but accelerated to his seventh Twenty20 hundred in another 19 balls. He motored to his 150 in just 18 more and, had Laurie Evans not eaten up 13 balls in his 16, McCullum might have challenged Chris Gayle's 175 - the highest T20 score.
The Black Caps skipper has now amassed seven T20 centuries, second only to Gayle's 15, and has scored them playing for New Zealand, Kolkata, Otago, Chennai and now Birmingham.