Brendon McCullum coy over ODI future

ChesterleStreet United Kingdom New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said he would take some time to decide on his oneday international future after the dramatic climax to a 32 series loss in EnglandBrendon McCullum PicAFPThe 33yearold McCullum has a longstanding back complaint and there has been speculation that after 254 matches at this level he could miss New Zealands limited oversonly tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa in August with the aim of giving heir apparent Kane Williamson more captaincy experience Having led New Zealand to a maiden World Cup final on March 29 where they suffered a sevenwicket defeat by Australia in Melbourne McCullum may decide he has few more peaks left to climb in the oneday gameI dont know Well wait and see said McCullum when asked about his oneday future after Englands threewicket win in a rainaffected clash at ChesterleStreet on Saturday gave the hosts a 32 victory in the fivematch series Well let the dust settle on this Its been a great year an incredible summer for us Weve scaled some heights that hadnt been done before by our country and were starting to build a soul to how we playSore bodyThe dynamic opening batsman added Im lucky enough to be in a position of leadership to give guys the freedom to play that brand Ive enjoyed the last two years The bodys a bit sore but well see what happens Had New Zealand had the likes of leftarm paceman Trent Boult currently sidelined with a back injury in their side in Durham the outcome of Saturdays thrilling finale may well have been differentEngland set a revised target of 192 in 26 overs under the DuckworthLewis method after a rain delay of some three hours between innings were in dire straits at 45 for five after McCullums decision to open the bowling with Mitchell Santner was rewarded by the novice leftarm spinner taking three wickets for four runs in seven ballsBut Jonny Bairstow only summoned into the squad on Friday after first choice wicketkeeper Jos Buttler split the webbing of his left hand produced an unbeaten 83 off 60 balls including 11 fours as England won with an over to spare New Zealand in overcast conditions had earlier made 283 for nine after being sent into bat by England captain Eoin Morgan with opener Martin Guptill while manoftheseries Williamson took his tally for the five matches to 396 runs with an innings of exactly 50Santners final figures of three for 31 were a careerbest for the 23yearold and McCullum was also encouraged by the progress of other emerging New Zealand players such as Ben Wheeler Matt Henry and Andrew Mathieson who made his ODI debut on Saturday Weve been lucky enough through the series to be able to introduce some people to international cricket and you cant help but think theres going to be a whole lot of learnings from this series said McCullumMcCullum said that while Williamson and fellow batsman Ross Taylor had been outstanding during the series other core members of the World Cup squad including himself hadnt been at their best As whole we probably just werent quite there and there were some key players myself included who just werent quite where we needed to be to continue the momentum that we built up through that World Cup explained McCullum bowled for six by Steven Finn on SaturdayAt the World Cup New Zealand thrashed England by eight wickets but found themselves up against a transformed oneday team this tour England are the hosts of the next World Cup in 2019 and McCullum said I think Englands an exciting group fastforward four years provided they stay true to that style theyll be a dangerous team New Zealands tour concludes with a oneoff Twenty20 international against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday