Brendon McCullum to give MCC's Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture
Tuesday 19 January 2016 13:14, UK
The MCC has announced Brendon McCullum will deliver this year's Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's.
New Zealand captain McCullum, 34, has played 99 Tests and is set to retire from international cricket next month before heading to Lord's to play for Middlesex in this summer's NatWest t20 Blast and then joining the MCC's world cricket committee in October.
He will deliver his address on June 6, three days before the start of the Lord's Test against Sri Lanka.
MCC president Roger Knight said: "Brendon McCullum is one of the best cricketers of his generation, and I'm sure will be a very engaging speaker - especially given his insight in to the modern game.
"He has embodied the play hard, play fair message of the MCC Spirit of Cricket throughout his playing career, especially in his captaincy - so is a perfect fit for this event."
McCullum said: "It was an honour to be asked to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture - especially given the stature of some previous speakers - so I was very pleased to accept the invitation."
Australia great Rod Marsh gave last year's lecture, and Sir Ian Botham delivered it in 2014.
