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The wicketkeeper-batsman lit up a rain-affected first day of the series with a run-a-ball 97, as the Black Caps reached 208-6 by stumps.

However, McCullum, who had been promoted up the order to number five, was disappointed not to have completed what would have been a deserved century.

He said: "Obviously it's disappointing not to have made a hundred and still be at the wicket, but I am very proud to have stepped up to the challenge of moving up the order.

"It takes a bit of bravery at times to play like that, because you open yourself up to criticism if it doesn't come off.

"But I enjoy playing like that. It gives me satisfaction and hopefully when it comes off it gives others satisfaction as well."