 In an ODI against Sri Lanka at Hambantota in 2013, Nathan McCullum hit 22 runs from spinner Rangana Herath's final over of the match when New Zealand required 21 in the last over.Although he was named in the final squad of 15 in 2015 Cricket World Cup, he was mostly used as a substitute fielder.In 2015, McCullum announced he will retire from all forms of cricket at the end on the 2015/16 Southern Hemisphere summer season.