Middlesex have announced that Brendon McCullum will play for them next season.

The Kiwi batsman, who announced his retirement from international cricket earlier this week, spent part of last term with the Birmingham Bears.

However, this time around the 34-year-old will wear the colours of Middlesex, for whom he will feature in the Royal London One-Day Cup and Twenty20 Blast.

"I am delighted to be joining such an auspicious county as Middlesex and very much look forward to playing at the home of cricket," he told the club's official website.

Director of cricket Angus Fraser added: "Signing a player of Brendon's undoubted quality is a huge coup for the club.

"He is one of the most respected, capable and dangerous cricketers in world cricket and will create a great deal of excitement around the club. When he walks out to bat everybody stops what they are doing to watch."

McCullum's highest List A and T20 scores are 170 and 158 respectively.