They could hardly have wished for a better reward for their efforts as Black Caps danger-man McCullum skipped down the track and drove the superb Abdul Razzaq (2-17) to Fawad Alam at point.
He was dubbed the "Vacuum Kitten Killer" by a Facebook group started in December 2010 to trackdown the man responsible for posting a video on YouTube of kittens being killed by suffocation and drowning.
"It was going to be difficult chasing 200 plus on a track where the ball is going up and down, " said Tendulkar, who was named man of the match and man of the series for scoring 403 runs at an average of 134.5.