Summary

  • Hosts New Zealand through to semi-finals

  • NZ's Guptill made highest World Cup score

  • Scored 237 from 163 balls (24 fours, 11 sixes)

  • Boult took 4-44 as WI collapsed in Wellington

  • Record number of WC sixes - 31 in match

  • NZ face South Africa in Tuesday's semi-final

  1. Postpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    As TMS fades from the airwaves, it's time to wave goodbye to the quarter-finals - and to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and West Indies. Four titans remain: New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and India.

    The semi-finals start on Tuesday - but if your cricket appetite can't wait until then, from tomorrow you can listen to the Champion County game between MCC and Yorkshire from Abu Dhabi. A trio of once (and future?) England openers head the MCC batting order: Messrs Cook, Compton and Carberry.

    But make sure you join us on Tuesday morning - NZ v SA gets under way at 01:00 GMT, we'll be here from 00:30. Until then, enjoy a bumper weekend of sport and raise a glass to an astonishing performance from Martin Guptill. TTFN.

  2. Postpublished at 08:10 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Martin GuptillImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 08:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "It'll be an India v New Zealand final. You heard it here first."

  4. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 08:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ben Thapa: Jason Holder is a seriously gutsy cricketer. Any of his team-mates who don't yet "trust" him: have a look in the mirror, boys.

  5. Postpublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Phil Simmons coming in as coach should unite the West Indies, he's done a very good job with Ireland."

  6. Review of the daypublished at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    If your alarm clock has just gone off and awoken you for the start of a special Saturday of sport, I'm afraid it's all over down under where it'll be the Kiwis dancing on the streets of Wellington tonight.

    Martin Guptill led the way with an astonishing unbeaten 237 at the top of the order as they posted 393-6, and although Chris Gayle (61), rendered largely immobile by injury, got West Indies off to a flier of sorts - indeed, the Caribbean men hit more sixes than the Kiwis - once he departed at 120-5, the game was up for them.

    GuptillImage source, Getty Images
  7. Captain's viewpublished at 08:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum on Daniel Vettori's one-handed catch: "I gave him no chance to be honest,. You saw the reaction of the boys to run from all corners to celebrate. He us a legend of New Zealand cricket, a special man and a cricketer and you can see what his involvement means to us."

  8. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Louis Strong: NZ, India, South Africa and Aussies. The best four ODI teams. England had no chance so I don't know why we were surprised.

  9. Captain's viewpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    More from New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum: "The way our team is structured it allows us a licence at the start. For us to be competitive on a regular basis we need to play an attacking style of cricket. We will continue to play like that.

    "We know how dangerous the West Indies players are. They are clean strikers. We wanted to make a statement and make it a professional performance across the board. The bowlers made sure we did that. It is great to progress, we will celebrate tonight and then turn our attention to Auckland. We will do our homework and put our best foot forward."

  10. Postpublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Guptill's first 100 runs were very classically scored. He played some beautiful straight drives, and didn't take may risks. His hundred was perfectly timed, and he went mental from that point onwards. It was incredible to watch."

  11. Captain's viewpublished at 07:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum on TMS: "That was the greatest innings in ODIs I've ever seen live, the skills that Martin Guptill displayed were once in a lifetime really. Everyone here will remember it for the rest of their lives.

    "I'm still trying to work out how we got 394, it's a mammoth score. We knew that they had ball strikers, but the bowlers hung tough under pressure. Dan Vettori wasn't at his miserly best today, but he created opportunities. Trent Boult just gets better and better."

  12. Captain's viewpublished at 07:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    More from West Indies captain Jason Holder: "It was a tough to defend. We were in the game until the 35th over. Guptill played superbly. We dropped him early and it cost us. The ball sat up well on the pitch and he could put it where he wanted.

    "It has been a challenge. I had high hopes coming into it, but it has been a rollercoaster. We have learned a lot. It is about learning as quickly as possible. We need to find out where he went wrong and assess what we do.

    "I would like to keep the captain's job. It is something I have always wanted to do and I don't think I have done too badly. I would like to thank the supporters who came here to help us."

  13. Bridesmaids again?published at 07:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand have often been the bridesmaids of international cricket - reaching World Cup semi-finals in (deep breath) 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007 and 2011 - but never a final. Can they go the distance this time in 2015?

    It should be noted, unlike England, they have won a 50-over ICC global event - triumphing in the ICC Knock-Out (the forerunner of the modern Champions Trophy) in Kenya in 2000.

    Their semi-final opponents South Africa have a not dissimilar record - three times World Cup semi-finalists, never a finalist, and won the inaugural ICC Knock Out in 1998.

    New Zealand players celebrateImage source, Getty Images
  14. Riaz and Watson finedpublished at 07:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    A snippet of news from yesterday's game: Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz was fined 50% of his match fee while Australia all-rounder Shane Watson was penalised 15% of his after their angry clash in Friday's World Cup quarter-final.

    Riaz was charged with using obscene language, while Watson was accused of conduct contrary to the spirit of the game when the two faced each other down in a compelling passage of play during Australia's six-wicket win at the Adelaide Oval.

    ICC match referee Ranjan Madugalle said: "It was an enthralling contest between Shane and Wahab, but in the closing stages both players crossed that fine line between intense competition and unacceptable behaviour."

    Wahab Riaz and Shane WatsonImage source, AFP
  15. Captain's viewpublished at 07:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    West Indies captain Jason Holder on TMS: "It's quite disappointing, we came into this game with high hopes. Martin Guptill took the game away from us with his 200 and we didn't bowl well in the death overs. 393 is a big score but it was a good wicket and I thought we could have put up a better fight.

    "I hope it's not the end of Chris Gayle's international career but that's up to Chris. We've been away from home for a long time and so many guys are mentally and physically tired. We'll have a well-deserved rest before the Test series against England."

  16. Postpublished at 07:52 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "He's a nice fellow, Jason Holder, I think he's been burdened with the task [of captaincy] rather prematurely. If you look at Brendon McCullum, he has the breadth of experience that helps his captaincy."

    Listen to TMS commentary via the audio icon.

    Jason HolderImage source, Getty Images
  17. Postpublished at 07:51 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Captain Jason Holder tells TMS he hopes that wasn't Chris Gayle's last international game.

  18. Postpublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Martin Guptill dazzled. He turned this stadium into a little carnival. He hit the ball so cleanly, drives that you've never seen anything like. He thoroughly deserves all the accolades he's getting."

  19. Postpublished at 07:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Guptill also admitted he didn't think he'd ever surpass the 189 not out he made from 155 balls against England in Southampton in 2013., external I was at that game and it was a phenomenal innings, but today's knock was on another level entirely.

    (Historians may also note that the aforementioned 2013 game also saw the last ODI outing in England colours for Jade Dernbach, who was flogged around Hampshire for 87 runs in 10 overs).

  20. Man of the matchpublished at 07:46 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    More from Martin Guptill on TMS: "It hasn't quite sunk in, but the boys will have a few drinks tonight and I'll probably hear all about it. Last 10 overs, it was swing from the hip and I was lucky to get a few out of the middle.

    "I said to Tom Latham at drinks, 'I reckon we'll be all right with 320 here', and luckily we got a few more.

    "Trent Boult is bowling fantastically well at the moment and Dan Vettori's catch was pretty unbelievable. The atmosphere was awesome, a step up from the England game."