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. Latest scorecardpublished at 02:28 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand 105-2 after 20 overs (NZ won toss)

    Batsmen: Guptill 50 from 64 balls, Taylor 6 from 14 balls

    Fall of wickets: 27-1 (McCullum 12), 89-2 (Williamson 33)

    Bowling figures: Taylor 4-0-28-1, Holder 5-0-26-0, Benn 6-1-30-0, Russell 4-0-18-1

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    Scorecard

  2. Postpublished at 02:28 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ian Bishop
    Former West Indies fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's a good knock but it assumes so much more importance now that Williamson has gone. But he has only done 40% of his job. He needs to be there at over 46 or 47 because if he does that he will have 120 or 140 to his name."

  3. 50 for Guptillpublished at 02:28 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Russell continues. Taylor is taking his time here, he has been short of his usual fluency recently and he's keenly aware of the importance of this knock. He eats up four dots before working a single, then Guptill goes to his third consecutive fifty with a nudge to third man. A good knock - can he go to a ton and anchor a big score for New Zealand here?

    Guptill celebrates 50 runsImage source, AP
  4. NZ 103-2published at 02:24 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    The West Indies are content to allow the batsmen to milk singles off the spin of Benn, but it's a dangerous game to play. The hitherto accurate twirler throws in a shocker of a final ball, short and wide and Guptill cuts him away to the point boundary, turning an average over into a very good one. Eight from it.

  5. NZ 95-2 (Guptill 43, Taylor 3)published at 02:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    We're seeing a few more defensive strokes from New Zealand now after that all-action start. These two batsmen have been slightly under the microscope in recent times - they will be desperate to go big here.

    Comedy capers off the final ball as the Windies try to catch Guptill wandering out of his crease with a sharp throw, but he's home safe and the ball rebounds off the stumps to gift New Zealand an extra run. Four off the over.

  6. Postpublished at 02:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Wellington

    "The home crowd is living every moment of this - the huge cheer when Williamson survived that review, the gasp when he contrived to slap a half-tracker to cover. For the first time, West Indies fans make themselves known, a small section above the players' tunnel waving flags and dancing."

    New Zealand fansImage source, Reuters
  7. NZ 91-2published at 02:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ross Taylor, who hasn't quite got going in this World Cup, is the new man. The run rate is still good for New Zealand, around 5.5, but they will want to keep these two together for a while. He's away with a single to mid-on, but big Sulieman Benn is playing a real role here - just two runs from another tight over.

  8. Postpublished at 02:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ian Bishop
    Former West Indies fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    "The extra ball of the over has brought some success because of that no-ball. Maybe the ball held up a bit in the surface because it was a cut shot that didn't come out of the middle. Williamson has only hit one fifty in this World Cup so it's not been a great tournament for him."

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  9. WICKETpublished at 02:09 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Williamson was looking so good but he's back in the sheds now. Andre Russell foxes him with a brilliantly disguised slower ball, Williamson is through the attempted cut shot early and he misdirects it well in front of square, hitting it uppishly to short cover where Chris Gayle takes a good juggling catch. Big breakthrough for the West Indies.

    Scorecard

    Williamson wicketImage source, Reuters
  10. Postpublished at 02:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ian Bishop
    Former West Indies fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    "I always felt that was a little bit of guesswork. Yes it's Williamson, but you've got to be more certain than that."

    Ian Bishop and Simon Mann
  11. NZ 86-1published at 02:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Benn is crestfallen with that result, but he's not getting much turn and there was always a strong chance that that delivery wasn't turning back enough. He has come back very well after a poor first over though, keeping the Kiwi batsmen honest. Just four singles off that over.

  12. Umpire reviewpublished at 02:03 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Benn hits Williamson on the pads. The umpire says not out, but West Indies call for a review.

    The ball is shown to be hitting the stumps, but not comprehensively enough, just shaving leg peg. It's 'umpire's call', and Williamson survives.

    Benn appeals for LBWImage source, Getty Images
  13. NZ 82-1 (partnership 55)published at 02:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Now, can Andre Russell keep the pressure on? He begins with a short ball that Williamson pulls for a single to the boundary-rider at midwicket. Martin Guptill has just got a little bogged down here - two accurate deliveries from Russell extend his run of scoreless deliveries to eight before he steals a single with a drop-and-run defensive stroke.

    Two more singles round out the over as New Zealand perhaps reset their sights to the goal of steady, risk-free accumulation. West Indies have come back well in he last few overs.

  14. Postpublished at 01:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "McCullum & Guptill now have the most ODI partnerships together without one ending in a run out - 52. Viv Richards & Desmond Haynes had 51."

    McCullum and GupillImage source, Getty Images
  15. NZ 78-1published at 01:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Benn has just regained a measure of control here, pushing the ball through faster and flatter and keeping Guptill tied down. A valuable maiden brings the New Zealand juggernaut temporarily to a juddering halt.

  16. NZ 78-1 (Guptill 35, Williamson 28)published at 01:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Another bowling change as Andre Russell, owner of the funkiest haircut as this World Cup, gets a bowl. New Zealand are getting a boundary off every over at the moment, they are so adept at keeping the run rate up at parts of the innings when other sides retreat into their shell. This time Williamson seizes on a toothless short ball and pulls it powerfully through midwicket.

  17. Postpublished at 01:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Just think next week, India v Australia. That will be the most popular India side ever to take the field. Pakistanis and Bangladeshis might be supporting Australia but everyone else will be rooting for India."

  18. NZ 71-1published at 01:52 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Benn continues, with a little more insurance now that the powerplay is over and he can have a few more fielders on the rope. No point having insurance when you bowl it there though, full toss outside off and Guptill gets it past the man on the boundary at deep cover. New Zealand motoring here.

  19. Latest scorecardpublished at 01:47 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand 63-1 after 10 overs (NZ won toss)

    Batsmen: Guptill 29, Williamson 21

    Fall of wickets: 27-1 (McCullum 12)

    Bowling figures: Taylor 4-0-28-1, Holder 5-0-26-0, Benn 1-0-8-0

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    Scorecard

  20. NZ 63-1 (run rate 6.3)published at 01:46 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Holder continues from the other end - will we see him bowl his set of ten straight through like he did in the previous match against UAE? Kane Williamson is a short man but he has a great ability to ride the bounce of the ball off the back foot, and he picks up four with a lovely cut shot past point.