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 05:05 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "New Zealand got off to a very good start. Guptill's hundred was perfectly timed, just before the powerplay, and they had the wickets in hand to allow him to go crazy. It was brilliant to watch."

  2. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 05:05 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Men on roof of Westpac StadiumImage source, @Cricket_Mann

    BBC Test Match Special's Simon Mann on Twitter:, external Men on the roof searching for the ball hit there by Martin Guptill.

  3. Postpublished at 05:03 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Wow, I don't know about you but I'm still drawing breath. That was staggering stuff. And I still remember Allan Lamb being lauded throughout the land for hitting four fours in a row. Four fours.

    It was an amazing innings but was it enough to make Guptill the number one batsman in this tournament? Do Kumar Sangakkara's four centuries trump Guptill's record knock? Or did De Villiers' lightning 150 rock your boat? Vote now on this page. Tweet us on #bbccricket.

  4. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 04:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Will Broadfoot: It's 4.45am but well worth being up to watch Guptill smash 237 record for NZ. Sublime knock.

    Evan Samuel: Phenomenal. Martin Guptill, take a series of bows. Awesome in the true sense of the word.

  5. Postpublished at 04:57 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "This is New Zealand's highest total ever in World Cups. Their previous best was 363-5 v Canada in Saint Lucia in 2007."

  6. Postpublished at 04:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Think back to the very first ball of the day. Guptill played a lovely straight drive straight down the ground. He just went on from there."

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  7. Postpublished at 04:55 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Poor old Jason Holder. The young Windies skip has now been on the receiving end of two of the most brutal batting displays this tournament has ever seen. First AB De Villiers and now this. Does anyone out there hold any hope of the West Indies chasing those runs down?

  8. A superhuman speakspublished at 04:52 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Martin Guptill: "There is pressure but you've just got to try to put it behind you, watch the ball and play it accordingly. It was good to spend a bit of time in the middle against Bangladesh. It's pretty pleasing going forward. Once you get yourself in on this pitch the runs come pretty easily."

    GuptillImage source, Reuters
  9. End-of-innings scorecardpublished at 04:50 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    New Zealand 393-6 from 50 overs (NZ won toss)

    Not out batsmen: Guptill 237 from 163 balls including 11 sixes and 24 fours, Vettori 8 from two balls

    Fall of wickets: 27-1 (McCullum 12), 89-2 (Williamson 33), 232-3 (Taylor 42), 278-4 (Anderson 15), 333-5 (Elliott 27), 365-6 (Ronchi 27)

    Bowling figures: Taylor 7-0-71-3, Holder 8-0-76-0, Benn 10-1-66-0, Russell 10-0-96-2, Sammy 8-0-38-0, Samuels 7-0-44-0

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    Scorecard

  10. NZ 393-6 (Guptill 237, Vettori 8)published at 04:48 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Guptill remains in medieval mode. Russell is spanked over his head for yet another six then cut for four. In the context of what we've seen the final ball is an anti-climax as he only gets two from it. But listen to this people. Martin Guptill just scored 237 not out in a knockout match at the Cricket World Cup. That's the second highest score in ODI history. He hit 137 off his last 52 balls. Beyond comprehension.

  11. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 04:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Andrew Morris: Spare a thought for Samuels. Dropped Guptill on four and here Guptill is 200+ runs later!

  12. Guptill Sixpublished at 04:43 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    OMG, I thought I'd seen it all, but clearly not. Guptill batters the first ball of the last over onto the roof of the Cake Tin. Truly astonishing.

  13. NZ 373-6 (Guptill 217, Vettori 8)published at 04:42 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Veteran Vettori fancies a piece of the action here. Two balls, two boundaries, the second via a huge stroke of luck as a huge inside edge whistles through his legs, past his off stumps and away to the rope.

  14. WICKETpublished at 04:40 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Ronchi cracks Taylor for back-to-back fours, but perishes when he scoops Taylor to Benn at square leg.

    Scorecard

  15. Postpublished at 04:39 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "There is no way I'm letting my kids bowl."

  16. Join the debate at #bbccricketpublished at 04:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Australia batsman David Warner on Twitter:, external Very well played @Martyguptill great to see. Love watching batters hit the ball out the park!!

  17. NZ 357-5published at 04:36 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    I'm told Guptill's second hundred came off 41 balls. That beggars belief. And, incredibly, it only takes him three more blows to motor past Gayle. Six - four - four and it's the highest score in World Cup history. Chris Gayle walks over to shake his hand. Lovely moment.

  18. Postpublished at 04:35 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport in Wellington

    "I have never heard a roar like that before. As Guptill pummelled Russell down the ground and removed his helmet in a double-armed celebration, the Cake Tin let out a a cheer that will have echoed around New Zealand. I think we've just seen the best moment of the World Cup."

    Fans cheer GuptillImage source, Getty Images
  19. Postpublished at 04:34 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Daniel McHardy
    BBC Test Match Special

    "Stand up New Zealand, stand up the world. Just glorious."

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    GuptillImage source, Getty Images
  20. Guptill 200published at 04:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2015

    Guptill wastes no time in becoming the first New Zealander to make an ODI double hundred. And he gets there in style with a blistering drive down the ground for four. The crowd erupts. Guptill salutes. Other-worldly indeed.

    Guptill celebrates 200 runsImage source, Getty Images