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Stats: Milestones ticked off by Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham during New Zealand’s 371/7

Martin Guptill and Jimmy Neesham headlined a stunning assault on Sri Lanka at Bay Oval.

On comeback, Martin Guptill crossed two milestones during his 14th ODI hundred

On comeback, Martin Guptill crossed two milestones during his 14th ODI hundred. © AFP

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As ODI cricket made its first appearance of the new year, a slew of landmarks were achieved during  New Zealand’s innings against Sri Lanka at Bay Oval on Thursday.

Here is a list of the statistical milestones achieved so far in this ODI:

– The opener Martin Guptill surpassed Chris Cairns to sit behind only Brendon McCullum in the list of most sixes in ODIs for New Zealand.

– In his 157th innings, Guptill hit his 152nd six to move past former allrounder Cairns who hit 151 in 192 ODI innings for the Blackcaps. This milestone came in the same match in which the 32-year-old became the fifth New Zealand batsman to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs.

MOST SIXES FOR NEW ZEALAND IN ODIS:

Player M I Span 6s
B McCullum 260 228 2002-2016 200
M Guptill 160 157 2009-2019 153
C Cairns 214 192 1991-2006 151

– In his comeback match for the first time since March, Guptill – in his 160th ODI – followed Stephen Fleming (8007), Ross Taylor (7433), Nathan Astle (7090) and Brendon McCullum (6083) to the milestone of 6,000 ODI runs.

– In terms of innings, it took Guptill 157 to get to 6,000 runs which is faster than team-mate Taylor (166) needed. This makes the 32-year-old the joint eighth-fastest to the landmark alongside Dean Jones.

 MOST RUNS FOR NEW ZEALAND IN ODIS:

Player M I NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
S Fleming 279 268 21 8007 134* 32.41 71.40 8 49
R Taylor 208 192 34 7433 181* 47.04 82.57 19 43
N Astle 223 217 14 7090 145* 34.92 72.64 16 41
M Guptill 160 157 17 6114 237* 43.67 86.63 14 34
B McCullum 260 228 28 6083 166 30.41 96.37 5 32

– The allrounder Jimmy Neesham returned to international cricket for the first time in nearly 17 months, and on comeback blasted six sixes to finish not out 47 off 13 balls. In terms of strike-rate in an innings, Neesham’s 361.53 is the second best for the Blackcaps after James Franklin’s 31* off eight balls against Canada during the 2011 World Cup, for a strike-rate of 387.50.

In his first ODI in 17 months, Jimmy Neesham smacked 47* from 13 balls.
In his first ODI in 17 months, Jimmy Neesham smacked 47* from 13 balls. © AFP

– However, in terms of ODI innings spanning at least ten deliveries, Neesham’s strike-rate of 361.53 is the highest ever recorded.

HIGHEST STRIKE-RATE IN AN INNINGS (NEW ZEALAND):

Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Team Ground Year
J Franklin 31* 8 2 3 387.60 CAN Mumbai 2011
J Neesham 47* 13 0 6 361.53 SL Bay Oval 2019
N McCullum 32* 9 3 3 355.55 SL Hambantota 2013
M Guptill 93* 30 9 8 310 SL Christchurch 2015
B McCullum 77 25 8 7 308 ENG Wellington 2015
B McCullum 33 11 3 3 300 WI Queenstown 2014

– During his berserk innings, Neesham hit five sixes in a 34-run over from Thisara Perera which is the joint third-most in ODI history and the best for New Zealand.

– Neesham thus joined AB de Villiers for the third most numbers of runs scored in an ODI, behind Herschelle Gibbs’ 36 against the Netherlands in the 2007 World Cup and Perera’s 35 against South Africa at Pallekele in 2013.

– New Zealand’s total of 371/7 in 50 overs slots in as their seventh best, one run behind the 372/6 they scored against Zimbabwe in 2012.

– This is the biggest total at Bay Oval, surpassing by some distance the 294/5 scored by New Zealand against Sri Lanka in January 2016.

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