Published: Mar 01, 2017, 05:43 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 01, 2017, 09:49 PM (IST)
1st batsman to score 180 or more thrice in ODIs — Martin Guptill. He had scored an unbeaten 189 against England at Southampton in 2013. Then came the 237 not out against West Indies in World Cup 2015 — still the highest score in World Cup cricket. He got 180 not out today, against South Africa at Hamilton. Earlier, Guptill shared the record of two 180s with Viv Richards (189* against England in 1984 and 181 against Sri Lanka in 1987-88), Sachin Tendulkar (186* against New Zealand in 1999-2000 and 200* against South Africa in 2009-10) and Rohit Sharma (209 against Australia in 2013-14 and 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014-15).
64.28% runs scored by Guptill out of New Zealand’s team total. This is the 4th-highest by anyone in a completed innings after Richards’ 189* out of 272 (69.48), Kapil Dev’s 175* out of 266 (65.78) and Rohit’s 264 out of 404 (65.34).
1st instance of two spinners opening bowling in an ODI. Previously, there have been 8 instances of two spinners opening bowling in the second innings in an ODI. Jeetan Patel and Mitchell Santner opened bowling for New Zealand in the 4th ODI against South Africa at Hamilton. This is also the 12th instance that this happened across formats. While there have been 10 such instances in T20Is, the only instance in Test cricket happened at Kanpur in 1963-64, where ML Jaisimha and Salim Durrani opened bowling against England.
0 other players (barring Guptill) to hold the top three scores for his country.
70% of runs by Guptill scored in boundaries. He hit 15 fours and 11 sixes, which means Guptill scored 126 out of 180 from boundaries. This is the 2nd-highest percentage of runs scored by a batsman in boundaries after Rohit’s 264 (33 fours and 9 sixes — 186: 70.5%). Guptill also broke his previous record of 68.4% during his 237*-run knock in World Cup 2015 with the help of 24 fours and 11 sixes (162 runs in boundaries).
0 golden ducks (dismissed on the first ball) before today for Quinton de Kock. He was dismissed by Patel off the first ball he faced. This is the first golden duck for de Kock across formats. Prior to this ODI, de Kock had hit 5 consecutive fifties. Had he scored another fifty plus, de Kock would have broken the South African record for fifties in most consecutive innings — a record he shares with Gary Kirsten (twice) and Daryll Cullinan.
4th–highest score by a batsman while chasing — Guptill’s 180*. This is also the highest by a New Zealand batsman while chasing. The top three scores in chases are by Shane Watson (185* against Bangladesh in 2011), MS Dhoni (183* against Sri Lanka in 2005-06) and Virat Kohli (183 against Pakistan in 2011-12).
180-run partnership between Guptill and Taylor. This is New Zealand’s joint 2nd-highest partnership for the 3rd wicket. Adam Parore and Ken Rutherford had added 180 against India in 1994-95. The record is 206 between Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson against England in 2015.
3 unbeaten scores for Guptill in excess of 150, the joint-most by a batsman (along with Tendulkar). No other New Zealand batsman has even one.
11 sixes by Guptill, joint 2nd-most sixes in an innings by a New Zealand batsman after Corey Anderson (14 sixes against West Indies in 2013-14). Guptill equalled his own record of 11, which he previously did in 2015 World Cup against West Indies.
2nd– balls faced by New Zealand to chase down a total of 275 or above. New Zealand faced 270 balls here. Their record is 257 balls against South Africa at Auckland in the 2015 World Cup 2015.
3,000 runs for Guptill in ODIs at home. Guptill became the 3rd New Zealand batsman to go past this landmark in home after Nathan Astle (3,448) and Brendon McCullum (3,188). He also overtook Stephen Fleming (2,975).
