Power of Guptill!

The last quarterfinal between New Zealand and West Indies at Wellington, recorded a batting world record. All thanks to the splendid batting effort done by Martin Guptill of New Zealand who scored  Watching the all over field strokes of Guptill right from beginning it was clear that West Indies are going to face a strong score on board! But out of the 200 runs on the scoreboard of the match, 150 runs had only come from the bat of Guptill which was definitely not anticipated by the cricket scorers and statisticians. He scored 237 runs not out.

It didn’t take New Zealand much time to cross the score of 300 as the runs gushed in from the bat of Martin Guptill. This has once again proved that Black Caps have lot more to reveal than what they have done by far!

The 143 run victory over West Indies has marked their entry into the semi-finals now.  Apart from them the remaining three teams who have made it to the semi-finals are defending champions India and one of the co-host Australia and the team of South Africa. New Zealand will face the dynamic South Africa on 24 March for their first semi-final which will be played at Eden Park, Auckland. It will be an exciting match to watch Tim Southee versus AB Devillers and Dale Steyn versus Brendon MacCullum.

Currently, as New Zealand takes over South Africa the South Africans are three wickets down for the score of 216 in 38 over. This is a strong beginning for the South Africa as the pressure is building up on the New Zealand team. It will be interesting to see if the chokers choke or the Black Caps succumb to the Proteas bowling power. As the covers are pulled on due to rains in Auckland the match has taken a halt.