IN PICS: Guptill’s hurricane against England and other smash hits

Southampton: Riding on Martin Guptill’s stunning century, New Zealand defeated England by 86 runs on Sunday. The win also ensured an unassailable 2-0 lead for the Kiwis.

Batting first, New Zealand posted a mammoth 359/3. Guptill contributed with a majestic unbeaten 189 off 155 balls. He smashed 19 fours and 2 sixes, while overtaking his previous personal best of 122 not out.

Guptill’s 189 not out is the highest individual score by a Kiwi, and fifth highest ever in One Day cricket.

With his undefeated 189, Guptill equalled the record of West Indian legend Sir Vivian Richards, who plundered the identical score on May 31, 1984 at Manchester. Richards, whose 189 not out was then the highest one-day score, had also chosen England for the special treatment.

Guptill’s 189 not out is also, till date, the highest individual ODI score of 2013. He overtook South Africa’s JP Duminy, who scored an unbeaten 150 against the Netherlands on May 31.

India’s Virender Sehwag holds the world record for highest individual ODI score. Sehwag scored 219 against West Indies on December 8, 2011 in Indore. 

In a savage onslaught on West Indian bowlers, Sehwag spanked 25 fours and 7 towering sixes to stamp his authority over a hapless attack. 

  

Talk of ODI records, and Sachin Tendulkar can’t be kept out of the scheme of things for too long. The Little Master holds the distinction of breaching the 200 barrier in One Day cricket, when he stroked his way to a masterly double hundred against a formidable South Africa on February 24, 2010.

Sachin smacked 25 fours and 3 sixes en route an unbeaten 200.

  

Third in the list is an unlikely entrant- Charles Coventry from Zimbabwe, who blasted an unbeaten 194 against Bangladesh on August 16, 2009.

His 194 came off just 156 balls, and included 16 fours and 7 sixes.
  

The first man to breach Sir Viv’s score of 189 was Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar.

Playing against arch-rivals India in energy sapping Chennai heat of May 21, 1997, the Pakistani southpaw scored 194 with 22 fours and 5 sixes.
  

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The harbinger of modern day hitting, without doubt, is Sir Vivian Richards. Often alluded to as King Viv owing to his trademark swagger and scant respect for bowling attacks, Richards scored his famous 189 off 170 balls, hitting 21 fours and 5 sixes.