MARTIN GUPTIL DOUBLE CENTURY 237(163b)* Vs West Indies World Cup 2015

Martin James Guptill (born 30 September 1986) is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a top-order batsman and has represented New Zealand in different age groups.

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• 1 Early life
• 2 International youth cricket
• 3 Domestic cricket
• 4 International cricket
• 5 International centuries
  • 5.1 Test centuries
  • 5.2 One Day International centuries
  • 5.3 Twenty20 International centuries
• 6 Records
• 7 Personal life
• 8 References
• 9 External links

Early life[edit]

Guptill attended Avondale collage, Auckland|Avondale College]] and played in the school's 1st XI cricket team. He was also a prefect in his final year.

At the age 14, Guptill was involved in a forklift accident and lost three toes.^[1] (This fact was revealed to the world by provincial teammate Scott Styris whilst Styris was commentating on Guptill's ODI debut. This has since earned Guptill the nickname "Two Toes" within the Black Caps team.) When Guptill was in the hospital, his father asked Jeff Crowe if a New Zealand player could visit him. Stephen Fleming, the then New Zealand captain, visited him at the hospital the next day.

International youth cricket[edit]

Guptill first represented New Zealand in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Sri Lanka in 2006.

Domestic cricket[edit]

In domestic cricket, he plays for Auckland Aces (he plays in Auckland's club cricket competition for Suburbs New Lynn). He made his first-class debut in March 2006, scoring a 4-ball duck in the first innings, and 99 in the second. In January 2011 it was announced that Guptill had signed for Derbyshire in England. He was to take over from Australian player Usman Khawaja for the second half of the County Championship & CB40 season and the whole of the T20.^[2]

International cricket[edit]

Guptill made an outstanding double century on 21 March 2015 World cup quarter final against West Indies, becoming the first New Zealander with a double century in a One Day format.He was unbeaten with 237 from just 163 balls at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand. He made his One Day International debut for New Zealandon 10 January 2009 against the West Indies in Auckland, becoming the first New Zealander to score a century on his one-day debut. He reached the landmark with a huge six off the bowling of Chris Gayle. His score of 122 not out is the highest debut score in New Zealand ODI history, and second highest debut score ever in ODIs. He also gained the highest ODI score for a New Zealander against the West Indies and became the first cricketer from his country to carry his bat through a completed innings. He made his Test debut against India in the first Test in Hamilton in March 2009, scoring 14 and 48.

On 14 December 2009, Guptill made his test bowling debut in the second innings of the match against Pakistan in Napier. In his innings, he made two 'caught and bowled' deliveries to Salman Butt & Imran Farhat. At that point, he had 2 wickets for 16 runs.^[3] The test ended in a dour draw due to rain, but he ended with 3 for 37 in 13.2 overs, when he trapped Mohammad Asif for lbw after referral for the final wicket of the Pakistani innings.He is one of three players to score 30 runs or more in 5 consecutive t20 innings.

In the 2013 tour of England Martin Guptill led from his opening position scoring back-to-back undefeated hundreds. At the first One Day International at Lord's Cricket Ground he guided a successful chase scoring 103* with a strike-rate of 83.73, following up with a 189* (strike-rate of 121.93) at the Rosebowl, Southampton in the second One Day International. His 189* is the highest score by a New Zealander in a One Day International and contributed to the fifth-highest team total in One Day International history (359). With this innings, he also equalled the record set by Viv Richards for most runs scored in a One Day International on English soil by one batsman.^[4]

International centuries[edit]

Test centuries[edit]

Martin Guptill's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	189		Bangladesh	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2010	Won
2	109		Zimbabwe	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	Queens Sports Club	2011	Won

One Day International centuries[edit]

Martin Guptill's One Day International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	122*		West Indies	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2009	N/R
2	105		Zimbabwe	Harare, Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club	2011	Won
3	103*		England	London, England, United Kingdom	Lord's Cricket Ground	2013	Won
4	189*		England	Southampton, England, United Kingdom	Rose Bowl	2013	Won
5	111		India	Auckland, New Zealand	Eden Park	2014	Tied
6	105		Bangladesh	Hamilton, New Zealand	Seddon Park	2015	Won
7	237*		West Indies	Wellington, New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	2015	*

Twenty20 International centuries[edit]

Martin Guptill's Twenty20 International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result Africa]] || Buffalo Park || 2012 ||

Records[edit]

See also: List of highest individual scores in ODIs

• Guptill scored back to back unbeaten ODI centuries against England during Tour of England in 2013. He scored 330 runs in the 3 match ODI series which eventually was a world record for scoring most runs in a particular 3-match bilateral ODI series. He was also named the man of series^[5]

In 2012, after poor form in Big Bash League and Tour of Sri Lanka, Guptill smashed a last-ball boundary for 101 runs to win the second Twenty20 match against South Africa after overcoming illness.

Personal life[edit]

Guptill's wife, Laura McGoldrick is a Radio Hauraki DJ.

SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Guptill