phrich Martin Guptill: New Zealand's Master Of White-Ball Dominance

Martin Guptill called it quits for New Zealand after a 13-year long career, last representing the national side in a T20I against Bangladesh in October, 2022. Guptill was an underachiever in Test cricket where he just averaged 29.38 in 47 matches but had a brilliant record for his country in white-ball cricket. He had the second-most hundreds in ODI cricket for New Zealand and is the leading run-getter for them in T20Is. (More Cricket News)

We look at a few numbers that define Guptill’s limited-overs’ career.

122* - Guptill became the 5th batter to score a hundred on ODI debut

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Guptill started his ODI career with a bang becoming the fifth batter in the format’s history to record a ton on debut. Opening the innings, he hammered an unbeaten 122 off 135 deliveries against West Indies in Auckland on the 10th of January, 2009.

7346 – The third-highest scorer for New Zealand in ODI cricket

Guptill had an aggregate of 7346 runs in 195 ODIs which made him the third-highest run-scorer for New Zealand in the format after Ross Taylor (8607) and Stephen Fleming (8007). His average of 41.73 places him at number 3 after Kane Williamson (48.64) and Taylor (47.55) amongst the 22 New Zealand batters who scored a minimum of 2000 ODI runs. Only Brendon McCullum has a higher strike rate (96.37) than Guptill (87.29) on this list! Guptill recorded 18 hundreds in the format during his career which are second only to Taylor’s 21.

4 – The fourth-highest run-getter during his ODI career

Guptill was also the fourth-highest scorer in the world in ODI cricket during his career (from January, 2009 till September, 2022) after Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Hashim Amla.

2015-2017 – Guptill’s Golden Period in ODI cricket

Guptill was at the peak of his batting prowess in ODI cricket in the three-year period from 2015 till 2017. He scored big at a very high scoring rate in this time-frame. Guptill was the fifth-highest run-getter in the world in this period after Kohli, David Warner, Rohit and Williamson. He had a batting average of 50 and his strike rate of 97.81 placed him at number 7. Seven of his 18 ODI hundreds came in this time-frame.

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547 – The highest run-getter of the 2015 World Cup

Guptill was in scintillating form in the 2015 World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. He was the leading run-getter of the tournament and played a pivotal role in taking New Zealand to the final. Guptill hammered 547 runs in just nine innings at a brilliant strike rate of 104.58 with two hundreds in the tournament.

237* - The second-highest individual score in ODI cricket history

Guptill created history when he blasted an unbeaten 237 off just 163 deliveries against West Indies in the Quarter-Final of the 2015 World Cup in Wellington – it was the second double ton and highest individual score ever recorded in World Cups! It remains the second-highest score in ODI history! New Zealand piled on a massive 393/6 – their highest team total in World Cup cricket at the time!Guptill blasted 162 runs in boundaries (fours and sixes) which are the second-most runs scored through boundaries in an ODI innings after Rohit Sharma’s 186 during his 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in 2014.

180-plus – Guptill has three 180-plus scores in ODI cricket

Guptill has the distinction of holding the unique record for three of the four highest scores for New Zealand in ODI cricket. Apart from his sensational 237 in the 2015 World Cup, Guptill smashed a scintillating undefeated 189 against England in Southampton in 2013. He also hammered an unbeaten 180 against South Africa in Hamilton in 2017.

4285 – The highest aggregate in ODIs in New Zealand

No batter has scored more runs in ODI cricket in New Zealand than Guptill. He had an aggregate of 4285 runs in 99 innings at an average of 48.69 and strike rate of 92.13 with 11 hundreds and 22 fifties in the country.

3531 – The leading scorer for New Zealand in T20I cricket

Guptill was also a prolific run-getter in T20I cricket and had the highest aggregate for New Zealand in the format. Overall, he is at number 5 on the list after Rohit, Babar Azam, Kohli and Paul Stirling.Guptill scored 3531 runs in 118 T20I innings at an average of 31.8 and strike rate of 135.7 with two hundreds.

173 – The second-most sixes in T20I cricket

Guptill was an aggressive stroke-maker who did not shy of hitting the ball in the air. He was one of the best during his career in clearing the ropes and blasted 173 sixes in T20I cricket – the second-most ever in the format after Rohit Sharma!phrich