Wellington, New Zealand (BBN)-New Zealand reached semi-final defeating West Indies by 143-runs in the fourth quarterfinal match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Wellington on Saturday.
West Indies scored 250 runs losing all wickets in 30.3 overs in the chase of New Zealand’s mammoth 394 runs.
Earlier, riding on Martin Guptill’s double century New Zealand piled a massive 393 runs losing six wickets in 50 overs.
With the feat, Guptill became the first New Zealander and fifth man in the world and the second in a World Cup match to have scored a double century.
TEAM
New Zealand: MJ Guptill, BB McCullum (Capt), KS Williamson, LRPL Taylor, GD Elliott, CJ Anderson, TA Boult, L Ronchi (wk), DL Vettori, AF Milne and TG Southee
West Indies: CH Gayle, J Charles, LMP Simmons, MN Samuels, D Ramdin (wk), JL Carter, DJG Sammy, AD Russell, JO Holder (Capt), JE Taylor and SJ Benn
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