England Vs New Zealand

New Zealand wins as Guptill creates History.

Yet another century from the New Zealander Martin Guptil helped the Kiwis to register their second ODI victory against the Englishmen. Guptill who top scored in the match was the man of the match. Guptill's score of 189* is his personal best and also the highest score in ODI by any New Zealand batsman. His 189 of 155 balls included 19 fours and 2 huge maximums. He also equalled the record of Sir Vivian Richards who in 1984 made 189 in a 55 over match.

Martin who scored a century in the first match and also the second match helped his team register two consecutive wins and lead the 3 match series by 2-0. This will surely heal the wounds of defeat of the test series. Batting first New Zealand with the valiant knock from Guptill along with Ross Taylor's 60, McCullum's quick 40 and Williamson's sensible 55 posted a huge total of 359 for the loss of just three wickets. Anderson got two wickets and Swann got one.

England had to chase down a difficult target, but with the bating lineup they had, it was quite possible.If England wanted to win they would have had to break it's previous best chase of 306 against Pakistan in Karachi But sadly today was not their day. In the first innings where every pair of the kiwi team had good partnerships, in this innings no one had it. Johnathan Trott was the one who stood on one end as an anchor and watched his team mates depart regularly. Trott made unbeaten 109 but did not get the required support from the other end. Alastair Cook(34), Joe Root(28), James Anderson(28), Ian Bell(25) and Eoin Morgan(21) contributed. At the end England could only manage to make 273 in 44.1 overs. Michelle McCulligan took 3 wickets, Williamson got 2 and 1 each for Mills, Breswell, Nathan McCullum and Elliot.

New Zealand's 359 against England is it's highest against this team. The previous best being 340 at Napier in 2008. Martin Guptill broke the record of his country man Luke Vincent who before this match with his 172 runs innings held the record for highest runs by a Kiwi. He made 172 against Zimmabave in 2005 at Bulavaio. Guptill now holds the record for the fourth highest runs scored by a batsman in an ODI innings. With this win New Zealand has made it clear that they will not be an easy team to get away with in this Champions Trophy. On the other side England is now desperate for a win before the commencement of the tournament to boost it's confidence.