Guptill stars in Kiwi victory

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Indexed  February 14, 2011

Martin Guptill’s century steered New Zealand to victory over a brave Ireland side in a pre World Cup warm-up game in Nagpur. The Kiwis scored freely on their way to 311-6 from their 50 overs and managed to avoid an upset, stopping the Irish 32 runs short of their total mainly in thanks to their captain Daniel Vettori’s four wickets in the middle of Ireland’s innings.Guptill’s 130 the stand-out performance, the opener’s innings coming from 134 balls. The opener shook of the loss of partner Brendon McCullum in the third over and pushed on with Jesse Ryder to put on 79. Ryder’s typically aggressive innings came to an end two shy of his half-centur...   See the complete post here