Spectacular knock by Martin Guptill evens series between Kiwis and SA
Hamilton — Martin Guptill underlined his importance to the New Zealand one-day side with a blistering match-winning century, as he guided his side to a seven-wicket victory over SA in their fourth one-day international in Hamilton, on Wednesday. Guptill, who had suffered two separate hamstring strains and not played for a month, scored 180 not out, and combined with Ross Taylor (66) in a 180-run partnership to take New Zealand to 280-3 in 45 overs. The 30-year-old blasted 11 sixes and 15 boundaries in his swashbuckling 138-ball knock to secure a win, which held the five-match series at 2-2 with the decider at Eden Park in Auckland, on Saturday. "It was just one of those innings that went to plan," Guptill said. "It’s about keeping it as simple as possible and watch the ball and react, it does make it a bit easier. I had a couple of good nets the last few days but it was nice to go out there and hit it out of the screws." SA’s 279-8 had been anchored by captain AB de Villiers, who fl...
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