New Zealand Highest Score in ODI World Cup

New Zealand Highest Score in ODI World Cup – New Zealand’s highest score in ODI World Cups is 401/6 against Pakistan in the 2023 World Cup match at Bengaluru. New Zealand has reached the World Cup semi-finals stage on six occasions: 1975, 1979, 1992, 2011, 2015, and 2019 tournaments. In the 2015 and 2019 tournaments, New Zealand made it to the finals stage of the World Cup, finishing as runners-up on both occasions. In the 2015 tournament, New Zealand finished as runners-up to Australia, while in the 2019 tournament, New Zealand finished as runners-up to England.

Martin Guptill, a New Zealand player, holds the highest score ever in a Cricket World Cup. He scored 237 not out against the West Indies. Let’s see the Highest Total in Cricket World Cup for New Zealand.

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New Zealand Highest Score in ODI World Cup

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#1. New Zealand (401/6) vs Pakistan in 2023

New Zealand’s highest score in ODI World Cups is 401/6 against Pakistan in the 2023 World Cup match at Bengaluru.

Batting first, New Zealand posted a total of 401/6 in their 50 overs. The key contributors were:

• Rachin Ravindra: 108 runs
• Kane Williamson: 95 runs

Ravindra’s century and Williamson’s solid knock powered New Zealand to their highest ever World Cup total.

#2. New Zealand vs West Indies Cup 2015 – (393/6)

It was the 2015 Cricket World Cup quarterfinal match between New Zealand and West Indies in Wellington. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first.

New Zealand’s batter Martin Guptill came out to bat. From the start, he was hitting the ball very well.
Guptill scored his first 50 runs quickly, off just 52 balls bowled to him. He kept batting aggressively and reached 100 runs off 111 balls.

But he did not stop there! Guptill went on to score 150 runs in just 134 balls. He was in excellent form, consistently finding gaps to score runs and hitting the ball over the boundary ropes for sixes.

Then Guptill did something very special – he scored an unbeaten 237 runs! This was the first time a New Zealand batter scored a double century (200 runs) in a One-Day International match. His 237 runs came off only 163 balls, which is an exceptionally high scoring rate.

During his brilliant innings, Guptill hit 24 fours (balls crossing the ground boundary) and an amazing 11 sixes (balls crossing the boundary on the full). His 237 not out was the highest individual score ever in a World Cup match and the second highest in all ODI cricket.

#3. New Zealand vs Canada Cup 2007 – (363/5)

In the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, New Zealand made a very high score against Canada. This happened in their group match in Gros Islet.New Zealand batted first. Their opening batters Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming had an excellent partnership of 142 runs. Vincent scored 101 runs which included 9 fours and 1 six. Fleming made 66 runs from 67 balls with 8 fours and 1 six.

The middle order batters also scored well. Peter Fulton made 47 runs. Scott Styris got 28 runs. Jacob Oram remained not out on 35 runs from just 27 balls.Brendon McCullum played a very quick innings. He scored 52 runs from only 21 balls, with 1 four and 5 huge sixes over the boundary.

With all these good performances, New Zealand made a huge total of 363 runs for 5 wickets in their 50 overs. This was a massive score in an important World Cup match.When Canada batted, their batters could not score enough runs. They were all out for 249 runs. New Zealand won the match by a big margin of 114 runs.

New Zealand vs Canada Cup 2011 – (358/6)

In the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India, New Zealand made a very high score against Canada. This match happened at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Canada won the toss and chose to bowl first.New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill was out after scoring 17 runs.

But then Brendon McCullum and the other batter built a good partnership of 96 runs.McCullum played extremely well and scored a century (100 runs).

His 101 runs came from 109 balls with 12 fours and 2 sixes over the boundary.The captain Ross Taylor also batted very quickly. He made 74 runs from just 44 balls, hitting 6 fours and 5 huge sixes.Towards the end, Kane Williamson remained not out on 34 runs. Scott Styris scored 35 runs from 25 balls.

James Franklin made 31 runs from only 8 balls.With these good batting performances, New Zealand scored a massive total of 358 runs for 6 wickets in their 50 overs.When Canada batted, some of their batters scored decently. But they could only make 261 runs for 9 wickets in their 50 overs.New Zealand won the match by a big margin of 97 runs.

Highest Totals for New Zealand in World Cup History

Here is the list of New Zealand World Cup Highest Score:

Score	Overs	Inn	Against	Venue	Date
401/6	50	1	Pakistan	Bengaluru	4 Nov 2023
393/6	50.0	1	West Indies	Wellington	21 Mar 2015
383/9	50	2	Australia	Dharmasala	28 Oct 2023
363/5	50.0	1	Canada	Gros Islet	22 Mar 2007
358/6	50.0	1	Canada	Wankhede	13 Mar 2011
331/7	50.0	1	Kenya	Gros Islet	20 Mar 2007
331/6	50.0	1	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	14 Feb 2015
322/7	50	1	Netherlands	Hyderabad	9 Oct 2023
309/5	60.0	1	East Africa	Birmingham	7 Jun 1975
307/8	50.0	1	Netherlands	Vadodara	17 Feb 1996
302/7	50.0	1	Pakistan	Pallekele	8 Mar 2011
299/6	42.5	2	South Africa	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
291/8	50.0	1	West Indies	Manchester	22 Jun 2019

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