Records tumbled in second ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealanad at the Hagley Oval ground in Christchurch on Monday.New Zealand bowled out Sri Lanka for 117 runs in 27.4 overs
Later the blackcaps achieved the target in just 50 balls(8.2 overs). New Zealand opener Martin Guptill scored the second-fastest half-century and he took just 17 balls to score fifty runs.He took on 17 balls to complete his 50 runs.
Guptil scored 93 runs in 30 balls with nine fours and 8 sixers.Guptill, who had moved to 46 off 13 balls missed AB de Villiers' 16-ball record by one ball but matched Sanath Jayasuriya and Kusal Perera's mark for the second-fastest.
Guptill said he had no idea he was close to De Villiers' record before umpire Richard Illingworth mentioned it.
However, Guptill was on mark to record the fastest fifty by a New Zealander beating his captain Brendon McCullum's by one ball.This is Sri Lanka's third-lowest ODI score against New Zealand.
Later the blackcaps achieved the target in just 50 balls(8.2 overs). New Zealand opener Martin Guptill scored the second-fastest half-century and he took just 17 balls to score fifty runs.He took on 17 balls to complete his 50 runs.
Guptil scored 93 runs in 30 balls with nine fours and 8 sixers.Guptill, who had moved to 46 off 13 balls missed AB de Villiers' 16-ball record by one ball but matched Sanath Jayasuriya and Kusal Perera's mark for the second-fastest.
Guptill said he had no idea he was close to De Villiers' record before umpire Richard Illingworth mentioned it.
However, Guptill was on mark to record the fastest fifty by a New Zealander beating his captain Brendon McCullum's by one ball.This is Sri Lanka's third-lowest ODI score against New Zealand.