Five established batsmen whose ODI high score is more than their Test best

#2 Martin Guptill (Tests: 189, ODIs: 237)

Guptill scored 237 against West Indies in the 2015 WC

A tremendous stroke-maker with sound hand-eye coordination, Guptill has been one of the stars of New Zealand’s resurgence in coloured clothing.

Against a West Indian attack that had been beaten black and blue by AB de Villiers twice in the year, Guptill smashed a jaw-dropping 237 in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup, the highest WC score of all time.

Starting with a first-ball boundary off Jerome Taylor to signal his intentions, Guptill adorned the aggressive role at the start to compensate for a scratchy Brendon McCullum. The small boundaries aided his charge: he went straight to fifth gear after reaching his hundred and in no time, was among the highest individual scorers in ODIs. A six-hitting spree ensued, but he still fell short of Rohit Sharma's world record by 27 runs.

Despite playing close to 50 Tests, Guptill has still not managed to establish himself in whites, invariably succumbing to poor strokes after trudging to slow starts. The 189 that he scored against Bangladesh in 2010 remains his best Test score, made, surprisingly, at No.5.

Having succumbed to 158-5 in the first innings, New Zealand needed a strong response from their lower order. Guptill, along with McCullum (playing at No.7), rescued the Kiwis with a 339-run stand that made a mockery of Bangladesh's initial charge.