Martin Guptill becomes the highest scorer in a three-ODI series

Martin Guptill had a phenomenal ODI series against England, where the final edition of the ICC Champions Trophy is to be hosted. In the first ODI, he scored an unbeaten century to help his team prevail over the host country. He followed it up with scoring a record-breaking 189* to help New Zealand clinch the three-match ODI series against England, becoming the first team since Australia (6-1) in 2009 to win an ODI series against England in England.

Guptill finished the series with 330 runs in 3 matches at an average of 330.00. He overcame Brendon Taylor’s 310 runs in 3 matches vs NZ in 2011 as the highest run-scorer in a three match ODI series.Have a look at the below list

Most Runs in a three-match ODI Series:

Runs	Player	Team	Opposition	Host	Year
330	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	England	England	2013
310	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	2011
294	Shane Watson	Australia	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2011
289	Graham Gooch	England	Australia	England	1984
276	Viv Richards	West Indies	England	England	1984

Guptill’s 330 runs are also the second highest aggregate runs by a Kiwi player in a bilateral ODI series. Highest being 351 by Nathan Astle vs Zimbabwe in a five-match ODI series in 1997/98.

Most Runs by a New Zealand player in a bilateral ODI series:

Runs	Player	Matches	Opposition	Venue	Year
351	Nathan Astle	5	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	1998
330	Martin Guptill	3	England	England	2013
320	Nathan Astle	5	West Indies	New Zealand	2000
295	Nathan Astle	5	West Indies	New Zealand	2006
286	Roger Twose	6	South Africa	South Africa	1989

Most Runs in an ODI series against England

Runs	Player	Team	Matches	Venue	Year
374	Sachin Tendulkar	India	7	England	2007
356	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	7	South Africa	2005
347	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	5	England	2006
335	Hashim Amla	South Africa	5	England	2012
330	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	3	England	2013

Martin Guptill scored two centuries in the three-match ODI series, thereby becoming the 16th player to achieve the distinction.