New Zealand's Martin Guptill believes that he was "lucky" to have smashed the highest score in World Cup history with 237 not out against West Indies this morning.
The record-breaking knock, which included 11 sixes and 24 fours, helped the Black Caps on their way into the final four of the tournament in impressive style.
Speaking after the triumphant 143-run victory in Wellington, Guptill is quoted by BBC Sport as saying: "It's a pretty cool feeling to be fair. That's what I tried to do today, I'm just lucky it paid off. We had a couple of good partnerships early to set us up to explode at the end.
"We were trying to take each ball as it comes and rotate the strike. We did that well and it worked out. After I got 100 I thought I should hit some boundaries. It was the quickest outfield I have played on here and you got value for shots.
"It was an incredible crowd. We will let this one sink in tonight and focus on the semi-finals tomorrow. We have work to do so I can't focus on it too much."
Chris Gayle's 215 against Zimbabwe earlier this month, which was the first double century to ever be struck in the showpiece tournament, was the previous highest tally ahead of Guptill's memorable showing.
Daniel Lewis
