Most runs scored by a player in an ICC World Cup match (male)

Martin Guptill's (New Zealand) 237 not out in a quarter-final match against the West Indies at Westpac Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, on 21 March 2015 is the highest individual ICC World Cup score and the second-highest innings ever in a One-Day International (ODI). The opener's explosive knock featured 24 fours and 11 sixes and eclipsed opponent Chris Gayle's 215 against Zimbabwe, set 25 days previously. Rohit Sharma's (India) 264 remains the highest score in any ODI. Guptill's 237 not out was made off 163 balls in 223 minutes, at a strike rate of 145.39 runs per 100 balls faced. Innings milestones: 50 off 64 balls (7 fours); 100 off 111 balls (12 fours); 150 off 134 balls (18 fours, 3 sixes); 200 off 152 balls (21 fours, 8 sixes). Guptill scored "just" 117 runs in the first 120 balls he faced, and 120 runs off the final 43 balls - at a strike rate of 279 for those last 43 balls.

Only Rohit Sharma, with 42 (33 fours, 9 sixes) in his ODI record 264, has hit more boundaries than the 35 (24 fours, 11 sixes) accumulated by Guptill in his innings. No player has managed as many as 24 fours in an ICC World Cup innings, and only Chris Gayle, with 16 in his 215, has scored more than Guptill's 11 sixes at the tournament.

Jeremy Coney (former New Zealand Test and ODI captain): "Martin Guptill dazzled. He turned this stadium into a little carnival. He hit the ball so cleanly, drives that you've never seen anything like. He thoroughly deserves all the accolades he's getting."

ESPNcricinfo analysis: "One-day batting becoming unrecognizable."

Chris Gayle's (Jamaica) 215 for the West Indies against Zimbabwe at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, Australia, on 24 February 2015 was previously the highest individual score at the ICC World Cup - a record set 25 days before Guptill's knock, also at the 2015 ICC World Cup.

After Guptill's innings in Wellington, the six 200+ scores in ODIs are now:

264 - Rohit Sharma (India) vs. Sri Lanka, 13 November 2014

237 not out - Martin Guptill (New Zealand) vs. West Indies, 21 March 2015

219 - Virender Sehwag (India) vs. West Indies, 8 December 2011

215 - Chris Gayle (West Indies) vs. Zimbabwe, 24 February 2015

209 - Rohit Sharma (India) vs. Australia, 2 November 2013

200 not out - Sachin Tendulkar (India) vs. South Africa, 24 February 2010

New Zealand (393 for 6; Guptill 237 not out) beat the West Indies (250 all out; Gayle 61) by 143 runs - the highest margin of victory in a World Cup knock-out match - to advance to a semi-final against South Africa. The home side's total of 393 is the highest score ever in a World Cup knock-out match (i.e., from the quarter-final stage onwards), and Guptill's 237 obliterated the tournament's previous record for the highest individual score at the knock-out stage - Adam Gilchrist's 149 in the final against Sri Lanka on 28 April 2007.

Thirty-one sixes (New Zealand 15, West Indies 16) were hit during the match - the most in World Cup history.

With a combined run-rate of 7.98 runs per over, it was the fastest-scoring match since the World Cup began in 1975.

The 2015 ICC World Cup was hosted by Australia and New Zealand between 14 February and 29 March 2015.