Martin Guptill became the first man to score a double hundred in a Cricket World Cup knockout match after propelling New Zealand to a massive first-innings lead in their quarter-final against West Indies . The 28-year-old batsman was dropped in the first over before going on to score 237 off 163 balls - including 24 fours and 11 sixes , of which one found the roof of Wellington 's Westpac Stadium in the final over . After posting the highest individual score in a World Cup match , Guptill left his team in an extremely strong position to win as they reached 393 for six . Guptill was undoubtedly the star of the opening innings - but he was given an extra life in the very first over . Just three balls in , Marlon Samuels dropped the Aucklander and Guptill thanked him by finding the first of his many boundaries before Brendon McCullum fell for 12 runs , West Indies captain Jason Holden rising to the occasion to take a stunning catch at deep cover . Guptill then survived two appeals for lbw , chipping away at the attack in between times , and he remained in place after West Indies claimed their second wicket in the 16th over . Kane Williamson had put on 33 before falling to Andre Russell , whose wide delivery ended up with Chris Gayle at short cover . Meanwhile Guptill was moving towards his half-century and reached it with a single from the last ball of the 20th over to put New Zealand on 105 for two . Nothing could stop the Derbyshire batsman and after making his seventh ODI hundred he took off his helmet and saluted the roaring capacity crowd . His ton had been put together with a steady succession of fours but his first six arrived in the 36th over as he carted Darren Sammy to wide long-on . Guptill was perhaps guilty of ball-watching when Ross Taylor was run out for 42 but , despite the fact the mistake would likely be overlooked due to his heroics , he made sure to atone for it by reaching his second 150 in ODIs with a single off Sulieman Benn . Corey Anderson was then caught by an off-pace delivery from Russell , shuffling across to pull the ball across to Gayle at midwicket for 15 . Guptill 's double-ton was within reach and he wasted no time gunning for it , achieving his personal best of 192 with a four off Russell before partner Grant Elliott was dismissed on review . The South Africa-born all-rounder had bolstered Guptill 's charge with 27 runs off 11 balls , including two fours and two sixes , but he was given out despite appealing Taylor 's claim for lbw . Guptill ignored that disappointment to fire a four that brought him to 199 and the brink of greatness . Then , from the first ball of the 48th over , he drilled Russell 's delivery to long-off for a four that made World Cup history . The Black Caps would lose Luke Ronchi ( nine ) before the break , courtesy of Taylor 's yorker that ended up with Benn , but Guptill was uncowed and ploughed on to register a mammoth score of 237 . Of the two sixes he hit in the final over , one travelled over 110 metres to end up on the roof of the stadium , and he left the field to a standing ovation .
New Zealand posted score of 393 in World Cup quarter-final . Guptill became first man to score double hundred in knockout game at the tournament . The opener scored 237 runs off 163 balls , including 24 fours and 11 sixes . But he was dropped by Marlon Samuels just three balls in .