Martin Guptill

Martin Guptill is a right-handed opening batsman who also bowls off-break occasionally for the New Zealand’s international cricket team. He has represented New Zealand in 309 international games and is among the country's most formidable cricketers. To top it off, Martin Guptill became the first cricketer from New Zealand to strike a century in his debut match.

Martin James Guptill is a New Zealand cricketer who is regarded as one of the most successful batsmen to open for New Zealand. He is regarded as a legend as he is one of the 6 batsmen in the World to have scored a double century in One Day Internationals. On 26th November 2023, Guptill announced that he had retired from international cricket.

Martin Guptill: Along the Years 

Martin Guptill Records 

As an opening batsman for New Zealand, Martin Guptill has had a lot of chances to be a record holder for his team. Martin’s most iconic record is that he is the only New Zealand player to have a 200+ score in One Day Internationals. His score of 237 has also made him the highest individual scorer for New Zealand till date.

Also, Martin Guptill holds the record for scoring the most runs (237) and remains unbeaten throughout the innings in a limited-overs match. Martin Guptill also remains one of the only two New Zealand players to have scored a century against 9 different Test playing nations, alongside Ross Taylor.

Martin Guptill also remains the first player to have faced the pink ball in a Day Night Test match. Ironically, he also remains the first player to be dismissed by a pink ball in a Day-Night test match. As a New Zealand batsman, Martin Guptill is the only player to have crossed the 180 score mark three times in One Day Internationals and holds the record for scoring the fastest fifty by a New Zealander on 17 balls.

Martin Guptill was also the highest scorer in the 2015 Cricket World Cup — he had achieved this after scoring 3 ducks in the tournament.

Guptill is the only cricketer from New Zealand with three ODI scores above 180.

In January 2018, Guptill became the second New Zealand player and ninth overall to hit a century against each of the other nine full member Test-playing nations.

In T20I cricket, Guptill has scored the second-most runs as of February 2019. Prior to Rohit Sharma surpassing his mark, he was the highest scorer.

Guptill has amassed more than 600 T20I runs at Eden Park Cricket Stadium as of April 2021. He is the first and only cricket player to ever score 500 or more T20I runs in a single venue. 

Martin Guptill Awards and Accolades 

Martin Guptill was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his performances in the 2011-12 season in international cricket as well as domestic cricket. He was also declared the New Zealand Player of the Year in 2012.

Martin Guptill has received the Player of the Match award on 17 occasions and each time, the Black Caps had emerged victorious. Also, Martin Guptill was the recipient of the $3 million reward after the 2019 ICC World Cup for the best performance of New Zealand as the team had split the reward amount.

Martin Guptill Career 

Martin Guptill has had a decorated career since 2009, but he does not have a list of centuries to his name. However, he has successfully remained one of the most reliable cricketers for New Zealand since his debut.

Martin Guptill Domestic Career 

Martin Guptill continues to play with his first-team Auckland Aces, where he has shown great promise as a player. With a career high of 227 runs, Martin Guptill has amassed 7056 runs in 199 innings while playing for the Auckland Aces in 110 games, as of October 2024. In domestic cricket, he has amassed 15 hundreds and 37 half-centuries at an average of 37.93.

Martin has played in 273 matches and scored 10444 runs in the List A category, with a career-high of 237 runs. With an average of 42.62 in List A matches, he has scored 31 centuries and 51 half-centuries for Auckland, as of October 2024.

Martin Guptill has amassed 6805 runs in 236 outings in the local T20 league. In these games, he has also amassed 4 centuries and 44 half-centuries, as of October 2024.

In the domestic T20s, Martin Guptill has scored 9707 runs in 347 appearances, as of October 2024. In these games, he also recorded 2 centuries and 57 half-centuries, making him New Zealand's most successful T20 batsman.

In the first ever Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament, he was chosen to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in July 2019. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. The Sunrisers Hyderabad released him prior to the 2020 Indian Premier League auction.

He signed a contract with Karachi Kings in April 2021 and played in the Pakistan Super League's delayed matches. He signed a contract with the Kandy Falcons of the 2022 Lanka Premier League in July 2022.

Guptill was included in the Urban Risers Hyderabad team for the Legends League Cricket's second season in October 2023. Guptil made his debut in the Caribbean Premier League in 2013 and was recruited into the Trinbago Knight Riders squad for the 2023 season. He has participated in 58 league games for different teams, scoring 1505 runs with a consistent strike rate of more than 110.

Martin Guptill IPL Career 

Martin Guptil has been a part of the Indian Premier League and the Caribbean Premier League apart from the English County Cricket. In the Caribbean Premier League, he has played for St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots while he has been a member of Derbyshire County.

In his entire IPL career, which has been a span of just 3 years, Guptill has represented the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab, and Mumbai Indians. In 2016, Guptill debuted in the IPL as a substitute for Lendl Simmons. Throughout his IPL career, Guptill has smashed 24 fours and 15 sixes. Guptill's highest IPL score is 50* runs. Guptill was purchased by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 1.00 crore at the 2019 IPL Auction. Before the 2020 Indian Premier League auction, Sunrisers Hyderabad released Guptill.

Martin Guptill International Career 

Martin Guptill played his first One Day International (ODI) match in Auckland against the West Indies on January 10, 2009,. He became the first player from New Zealand to score a century in an ODI. His 122 runs not out is the highest debut score for New Zealand in an ODI and the second-highest debut score ever. 

He was also the first player from New Zealand to carry the bat for the entire duration of an ODI innings. In the first Test in Hamilton in March 2009, he played his Test cricket debut against India, scoring 14 and 48 runs respectively. The ICC included him in the World ODI XI for his 2009 efforts. He was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his efforts throughout the 2011–12 campaign. Guptill made his T20I debut for New Zealand against Australia in February 2009. NZC named him T20 Player of the Year for the 2011–12 campaign.

Martin Guptill ODI Career 

The One Day International debut for Martin Guptill came on 10 January, 2009, against West Indies at Auckland where he scored 122 runs off 135 balls, becoming the first New Zealand player to score a century on his debut. However, the match ended in a no-result, as it was interrupted by rain.

During the 2013 New Zealand tour of England, Guptill recorded the greatest score by a New Zealander in an ODI at the time, with back-to-back unbeaten hundreds at Lord's and Southampton (189 not out). He also contributed to the fifth-highest team total in ODI history at the time (359).

In the quarterfinals of the 2015 World Cup, Guptill outperformed himself by hitting an undefeated 237 from 163 balls against the West Indies at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington. As New Zealand scored 393, the then-best total in a World Cup knockout match, he became the first player to hit a double century in a knockout stage match. He was the tournament's top scorer with 547 runs after scoring three ducks in group matches.

His highest score in ODIs came in the 2015 World Cup when he had played a 237 runs inning in the tournament, which made him the highest individual scorer for New Zealand.

He was one of the twenty players who received new contracts from fresh Zealand Cricket for the 2018–19 campaign in May 2018. He was called up to New Zealand's Cricket World Cup team in April 2019 and played the matches in the World Cup, where New Zealand emerged as the runners up and missed the opportunity to win the championship match by an inch. As of October 2024, Martin Guptill has 7346 runs in ODI cricket in 198 matches at an average of 41.73 per innings.

Martin Guptill Test Career 

Martin Guptill made his Test debut against the India cricket team on 18 March, 2009, at Hamilton. He scored 14 runs in the first inning and 48 runs in the second innings of the match. The match was won by India by a 10-wicket margin.

Guptill has not been the same player in Tests, as he could have been because of the red ball's tendency to move more than the white one and multi-day cricket fields' increased reactivity to swing and seam. He hasn't played in a Test match since 2016.

Among the Guptill's most powerful performances in white-ball cricket were the incredible century he made in Australia at the end of 2016 and the stunning 180* runs innings he played against South Africa at the beginning of 2017. 

As of October 2024, Martin Guptill has played 47 Test matches and has scored 2586 runs at an average of 29.38 with 3 centuries to his name. Martin also has 17 half-centuries to his credit but has never scored a double century in tests and his top score in Tests remains 189.

Martin Guptill T20I Career 

Martin Guptill played his first T20 International match against Australia in Sydney on 15 February, 2009. He was dismissed for a duck in that match and Australia had won the match by 1 run. 

He was one of the twenty players who received fresh contracts from fresh Zealand Cricket for the 2018–19 campaign in May 2018. Guptill was included in the New Zealand team that was announced in August 2021 for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In a T20 World Cup match between Scotland and New Zealand on November 3, 2021, Guptill became the second batsman in T20I cricket history to surpass 3,000 runs.

Following his exclusion from the India T20 series squad, veteran batsman Guptill renounced his national contract, announcing retirement from his international career. On 26th November 2023, Guptill announced that he remained retired from international cricket

As of October 2024, Martin Guptill has scored 3531 runs in 122 matches at an average of 31.51 and a strike rate of 135.

Martin Guptill Captaincy 

As of October 2024, Martin Guptill has never captained his national side of New Zealand or any other team in the domestic cricket circuit. 

Martin Guptill Under-19 Career 

At the young age of 14, Guptill was involved in a forklift accident that left him without three toes on his foot. But Guptill moved on from the experience and began developing his talents, which ultimately made it possible for him to be featured in the New Zealand squad for the U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. 

Guptill initially garnered attention in the 2007–08 campaign, after topping the State Shied run records. He led Auckland to the championship game and continued his impressive form in the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia, where he finished as the top run scorer in New Zealand. Eventually, it made it possible for him to be included in the New Zealand A side in the ODIs as well as Test.

In March 2006, he played his maiden innings of first-class cricket, scoring 99 runs in the second and a four-ball duck in the first. Guptill represented Derbyshire County Cricket Club in English county cricket in 2011 during the latter half of the season.

Martin Guptill Family 

Guptill was born in Auckland in 1986. He played cricket and was a prefect at Avondale College, after attending Kelston Primary and Kelston Boys' High School. Peter Guptill is Martin Guptill's father, and Jan Henderson is his mother. Laura McGoldrick, a writer and reporter is his wife, while Michael Guptill-Bunce, his cousin, has also played cricket for Auckland. Martin Guptill and Laura are parents to two children, Harley and Teddy

On his left foot, Guptill only has two toes. He lost three toes in a forklift accident when he was thirteen years old. Within the New Zealand cricket team, he goes by the nickname "Two Toes".