Trans-Tasman T20I Tri-Series – Combined XI

Martin Guptill

Munro’s partner was consistent all the way through this series. Martin Guptill was dismissed for just 5 in the first match but thereafter hit two fifties and a hundred to muscle New Zealand into the final. He blipped in the final returning with just 21 and that was a major reason his team couldn’t post a daunting target.

Guptill was the highest run-scorer of the series with 258 runs to his name in 5 innings. His average of 51.60 is tremendous for the shortest format of the game and that coupled with a strike rate of 160 justifies the kind of reputation he carries. The opener’s best score was 105 in the Auckland match against Australia.