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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wellington, March 21 (IANS) A jubilant New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum said on Saturday that opener Martin Guptill&rsquo;s innings will be etched in his memory forever.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Guptill hammered an unbeaten 237 off 163 deliveries to take New Zealand to 393\/6 in the World Cup quarter-final. The Black Caps then followed up to bowl out the West Indies for 250, ensuring a comprehensive 143-run victory at the Wellington Regional Stadium here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The innings we have witnessed today is probably the best innings I have seen in my life in this form of the game, just sublime. I will never forget it. Everybody here feels the same I guess,&rdquo; said McCullum at the post-match presentation ceremony.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Guptill&#39;s double century is now the second highest individual score in One-Day Internationals (ODI) after Rohit Sharma&#39;s 264. It is also the highest score by a player in World Cup history, overtaking Chris Gayle&#39;s 215 which the Jamaican scored against Zimbabwe earlier in the quadrennial event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">McCullum said given the way the team is structured, it allows him to play freely up-front adding that they would have to keep on playing aggressive cricket to beat the best.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;The way the team is structured allows me a bit of license at the start. Some days it comes off, some days it doesn&#39;t, but that&#39;s the way it is. We need to play aggressive cricket to compete with the world&#39;s best sides and I am sure the crowd is enjoying the way we are playing,&rdquo; McCullum said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">During the second innings, veteran off-spinner Daniel Vettori clinched a stunner when he took a one-handed catch inches from the boundary rope to get rid of a dangerous looking Marlon Samuels.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Commenting on it, McCullum said: &quot;Oh I didn&#39;t give Dan a chance. You saw the reaction from the boys, the way the boys ran from all over the field.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Asked if this is the best ever New Zealand side, the skipper said it was difficult to compare different eras but this is the best side he has been a part of.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;It&#39;s pretty hard to compare eras. Some outstanding eras but certainly among teams I have played in, this is the best. No disrespect to the legends of the past but I am pretty pleased with the current team,&quot; he concluded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">New Zealand now play South Africa in the semi-final at Eden Park, Auckland, on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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