new zealand finished top of pool a, winning all six games against sri lanka, scotland, england, australia, afghanistan and bangladesh. they faced the west indies in the quarter-final at the wellington regional stadium, winning by 143 runs. martin guptil scored 237 individual runs when new zealand batted, the highest score at any world cup and the second highest in odi matches. in the semi-final at auckland's eden park by 4 wickets in a rain-affected match against south africa, with grant elliott hitting a six off the penultimate ball to win the game.