ICC World Cup 2015: New Zealand vs West Indies 4th quarter-final - Stats of the match

New Zealand have set up a semi-final clash against South Africa in the ICC World Cup with an easy 143-win against West Indies at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, today. Batting first, the Kiwis, powered by an unbeaten 163-ball 237 from Martin Guptill, posted a mammoth 393 runs on the board; in reply, the Caribbeans could only manage 250 runs before being all out in the 31st over. Here are the most important numbers from the match: 

#1 Highest wicket taker in WC 2015 - Trent Boult

With 19 scalps to his name, New Zealand’s Trent Boult is now at the top of the wicket-taking charts in the 2015 World Cup. The left-arm pacer picked up the first 4 West Indian wickets – Johnson Charles, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels and Denesh Ramdin – to fall on the day.

Although Chris Gayle was going all guns blazing at the other end, Boult’s unbroken spell of 10-3-44-4 effectively sealed the game in the favour of the home team. 

Here is the list of top 5 leading wicket-takers of WC 2015 so far: 

Player	Country	Matches	Wickets
Trent Boult	New Zealand	7	19
Mitchell Starc	Australia	6	18
Mohammed Shami	India	6	17
Jerome Taylor	West Indies	7	17
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	7	16