New Zealand’s Martin Guptill struck 102 from just 38 balls as Worcestershire thrashed Northamptonshire by nine wickets in English county cricket’s Twenty20 Blast on Friday.
Set a target of 188, visitors Worcestershire won with nearly seven overs to spare, with Joe Clarke making an unbeaten 61 off 33 balls.
It did not take long for the experienced Guptill, who hit 12 fours and seven sixes, to get into his stride.
Guptill brought up three figures in just 35 balls, the second-fastest hundred in the competition’s history behind the 34-ball ton scored by Australian Andrew Symonds in 2004, and the equal fourth-fastest in all T20s.
Guptill’s knock was made even more impressive given he managed just three runs from his first seven balls, but he got into his stride and hit 12 fours and seven sixes in posting his fourth T20 hundred.
