
The New Zealand opener, McCullum, beat his own World Cup record when he hit fast bowler Steven Finn for six, having made a fifty off 20 balls against Canada in the 2007 edition in the West Indies. His innings was also the equal third-fastest fifty in all one-day internationals, behind South Africa's AB de Villiers (16 balls) and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (17 balls).
However, the Man-of-the-Match award went to fast bowler Tim Southee, who produced the third best spell in World Cup history, returning figures of 7/33 to lay the foundation for a big win.