MJ Guptil of New Zealand scored 114 against Australia at Sydney on 04.12.16 which was in a losing cause.  It provides the 32^nd occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s century going in vain in one day internationals.  All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KJ Wadsworth	104	2	v Australia	Christchurch	31 Mar 1974
2	BA Edgar	102*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1981
3	MJ Greatbatch	111	1	v England	The Oval	25 May 1990
4	KR Rutherford	108	1	v India	Vadodara	28 Oct 1994
5	AC Parore	108	2	v South Africa	Centurion	11 Dec 1994
6	KR Rutherford	102*	1	v Sri Lanka	East London	18 Dec 1994
7	CL Cairns	103	1	v India	Pune	24 Nov 1995
8	CZ Harris	130	1	v Australia	Chennai	11 Mar 1996
9	NJ Astle	104	1	v Australia	Napier	01 Mar 2000
10	RG Twose	103	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	04 Nov 2000
11	MS Sinclair	117	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	12 Apr 2001
12	NJ Astle	108	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	02 Aug 2001
13	CD McMillan	105	1	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	24 Apr 2002
14	SB Styris	141	2	v Sri Lanka	Bloemfontein	10 Feb 2003
15	HJH Marshall	101*	2	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	03 Dec 2003
16	PG Fulton	112	2	v Sri Lanka	Napier	08 Jan 2006
17	LRPL Taylor	128*	1	v Sri Lanka	Napier	28 Dec 2006
18	JDP Oram	101*	2	v Australia	Perth	28 Jan 2007
19	SP Fleming	106	2	v England	Brisbane	06 Feb 2007
20	SB Styris	111*	1	v Sri Lanka	St George’s	12 Apr 2007
21	GD Elliott	115	2	v Australia	Sydney	08 Feb 2009
22	JD Ryder	105	2	v India	Christchurch	08 Mar 2009
23	KS Williamson	108	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	14 Oct 2010
24	LRPL Taylor	119	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Oct 2011
25	KS Williamson	100*	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	25 Oct 2011
26	LRPL Taylor	110	2	v West Indies	Basseterre	14 Jul 2012
27	LRPL Taylor	100	1	v England	Napier	20 Feb 2013
28	LRPL Taylor	107*	1	v Bangladesh	Fatullah	03 Nov 2013
29	LRPL Taylor	105*	1	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	08 Dec 2014
30	BB McCullum	117	1	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	15 Jan 2015
31	LRPL Taylor	112*	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	02 Aug 2015
32	MJ Guptill	114	2	v Australia	Sydney	04 Dec 2016

It also provides the seventh occasion of a New Zealand batsman’s century in a losing cause against Australia in one day games. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KJ Wadsworth	104	2	v Australia	Christchurch	31 Mar 1974
2	BA Edgar	102*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1981
3	CZ Harris	130	1	v Australia	Chennai	11 Mar 1996
4	NJ Astle	104	1	v Australia	Napier	01 Mar 2000
5	JDP Oram	101*	2	v Australia	Perth	28 Jan 2007
6	GD Elliott	115	2	v Australia	Sydney	08 Feb 2009
7	MJ Guptill	114	2	v Australia	Sydney	04 Dec 2016

MJ Guptill’s 114 which went in vain against Australia at Sydney on 04.12.16 provides the  eighth occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman’s century in a losing cause. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BA Edgar	102*	2	v Australia	Melbourne	01 Feb 1981
2	NJ Astle	104	1	v Australia	Napier	01 Mar 2000
3	MS Sinclair	117	1	v Pakistan	Sharjah	12 Apr 2001
4	NJ Astle	108	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	02 Aug 2001
5	SP Fleming	106	2	v England	Brisbane	06 Feb 2007
6	JD Ryder	105	2	v India	Christchurch	08 Mar 2009
7	BB McCullum	117	1	v Sri Lanka	Hamilton	15 Jan 2015
8	MJ Guptill	114	2	v Australia	Sydney	04 Dec 2016