New Zealand national cricket team
 New Zealand silver fern cricket crest | ||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1930 | |||||||||
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| Captain | Kane Williamson | |||||||||
| Coach | Mike Hesson | |||||||||
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| Test Matches | ||||||||||
| First Test |
v  England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 10–13 January 1930 | |||||||||
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| Last Test |
v  Pakistan at Seddon Park, Hamilton; 25-29 November 2016 | |||||||||
| One-Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI |
v Pakistan at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 11 February 1973 | |||||||||
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| Last ODI |
v  India at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam; 29 October 2016 | |||||||||
| World Cup Appearances | 11 (first in 1975) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2015) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I |
v  Australia at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005 | |||||||||
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| Last T20I |
v England at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi; 30 March 2016 | |||||||||
| World Twenty20 Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals (2007, 2016) | |||||||||
| As of 29 November 2016 | ||||||||||
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.[8] They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current Test, One-day and Twenty20 captain is Kane Williamson, who replaced Brendon McCullum who announced his retirement in late December, 2015. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket.
The New Zealand cricket team became known as the Black Caps in January 1998, after its sponsor at the time, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team.[9] Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
As of February 2016, New Zealand have played 417 Test matches, winning 87, losing 169 and drawing 161.[10]
As of October 12 2016, the New Zealand cricket team is ranked 7th in Tests, 3rd in ODIs and 1st in T20Is by the ICC.[11] New Zealand reached the final match in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in its history, after beating South Africa in the semi-final in 2015.[12]
History
Beginnings of cricket in New Zealand
The reverend Henry Williams provided history with the first report of a game of cricket in New Zealand, when he wrote in his diary in December 1832 about boys in and around Paihia on Horotutu Beach playing cricket. In 1835, Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle called into the Bay of Islands on its epic circumnavigation of the Earth and Darwin witnessed a game of cricket played by freed Māori slaves and the son of a missionary at Waimate North. Darwin in The Voyage of the Beagle wrote:[13]
several young men redeemed by the missionaires from slavery were employed on the farm. In the evening I saw a party of them at cricket.
The first recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in Wellington in December 1842. The Wellington Spectator reports a game on 28 December 1842 played by a "Red" team and a "Blue" team from the Wellington Club. The first fully recorded match was reported by the Examiner in Nelson between the Surveyors and Nelson in March 1844.
The first team to tour New Zealand was Parr's all England XI in 1863–64. Between 1864 and 1914, 22 foreign teams toured New Zealand. England sent 6 teams, Australia 15 and one from Fiji.
First national team
On 15–17 February 1894 the first team representing New Zealand played New South Wales at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. New South Wales won by 160 runs. New South Wales returned again in 1895–96 and New Zealand won the solitary game by 142 runs, its first victory. The New Zealand Cricket Council was formed towards the end of 1894.
New Zealand played its first two internationals (not Tests) in 1904–05 against a star-studded Australia team containing such players as Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and Clem Hill. Rain saved New Zealand from a thrashing in the first match, but not the second, which New Zealand lost by an innings and 358 runs – currently the second largest defeat in New Zealand first-class history.
Inter-war period
In 1927 NZ toured England. They played 26 first class matches, mostly against county sides. They managed to beat Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Somerset, and Derbyshire. On the strength of the performances of this tour New Zealand was granted Test status.
In 1929/30 the M.C.C toured NZ and played 4 Tests all of 3 days in duration. New Zealand lost its first Test match but drew the next 3. In the second Test Stewie Dempster and Jackie Mills put on 276 for the first wicket. This is still the highest partnership for New Zealand against England. New Zealand first played South Africa in 1931–32 in a three match series but were unable to secure Test matches against any teams other than England before World War II ended all Test cricket for 7 years.
New Zealand's first Test after the war was against Australia in 1945/46. This game was not considered a "Test" at the time but it was granted Test status retrospectively by the International Cricket Council in March 1948. The New Zealand players who appeared in this match probably did not appreciate this move by the ICC as New Zealand were dismissed for 42 and 54. The New Zealand Cricket Council's unwillingness to pay Australian players a decent allowance to tour New Zealand ensured that this was the only Test Australia played against New Zealand between 1929 and 1972.
After World War II
In 1949 New Zealand sent one of its best ever sides to England. It contained Bert Sutcliffe, Martin Donnelly, John R. Reid and Jack Cowie. However, 3-day Test matches ensured that all 4 Tests were drawn. Many have regarded the 1949 tour of England among New Zealand's best ever touring performances. All four tests were high-scoring despite being draws and Martin Donnelly's 206 at Lord's hailed as one of the finest innings ever seen there.[14] Despite being winless, New Zealand did not lose a test either. Prior to this, only the legendary 1948 Australian team, led by the great Don Bradman, had achieved this.
New Zealand played its first matches against the West Indies in 1951–52, and Pakistan and India in 1955/56.
In 1954/55 New Zealand recorded the lowest ever innings total, 26 against England. The following season New Zealand achieved its first Test victory. The first 3 Tests of a 4 Test series were won easily by the West Indies but New Zealand won the fourth to notch up its first Test victory. It had taken them 45 matches and 26 years to attain.
In the next 20 years New Zealand won only seven more Tests. For most of this period New Zealand lacked a class bowler to lead their attack although they had two excellent batsmen in Bert Sutcliffe and Glenn Turner and a great all-rounder in John R. Reid.
Reid captained New Zealand on a tour to South Africa in 1961–62 where the five test series was drawn 2–2. The victories in the third and fifth tests were the first overseas victories New Zealand achieved. Reid scored 1,915 runs in the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored by a touring batsman of South Africa as a result.[15]
New Zealand won their first test series in their three match 1969/70 tour of Pakistan 1–0.[10]
1970 to 2000
In 1973 Richard Hadlee debuted and the rate at which New Zealand won Tests picked up dramatically. Hadlee was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation, playing 86 Tests for New Zealand, before he retired in 1990. Of the 86 Tests that Hadlee played in New Zealand won 22 and lost 28. In 1977/78 New Zealand won its first Test against England, at the 48th attempt. Hadlee took 10 wickets in the match.
During the 1980s New Zealand also had the services of one of its best ever batsman, Martin Crowe and a number of good players such as John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John F. Reid, Andrew Jones, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Lance Cairns, Stephen Boock, and Ewen Chatfield, who were capable of playing the occasional match winning performance and consistently making a valuable contribution to a Test match.
The best example of New Zealand's two star players (R. Hadlee and M. Crowe) putting in match winning performances and other players making good contributions is New Zealand versus Australia, 1985 at Brisbane. In Australia's first innings Hadlee took 9–52. In New Zealand's only turn at bat, M Crowe scored 188 and John F. Reid 108. Edgar, Wright, Coney, Jeff Crowe, V. Brown, and Hadlee scored between 17 and 54*. In Australia's second innings, Hadlee took 6–71 and Chatfield 3–75. New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs.
One-day cricket also gave New Zealand a chance to compete more regularly than Test cricket with the better sides in world cricket. In one-day cricket a batsman does not need to score centuries to win games for his side and bowlers do not need to bowl the opposition out. One-day games can be won by one batsman getting a 50, a few others getting 30s, bowlers bowling economically and everyone fielding well. These were requirements New Zealand players could consistently meet and thus developed a good one-day record against all sides.
Perhaps New Zealand's most infamous one-day match was the "Under arm" match against Australia at the MCG in 1981. Requiring six runs to tie the match off the final ball, Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to "bowl" the ball underarm along the wicket to prevent New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie from hitting a six. The Australian umpires ruled the move as legal even though to this day many believe it was one of the most unsporting decisions made in cricket.
When New Zealand next played in the tri-series in Australia in 1983, Lance Cairns became a cult hero for his one-day batting. In one match against Australia, he hit six sixes at the MCG, one of the world's largest grounds. Few fans remember that New Zealand lost this game by 149 runs. However, Lance's greatest contribution to New Zealand cricket was his son Chris Cairns.
Chris Cairns made his debut one year before Hadlee retired in 1990. Cairns, one of New Zealand's best allrounders, led the 1990s bowling attack with Danny Morrison. Stephen Fleming, New Zealand's most prolific scorer, led the batting and the team into the 21st century. Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan also scored plenty of runs for New Zealand, but both retired earlier than expected.
Daniel Vettori made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1997, and when he took over from Fleming as captain in 2007 he was regarded as the best spinning allrounder in world cricket. On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler (after Chaminda Vaas) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club. Vettori decided to take an indefinite break from international short form cricket in 2011 but will continued to represent New Zealand in Test cricket and returned for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
21st century
New Zealand started the new millennium by winning the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in Kenya to claim their first, and so far, only ICC tournament. They started with a 64-run win over Zimbabwe then proceeded to beat Pakistan by 4 wickets in the semi-final. In the final against India, Chris Cairns scored an unbeaten 102 in New Zealand's run chase helping them win the tournament.
15 October 2000 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- New Zealand won the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy.
Shane Bond played 17 Tests for NZ between 2001 and 2007 but missed far more through injury. When fit, he added a dimension to the NZ bowling attack that had been missing since Hadlee retired.
The rise of the financial power of the BCCI had an immense effect on NZ cricket and its players. The BCCI managed to convince other boards not to pick players who had joined the rival Twenty-20 Indian Cricket League. NZ Cricket lost the services of Shane Bond, Lou Vincent, Andre Adams, Hamish Marshall and Daryl Tuffey. The money to be made from Twenty-20 cricket in India may have also induced players, such as Craig McMillan and Scott Styris (from Test cricket) to retire earlier than they would have otherwise. After the demise of the Indian Cricket League Bond and Tuffey again played for New Zealand.
Vettori stood down as Test captain in 2011 leading to star batsman Ross Taylor to take his place. Taylor led New Zealand for a year which included a thrilling win in a low scoring Test match against Australia in Hobart, their first win over Australia since 1993. In 2012/13 Brendon McCullum became captain and new players such as Kane Williamson, Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham emerged as world-class performers. McCullum captained New Zealand to series wins against the West Indies and India in 2013/14 and both Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2014/15 increasing New Zealand's rankings in both Test and ODI formats. In the series against India McCullum scored 302 at Wellington to become New Zealand's first Test triple centurion.
In early 2015 New Zealand made the final of the Cricket World Cup, going through the tournament undefeated until the final, where they lost to Australia by seven wickets.[16]
In 2015 the New Zealand national cricket team played under the name of Aotearoa for their first match against Zimbabwe to celebrate Māori Language Week.[17] j
In mid-2015 New Zealand toured England,[18] performing well, drawing the Test series 1-1, and losing the One Day series, 2–3.
In October to December 2015, and in February 2016, New Zealand played Australia in two Test Series, in three and two games a piece.[19][20] With a changing of an era in the Australian team, New Zealand was rated as a chance of winning especially in New Zealand. New Zealand lost both series by 2-Nil[21]
International grounds
Result Summary (Year by Year) in the 21st Century
| Result Summary (Year by Year) | ||||||
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| Year | Matches Played | Matches Won | Matches Lost | Matches Tied | No/Result | Win % |
| 2000 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 43.47 % |
| 2001 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 34.78 % |
| 2002 | 31 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 40 % |
| 2003 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 44.44 % |
| 2004 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 82.60 % |
| 2005 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 % |
| 2006 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 64.28 % |
| 2007 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 54.83 % |
| 2008 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 75 % |
| 2009 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 47.61 % |
| 2010 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 30 % |
| 2011 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 56.25 % |
| 2012 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 28.57 % |
| 2013 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 41.17 % |
| 2014 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 63.33 % |
| 2015 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 67.85 % |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83.33 % |
| 2000-2016 | 372 | 179 | 167 | 2 | 23 | 51.48 % |
As of 28 March 2016
∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
Current squad
This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand since the beginning of 2015. Players in bold have a central contract for 2016–17.[22][23] The players in italics represents the New Zealand Test squad against Sri Lanka.[24] The players underlined are players selected for 2016 ICC World T20. Brendon McCullum has retired from international cricket from 25 February 2016, with Nathan McCullum retiring from international cricket after 2016 ICC World T20. Grant Elliott has retired from ODI, but hasn't been selected for Test cricket since 2009.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | S/N |
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| Captain and Top-order batsman | ||||||
| Kane Williamson | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 22 |
| Opening Batsmen | ||||||
| Martin Guptill | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Auckland | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 31 |
| Jeet Raval | 28 | Left-hand bat | Leg break | Central Districts | Test | |
| Middle-Order Batsmen | ||||||
| Ross Taylor | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Central Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 3 |
| Colin Munro | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Auckland | Twenty20 | 82 |
| Henry Nicholls | 25 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Canterbury | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
86 |
| Wicket-keeper or Opening Batsman | ||||||
| Tom Latham | 24 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Canterbury | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 48 |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| BJ Watling | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Northern Districts | Test | 47 |
| Luke Ronchi | 35 | Right-handed | Wellington | ODI, Twenty20 | 54 | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Corey Anderson | 25 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 78 |
| Grant Elliott | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Wellington | Twenty20 | 88 |
| James Neesham | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Otago | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 83 |
| Mitchell Santner | 24 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 74 |
| George Worker | 27 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Canterbury | ODI, Twenty20 | |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Auckland | Test, ODI | 71 |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Trent Boult | 27 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 18 |
| Doug Bracewell | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast–medium | Central Districts | ODI, Test | 34 |
| Mitchell McClenaghan | 30 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Auckland | Twenty20, ODI | 81 |
| Tim Southee | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Northern Districts | Test, ODI, Twenty20 | 38 |
| Neil Wagner | 30 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Otago | Test | |
| Matt Henry | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Canterbury | ODI, Test, Twenty20 | 21 |
| Adam Milne | 24 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Central Districts | ODI, Twenty20 | 20 |
| Lockie Ferguson | 25 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Auckland | ODI | 87 |
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Ish Sodhi | 24 | Right-handed | Leg break | Northern Districts | Test, Twenty20, ODI | 61 |
| Mark Craig | 29 | Left-handed | Right-arm Off break | Otago | Test | |
Coaching staff
- Head Coach: Mike Hesson[25]
- Assistant Coach:
- Batting Coach: Craig McMillan[26][27]
- Bowling Coach: Dimitri Mascarenhas (until 2016 summer), Shane Jurgensen
- Strength and Conditioning Coach: Chris Donaldson
- Team's Manager: Mike Sandle
- Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
- Performance Analyst: Paul Warren
- Media Correspondent: Willy Nicholls[28]
Tournament history
ICC Cricket World Cup
| ICC Cricket World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
| Prudential World Cup 1975 | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 % |
| Prudential World Cup 1979 | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 % |
| Prudential World Cup 1983 | Double Round-Robin stage | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 % |
| Reliance World Cup 1987 | Double Round-Robin stage | 6th | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 % |
 Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 % |
 Wills World Cup 1996 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 % |
    ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 | Semi-finals | 4th | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50 % |
   ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 | Super Sixes | 5th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 % |
 ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 70 % |
 ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 | Semi-finals | 4th | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 % |
| ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.89 % |
| ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 | Qualified | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Overview | Runners-up (once) | 2nd in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 | 79 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 61.53 % |
| Results summary (by opposition) | ||||||||
| Team | Opposition | Span | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
| New Zealand |
v  Afghanistan |
2015-2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % |
| v Australia |
1987-2015 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 30 % | |
| v Bangladesh |
1999-2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
v  Canada |
2003-2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
v  East Africa |
1975-1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v England |
1975-2015 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 % | |
| v India |
1975-2003 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 % | |
v  Ireland |
2007-2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v Kenya |
2007-2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v Netherlands |
1996-1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v Pakistan |
1983-2011 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 % | |
| v Scotland |
1999-2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v South Africa |
1992-2015 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 % | |
| v Sri Lanka |
1979-2015 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 % | |
v  United Arab Emirates |
1996-1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v West Indies |
1975-2015 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 % | |
| v Zimbabwe |
1987-2011 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 % | |
| New Zealand | v 17 Oppositions | 1975-2015 | 79 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 61.53 % |
As of 29 March 2015
∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
ICC Champions Trophy
| ICC Champions Trophy record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
| Wills International Cup 1998 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % |
| ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2002 | First round | 8th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2004 | First round | 5th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2006 | Semi-finals | 4th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 % |
| ICC Champions Trophy 2013 | First round | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 % |
| Overview | Champions (once) | 1st in ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 % |
| Results summary (by opposition) | ||||||||
| Team | Opposition | Span | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
| New Zealand |
v Australia |
2002-2013 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 % |
| v Bangladesh |
2002-2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v England |
2009-2013 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % | |
| v India |
2000-2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v Pakistan |
2000-2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v South Africa |
2006-2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % | |
| v Sri Lanka |
1998-2013 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 % | |
v  United States |
2004-2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| v Zimbabwe |
1998-2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 % | |
| New Zealand | v 9 Oppositions | 1998-2013 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 % |
As of 23 June 2013
∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
ICC World Twenty20
| ICC World Twenty20 record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie+Won | Tie+Lost | N/R | Win % |
| ICC World Twenty20 2007 | Semi-finals | 4th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2009 | Super 8s | 5th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2010 | Super 8s | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2012 | Super 8s | 7th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2014 | Super 10 | 6th | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2016 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 80.00% |
| ICC World Twenty20 2020 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Overview | Semi-finals (2 times) | 3rd in ICC World Twenty20 2016 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 % |
| Results summary (by opposition) | |||||||||
| Team | Opposition | Span | Played | Won | Lost | Tie+Won | Tie+Lost | N/R | Win % |
| New Zealand |
v Australia |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % |
| v Bangladesh |
2012, 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v England |
2007, 2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 % | |
| v India |
2007, 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v Ireland |
2009, 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v Kenya |
2007, 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v Netherlands |
2014, 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v Pakistan |
2007, 2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 % | |
| v Scotland |
2009, 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| v South Africa |
2007, 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 % | |
| v Sri Lanka |
2007, 2014 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 % | |
| v West Indies |
2012, 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 % | |
| v Zimbabwe |
2010, 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 % | |
| New Zealand | v 13 Oppositions | 2007-2016 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 % |
As of 28 March 2016
∗Tie+Won and Tie+Lost indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over").
∗The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.
Commonwealth Games
| Commonwealth Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
 1998 | Semi-finalists (Bronze Medal) | 3/16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 % |
| Overall | Semi-finals (Bronze Medal) | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 % |
World Championship of Cricket
| World Championship of Cricket record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | N/R | Win % |
| 1985 | Semi-finals | 4/7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 % |
| Overall | Semi-finals | 4th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 % |
Austral-Asia Cup
- 1986: semi-finals
- 1990: semi-finals
- 1994: semi-finals
Result Summary
Test Matches
| Opposition | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | W/L | % Won | % Lost | % Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 57 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 0.25 | 14.03% | 54.38% | 31.57% |
| Bangladesh | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 72.72% | 0.00% | 27.27% |
| England | 101 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 44 | 0.18 | 8.91% | 47.52% | 43.56% |
| India | 57 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 0.47 | 17.54% | 36.84% | 45.61% |
| Pakistan | 55 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0.41 | 18.18% | 43.63% | 38.18% |
| South Africa | 42 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0.16 | 9.52% | 57.14% | 33.33% |
| Sri Lanka | 32 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1.75 | 43.75% | 25.00% | 31.25% |
| West Indies | 45 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 1.00 | 28.88% | 28.88% | 42.22% |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | 64.70% | 0.00% | 35.29% |
| Total | 417 | 87 | 169 | 0 | 161 | 0.51 | 20.86 % | 40.52% | 38.60% |
| Source: cricinfo Last updated:29 November 216 | |||||||||
One-Day International Matches
| Opposition | Played | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | % Won[29] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Members | ||||||
| Australia | 130 | 37 | 87 | 0 | 6 | 29.83% |
| Bangladesh | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68.00% |
| England | 83 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 53.16% |
| India | 98 | 43 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 46.77% |
| Pakistan | 98 | 42 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 44.90% |
| South Africa | 65 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 36.66% |
| Sri Lanka | 95 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 52.59% |
| West Indies | 61 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 44.44% |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 74.32% |
| Associate/Affiliate Members | ||||||
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| East Africa† | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Kenya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Scotland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Total | 708 | 313 | 351 | 6 | 38 | 47.16%[30] |
As of 29 October 2016
∗The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.
T20 International Matches
| Opposition | Played | Won | Lost | Tie+W | Tie+L | NR | % Won[31] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.00% |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| England | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.76% |
| India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Pakistan | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.66% |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| South Africa | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.57% |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% |
| West Indies | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55.00% |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Total | 93 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 53.29 %[32] |
As of 30 March 2016
∗Tie+Won and Tie+Lost indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over").
∗The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.
Series Results
Test Matches
| Opposition | Series Played | Series Won | Series Lost | Series Drawn | W/L | % Won | % Lost | % Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 21 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0.25 | 14.28% | 57.14% | 28.57% |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | - | 83.33% | 0.00% | 16.67% |
| England | 35 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 0.13 | 8.57% | 65.71% | 25.71% |
| India | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0.50 | 26.31% | 52.63% | 21.05% |
| Pakistan | 22 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0.15 | 13.63% | 59.09% | 27.27% |
| South Africa | 14 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 78.57% | 21.42% |
| Sri Lanka | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1.25 | 35.71% | 28.57% | 35.71% |
| West Indies | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.00 | 37.50% | 37.50% | 25.00% |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 66.67% | 0.00% | 33.33% |
| Total | 155 | 35 | 79 | 41 | 0.44 | 22.58 % | 50.96 % | 26.45 % |
As of 2 June 2015
One-Day Internationals
| Opposition | Series Played | Series Won | Series Lost | Series Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 25.00% |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% |
| England | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 57.14% |
| India | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 40.00% |
| Pakistan | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 62.50% |
| South Africa | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 72.73% |
| West Indies | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 40.00% |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 75.00% |
| Total | 116 | 51 | 48 | 17 | 51.51 % |
As of 29 October 2016
∗The One-Day International Series results only counts bilateral series and excludes multi-national tournaments.
∗The Win percentage excludes drawn series.
Twenty20 Internationals
| Opposition | Series Played | Series Won | Series Lost | Series Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| England | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% |
| South Africa | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25.00% |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 75.00% |
| West Indies | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 66.67% |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% |
| Total | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 51.49 % |
As of 26 January 2016
∗The Twenty20 International Series results only counts bilateral series and excludes multi-national tournaments.
∗The Win percentage excludes drawn series.
Records
World records
- Richard Hadlee, one of New Zealand and the world's best all-rounders, took the world record for most Test wickets (374) vs India at Bangalore in 1988. He lost the record to Kapil Dev. Hadlee was the first bowler to reach 400 Test wickets vs India at Christchurch in 1990
- Corey Anderson holds record for the second fastest century in the history of One Day International cricket or any other format of international cricket. Playing against West Indies, he scored his ton in just 36 balls. Corey Anderson lost the record to AB de Villiers when AB scored his century in just 31 balls against West Indies.
- In a One Day International in 1996, the entire New Zealand team were awarded man of the match in this match against the West Indies, the first such occasion.
- Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe held the highest ever 3rd-wicket partnership in Tests which at the time was the highest partnership for any wicket.[33]
- Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge together scored 151 runs for the highest ever 10th-wicket partnership against Pakistan in 1973.[33]
- Nathan Astle scored Test cricket's fastest ever double century versus England Christchurch 2002.[34] He scored 200 off 153 balls with the second hundred coming off just 39 deliveries. He was eventually out for 222—the dreaded double Nelson. He knocked the first hundred off 114 balls. Astle smashed the record by 59 balls, previously held by Adam Gilchrist Australia vs South Africa Johannesburg 2002.
- Brendon McCullum holds the record for most career runs 2105, most sixes 87 & the first batsman to score two centuries 116* vs Australia and 123 vs Bangladesh in Twenty20 International Cricket.
- Brendon McCullum held another record for the Highest Individual Score in Twenty20 International Cricket, when he scored 123 vs Bangladesh at Pallekele. He lost the record to Aaron Finch who scored 156* against England at Southampton.
- Chris Cairns and his father Lance Cairns are one of the two father-son combinations to each claim 100 Test wickets, South Africa's Peter and Shaun Pollock being the other.
- Chris Cairns held the record for the most Test sixes in Tests.[35] He passed Viv Richards record of 84 (vs England, Lord's, London, 2004) and retired from Test cricket with 87. He has since been passed by both Adam Gilchrist and Brian Lara. Brendon McCullum now has the record.
- Martin Guptill scored the Highest score in World Cups with 237* in 2015.
- Chris Harris (vs England, Lord's, London, 2004), Daniel Vettori and Chris Cairns are the only New Zealand cricketers to have taken 200 wickets in ODIs. (cricinfo). Christopher Harris and Christopher Cairns are the only two New Zealand cricketers in ODIs to complete the 4000 run / 200 wicket double. The others are Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, South African Jacques Kallis, Pakistani's Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq and Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan).[36] Chris Harris holds the record for the most ODI caught and bowled dismissals, with 29.[37]
- John Bracewell became the first – and so far only – substitute fielder to take four catches in a One-Day International, vs Australia in Adelaide on 23 November 1980.
- Daniel Vettori became the first cricketer to take four wickets and score a half-century in each innings of a test match, a feat he achieved against Bangladesh in October 2008 at Chittagong. His figures were 5/95 and 4/74 with the ball and 55* and 76 with the bat.[38]
- Brendon McCullum holds the world record for the fastest test hundred. It was scored off 54 balls on February 20, 2016, against Australia during his final test match, in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Brendon McCullum holds the world record for the most sixes in test cricket with 107. He passed Adam Gilchrist's record of 100 in his final test match.
Notable
- New Zealand dismissed Zimbabwe (Harare 2005) twice in the same day for totals of 59 and 99. Zimbabwe became only the second team (after India at Manchester in 1952) to be dismissed twice in the same day. The whole Test was completed inside two days.[39] This feat was then repeated at Napier in 2012 when NZ dismissed Zimbabwe for 51 and 143 to end the match within three days.[40]
- Brendon McCullum scored NZ's fastest Test century. (vs Australia 2016), off 54 balls.
- Martin Guptill holds the record for the highest one-day cricket innings by a New Zealander, with 237 Not out against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup 4th Quarter Final in Wellington.[41]
- Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup fifty (off 18 balls) for New Zealand in a Pool A Match of 2015 Cricket World Cup against England, beating his own 20-ball record set against Canada in World Cup (2007) earlier.
- In a match for the New Zealanders (i.e., the New Zealand national team playing a tour match against non-test opposition) at Scarborough, Yorkshire, in 1986 vs the D.B. Close XI, Ken Rutherford scored 317 runs off just 245 balls, including 228 runs in fours and sixes. In terms of balls faced, this is almost certainly one of the four fastest first-class triple-centuries ever recorded.[42]
- Shane Bond took an ODI hat-trick in the last over (innings bowling figures: 10–0–61–4) vs Australia at Hobart in January 2007.[43]
- Tim Southee took a Twenty20 hat-trick, taking 5–18 in the match against Pakistan.
- Brendon McCullum holds the record for the highest Test innings by a New Zealander of 302 (vs India in 2014).
- Colin Munro scored the second fastest T20 International 50 off 14 balls against Sri Lanka at Eden Park, Auckland. (10 January 2016).
See also
- New Zealand Māori cricket team
- List of New Zealand cricketers
- New Zealand national cricket captains
- New Zealand women's cricket team
- Beige Brigade Black Caps Supporters
References
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External links
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