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Test status granted 1930
First Test match v England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 10-13th January 1930
Captain Daniel Vettori
Coach John Bracewell
Official ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking 7th (Test), 3rd (ODI)
Test matches
– This year		 336
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Last Test match v Bangladesh at Basin Reserve, Wellington, 12-14 January 2008
Wins/losses
– This year		 64/133
2/0

As of 19th January 2008

The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth Test nation. It took the team until 1955-56 to win a Test, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972-73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.

The current Test captain is Daniel Vettori. He replaces the Black Caps' most successful captain, Stephen Fleming who led New Zealand to 28 Test victories, more than twice as many as any other captain. Vettori lost his first match as captain (vs South Africa) by 358 runs, New Zealand's worst ever defeat by runs.

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.

As of October 2007, the New Zealand team has played 332 Test matches, winning 18.67%, losing 39.45% and drawing 41.86% of its games.

Key Players

Name Province Debut Role Best Performance (Test)
Stephen Fleming Wellington 1994 Left-Hand Top Order Batsman 274*
Daniel Vettori Northern Districts 1997 Captain & Left-Arm Orthodox Bowler 137* & 7/87
Brendon McCullum Otago 2004 Wicket Keeper, Right-Hand Batsman and Vice Captain 143
Jacob Oram Central Districts 2003 Left-Hand Middle Order Batsman - Right Arm Fast Medium Seam Bowler 133 & 4/41

Current Squad

Players who have been awarded a central contract for 2007-8 are in bold.

Opening Batsmen

Tests Test Average First Class Average Shirt Number
Jamie How right-hand bat 6 14.55 32.80 16
Michael Papps right-hand bat 6 16.40 36.43 46
Craig Cumming right-hand bat 11 25.94 33.64 47
Matthew Bell right-hand bat 15 25.50 37.55 19

Middle Order Batsmen

Tests Test Average First Class Average Shirt Number
Stephen Fleming left-hand bat 107 39.73 43.78 Test Only
Peter Fulton right-hand bat 6 26.22 47.57 50
Ross Taylor right-hand bat 2 11.00 36.80 3
Mathew Sinclair right-hand bat 28 35.44 47.51 18
Lou Vincent right-hand bat 23 34.15 36.04 40

Wicket-keepers

Tests Test Average First-Class Average Shirt Number
Brendon McCullum right-hand bat 28 30.30 32.70 42
Gareth Hopkins right-hand bat 0 30.26 48

All-rounders

Batting Averages Bowling Averages
Tests Test First Class Test First Class Shirt Number
Jacob Oram left-hand bat, right-arm fast medium 24 39.42 35.65 32.46 25.66 24
Scott Styris right-hand bat, right-arm fast medium 29 36.04 31.52 51.15 30.65 56
James Franklin left-hand bat, left-arm fast medium 21 21.95 27.73 28.19 24.80 70

Spin bowlers

Batting Averages Bowling Averages
Tests Test First Class Test First Class Shirt Number
Daniel Vettori left-hand bat, left-arm orthodox 76 26.38 27.53 34.22 31.89 11
Jeetan Patel right-hand bat, right-arm off-spin 1 18.90 39.00 39.76 39

Fast bowlers

Tests Test Average First-Class Average Shirt Number
Shane Bond right-arm fast 17 22.39 24.78 27
Chris Martin right-arm fast-medium 37 32.46 30.23 32
Kyle Mills right-arm fast-medium 9 28.91 26.31 37
Mark Gillespie right-arm fast-medium 1 27.20 24.94 17
Michael Mason right-arm fast-medium 1 24.46 49
Daryl Tuffey right-arm fast-medium 22 31.16 25.93 14
Iain O'Brien right-arm fast-medium 6 42.08 24.39 N/A

Test XI

The preferred XI for NZ's most recent test series against Bangladesh was:

1. Craig Cumming
2. Matthew Bell
3. Peter Fulton
4. Stephen Fleming
5. Matthew Sinclair
6. Jacob Oram
7. Brendan McCullum
8. Daniel Vettori(C)
9. Kyle Mills
10. Ian O'Brien
11. Chris Martin

NB: James Franklin, and Mark Gillespie are injured.
Shane Bond and Scott Styris have retired from test cricket.

One Day Starting XI

The following lineup was the preferred XI from the squad used during the recent series v Bangladesh

1. Jamie How
2. Brendon McCullum
3. Peter Fulton
4. Scott Styris
5. Ross Taylor
6. Matthew Sinclair
7. Jacob Oram
8. Daniel Vettori(C)
9. Kyle Mills
10. Mark Gillespie
11. Chris Martin

NB: James Franklin, and Mark Gillespie are injured. Shane Bond has been "banned" from playing for NZ.
Mark Gillespie got injured during the 2nd ODI and was replaced by Michael Mason for the 3rd ODI.

Tournament History

World Cup

  • 1975: Semi Finals
  • 1979: Semi Finals
  • 1983: First round
  • 1987: First round
  • 1992: Semi Finals
  • 1996: Quarter Finals
  • 1999: Semi Finals
  • 2003: 5th Place
  • 2007: Semi Finals

Mini World Cup

  • ICC Knockout 1998: Quarter Finals
  • ICC Knockout 2000: Won
  • ICC Champions Trophy 2002: First round
  • ICC Champions Trophy 2004: First round
  • ICC Champions Trophy 2006: Semi Finals

Twenty20 World Championship

  • 2007: Semi Finals

Commonwealth Games

  • 1998: Bronze medal

World Championship of Cricket

1985: Fourth

Austral-Asia Cup

  • 1986: Semi Finals
  • 1990: Semi Finals
  • 1994: Semi Finals

Tournament Victories

  • ICC Knock-Out Trophy Nairobi Gymkhana Club Nairobi Kenya 2000. New Zealand beat India in the final.
  • 2003 Bank Alfala Series Trophy held in Sri Lanka (New Zealand, Pakistan,Sri Lanka)
  • 2004 NatWest Series Trophy held in England (West Indies, England,New Zealand).
  • 2005 Videocon TriSeries held in Zimbabwe (India, Zimbabwe,New Zealand).

Results Summary

Test Matches One-Day Games Twenty/20 Games
Played 336 532 13
Won 64 227 5
Lost 133 276 7
Tied 0 4 1
Drawn / No Result 139 25 0

Test Records


First Test series wins

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
Australia 1986 1985
Bangladesh 2001 2004
England 1984 1986
India 1981 No series won as at Jan 2007
Pakistan 1985 1969
South Africa No series won as at Jan 2007 No series won as at Jan 2007
Sri Lanka 1983 1984
West Indies 1980 2002
Zimbabwe 1998 1992

First Test match wins

Opponent Home Away
Venue Year Venue Year
Australia Christchurch 1974 Brisbane 1985
Bangladesh Hamilton 2001 Dhaka 2004
England Basin Reserve Wellington 1978 Headingley Leeds 1983
India Christchurch 1968 Nagpur 1969
Pakistan Auckland 1985 Lahore 1969
Sri Lanka Christchurch 1983 Kandy 1984
South Africa Auckland 2004 Cape Town 1962
West Indies Auckland 1956 Barbados 2002
Zimbabwe Basin Reserve Wellington 1998 Harare 1992



Largest Wins and Losses

By an Innings

NZ Won by an vs Venue Season NZ Lost by an vs Venue Season
Innings and 294 runs Zimbabwe Harare 2005-2006 Innings and 324 runs Pakistan Lahore 2002
Innings and 185 runs Pakistan Hamilton 2000-2001 Innings and 322 runs West Indies Wellington 1994-1995
Innings and 137 runs Bangladesh Wellington 2007-2008 Innings and 222 runs Australia Hobart 1993-1994
Innings and 132 runs England Christchurch 1983-1984 Innings and 215 runs England Auckland 1962-1963
Innings and 105 runs West Indies Wellington 1999-2000 Innings and 187 runs England Leeds 1965
Innings and 99 runs Pakistan Auckland 1984-1985 Innings and 180 runs South Africa Wellington 1953
Innings and 74 runs Bangladesh Wellington 2001-2002 Innings and 166 runs Pakistan Dunedin 1972-1973
Innings and 61 runs Sri Lanka Colombo 1983-1984 Innings and 156 runs Australia Brisbane 2004-2005

By Runs

NZ Won by vs Venue Season NZ Lost by vs Venue Season
204 runs West Indies Bridgetown 2002 358 runs South Africa Johannesburg 2007-2008
190 runs West Indies Auckland 1955-1956 299 runs Pakistan Auckland 2001-2002
177 runs Zimbabwe Harare 1992-1993 297 runs Australia Auckland 1973-1974
167 runs India Nagpur 1969-1970 272 runs India Auckland 1967-1968
167 runs Sri Lanka Colombo 1997-1998 241 runs Sri Lanka Napier 1994-1995
137 runs South Africa Johannesburg 1994-1995 230 runs England Lord's 1969
136 runs India Mumbai 1988-1989 217 runs Sri Lanka Wellington 2006-2007
120 runs Sri Lanka Hamilton 1996-1997 216 runs India Chennai 1976-1977

By Wickets

NZ Won by an vs Venue Season NZ Lost by an vs Venue Season
10 Wickets India Christchurch 1989-1990 10 Wickets Pakistan Hyderabad (sind) 1976
10 Wickets Zimbabwe Wellington 1997-1998 10 Wickets Australia Auckland 1976-1977
10 Wickets India Wellington 2002-2003 10 Wickets Australia Brisbane 1980-1981
10 Wickets West Indies Wellington 2005-2006 10 Wickets West Indies Bridgetown 1985
9 Wickets Australia Wellington 1989-1990 10 Wickets West Indies Kingston 1985
9 Wickets England Lords 1999 10 Wickets West Indies Wellington 1986-1987
9 Wickets West Indies Hamilton 1999-2000 10 Wickets India Hyderabad (Decc) 1988-1989
9 Wickets Bangladesh Dunedin 2007-2008 10 Wickets West Indies Bridgetown 1996

Highest Test Innings Totals

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Lowest Test Innings Totals

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Player Records

Most Matches Most Runs Most Wickets Most Catches Most Tests as Captain
Stephen Fleming 108 Stephen Fleming 6875 Richard Hadlee 431 Stephen Fleming 166 Stephen Fleming 80
Richard Hadlee 86 Martin Crowe 5444 Daniel Vettori 237 Martin Crowe 71 John Reid 34
John Wright 82 John Wright 5334 Chris Cairns 218 Nathan Astle 69 Geoff Howarth 30
Nathan Astle 79 Nathan Astle 4650 Danny Morrison 160 Jeremy Coney 64 Graham Dowling 19
Adam Parore 78 Bevan Congdon 3448 Lance Cairns 130 Bryan Young 54 Ken Rutherford 18
Daniel Vettori 77 John Reid 3428 Chris Martin 125 Bevan Congdon 43 Bevan Congdon 17
Martin Crowe 77 Chris Cairns 3320 Ewen Chatfield 123 Glenn Turner 42 Martin Crowe 16
Ian Smith 63 Richard Hadlee 3124 Bruce Taylor 111 Jeff Crowe 41 Jeremy Coney 15
Chris Cairns 62 Craig McMillan 3116 John Bracewell 102 John Reid 39 Mark Burgess 10
Bevan Congdon 61 Glenn Turner 2991 Dick Motz 100 Richard Hadlee 39 Glenn Turner 10
John Reid 58 Andrew Jones 2992 Ewen Chatfield 123 John Wright 38 Harry Cave 9
Ken Rutherford 56 Mark Richardson 2776 Simon Doull 98 Daniel Vettori 36 Walter Hadlee 8
Craig McMillan 55 Bert Sutcliffe 2727 Dion Nash 93 Mark Burgess 34 Tom Lowry 7
Jeremy Coney 52 Mark Burgess 2684 Hedley Howarth 86 Hedley Howarth 33 Curly Page 7
Mark Burgess 50 Jeremy Coney 2668 John Reid 85 Ken Rutherford 32 Jeff Crowe 6
  • Only Allan Border (93) has more tests as captain than Stephen Fleming.
  • Only Mark Waugh (181) has more catches than Stephen Fleming. Rahul Dravid also has 166.

Batting Records

Most Runs in an Innings

Home
Away

Most Runs in an Innings by Batting Position

Position Runs
1 or 2 267 B.A. Young vs Sri Lanka, at Dunedin, 1996/97
3 274* S.P. Fleming vs Sri Lanka, at Colombo, 2003
4 299 M.D.Crowe vs Sri Lanka, at Wellington, 1990/91
5 222 N.J. Astle vs England, at Christchurch, 2001/02
6 174* J.V. Coney vs England, at Wellington, 1983/84
7 158 C.L. Cairns vs South Africa, at Auckland, 2003/04
8 127 D.L. Vettori vs Zimbabwe, at Harare, 2005
9 173 I.D.S. Smith vs India, at Auckland, 1989/86
10 83* J.G. Bracewell vs Australia, at Sydney, 1985/86
11 68* R.O. Collinge vs Pakistan, at Auckland,1972/73

Centuries

Most Centuries On Test Debut 2 Centuries in a Test
17 Martin Crowe 117 J.E. Mills v England 1929/30 101 & 110* G.M. Turner v Australia 1973/74
12 John Wright 105 B.R. Taylor v India 1964/65 122 & 102 G.P. Howarth v England 1977/78
11 Nathan Astle 107 R.E. Redmond v Pakistan 1972/73 122 & 100* A.H. Jones v Sri Lanka 1990/91
9 Stephen Fleming 107* M.J. Greatbatch v England 1987/88
7 Bevan Congdon 214 M.S. Sinclair v West Indies 1999/00
7 Glenn Turner 104 L. Vincent v Australia 2001/02
7 Andrew Jones 107 S.B. Styris v West Indies 2001/02

Highest Batting Averages

Batsman Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average
Charles Dempster 10 15 4 723 65.73
Martin Donnelly 7 12 1 582 52.91
John Fulton Reid 19 31 3 1296 46.28
Martin Crowe 77 131 11 5444 45.36
Mark Richardson 38 65 3 2776 44.77
Glenn Turner 41 73 6 2991 44.64
Andrew Jones 39 74 8 2922 44.27

Qualification 12 innings

Highest Partnerships

Wicket Total Batsman vs Venue Year
1st 387 Terrence Jarvis / Glenn Turner West Indies Georgetown 1971-1972
2nd 241 John Wright / Andrew Jones England Wellington 1991-1992
3rd 467 Andrew Jones / Martin Crowe Sri Lanka Wellington 1990-1991
4th 243 Nathan Astle / Matthew Horne Zimbabwe Auckland 1997-1998
5th 222 Craig McMillan / Nathan Astle Zimbabwe Wellington 2000-2001
6th 246* Jeff Crowe / Richard Hadlee Sri Lanka Colombo 1986-1987
7th 225 Chris Cairns / Jacob Oram South Africa Auckland 2003-2004
8th 256 Stephen Fleming / James Franklin South Africa Cape Town 2005-2006
9th 136 Martin Snedden / Ian Smith India Auckland 1989-1990
10th § 151 Brian Hastings / Richard Collinge Pakistan Auckland 1972-1973

§ The highest wicket stand for all Test nations. Equalled by Mushtaq Ahmed & Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan v South Africa, Rawalpindi, 1997/98.

Bowling Records

Best Bowling in a Match

  • 15-123 Richard Hadlee v Australia at Brisbane 1985/86
  • 12-149 Daniel Vettori v Australia at Auckland 1999/00
  • 12-170 Daniel Vettori v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2004/05
  • 11-58 Richard Hadlee v India at Wellington 1975/76
  • 11-102 Richard Hadlee v West Indies at Dunedin 1979/80

Ten wickets in a match most times

  • Richard Hadlee 9
  • Daniel Vettori 2

Best Bowling in an Innings

  • 9-52 Richard Hadlee v Australia at Brisbane 1985/86
  • 7-23 Richard Hadlee v India at Wellington 1975/76
  • 7-27 Chris Cairns v West Indies at Hamilton 1999/00
  • 7-52 Chris Pringle v Pakistan at Faisalabad 1990/91
  • 7-53 Chris Cairns v Bangladesh at Hamilton 2001/02

Hat Tricks

  • P.J. Petherick v Pakistan at Lahore 1976/77
  • J.E.C. Franklin v Bangldesh at Dhaka 2004/05

Five wickets in an innings most times

  • Richard Hadlee 36
  • Chris Cairns 13
  • Daniel Vettori 13
  • Danny Morrison 10
  • Chris Martin 8

Best Bowling Averages

Bowler Matches Wickets Runs Average
Jack Cowie 9 45 969 21.53
Shane Bond 16 74 1635 22.10
Richard Hadlee 86 431 9611 22.29
Bruce Taylor 30 111 2953 26.60
James Franklin 21 76 2142 28.19
Dion Nash 32 93 2649 28.48
Kyle Mills 9 23 665 28.91
Richard Collinge 35 116 3393 29.25

Qualification 9 Matches

All Rounders' Records

All rounders

New Zealand is one of only two Test playing countries (the other is South Africa) to have two players who have achieved the allrounder’s double of 3000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets. The current (2007) list is:

Player Country Runs Wickets
Shane Warne Australia 3154 708
Gary Sobers West Indies 8032 235
Kapil Dev India 5248 434
Ian Botham England 5200 383
Richard Hadlee New Zealand 3124 431
Imran Khan Pakistan 3807 362
Shaun Pollock South Africa 3781 420
Chris Cairns New Zealand 3320 218
Jacques Kallis South Africa 9414 224

Two other NZ players have scored more than 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets. Daniel Vettori has 2454 runs and 238 wickets. John Bracewell scored 1001 runs and took 102 wickets.

A Century and 10 wickets in a match

No New Zealand player has ever achieved this. Only Imran Khan and Ian Botham (once each) have scored a century and taken 10 wickets in the same match.

A Fifty and 10 wickets in a match
  • Richard Hadlee 51 & 17 and 5-34 & 6-68 v West Indies at Dunedin 1979/80
  • Richard Hadlee 54 and 9-52 & 6-71 v Australia at Brisbane 1985/86
  • Richard Hadlee 68 and 6-80 & 4-60 v England at Nottingham 1986
  • Dion Nash 56 and 6-76 & 5-93 v England at Lord's 1994
  • Chris Cairns 72 and 3-73 & 7-27 v West Indies at Hamilton 1999/00
A Century and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

Bruce Taylor 105 & 5-86 vs India at Calcutta 1964/65 (on his debut)

A Fifty and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

12 instances

Wicketkeeping Records

Most Dismissals

Played Catches Stumpings Total
Adam Parore 78 194 7 201
Ian Smith 63 168 8 176
Ken Wadsworth 33 92 4 96
Brendon McCullum 28 81 6 87

Most Dismissals in a Match

  • 8 Warren Lees v Sri Lanka at Wellington (all caught) 1983/83
  • 8 Ian Smith v Sri Lanka at Hamilton (all caught) 1990/91
  • 7 (6 instances)

Most Dismissals in an Innings

  • 7 Ian Smith v Sri Lanka at Hamilton (all caught) 1990/91 (world record held with 3 other players)
  • 5 (9 instances)

Fielding Records

Most Catches in a Match

  • 7 Stephen Fleming v Zimbabwe at Harare 1997 (world record held with 4 other players)
  • 6 (3 instances)

Most Catches in an Innings

  • 5 Stephen Fleming v Zimbabwe at Harare 1997 (world record held with 4 other players)
  • 4 (5 instances)

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
  • 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. .
  • Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge together scored 151 runs for the highest ever 10th-wicket partnership against Pakistan in 1973. .
  • Nathan Astle scored Test cricket's fastest ever double century versus England Christchurch 2002 . 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).
  • Geoff Allott holds the record for the longest time taken to score a duck . South Africa Auckland 1999. He faced 77 balls in 101 minutes for his zero score.
  • Danny Morrison held another "unwanted" record for the most ducks in Test cricket — (24). He lost the record to Courtney Walsh.
  • Chris Cairns and his father Lance Cairns are one of the two father-son combination 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 . 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 (the current record holder) and Brian Lara.
  • Chris Harris is the only New Zealand cricketer to have taken 200 wickets in ODIs. (vs England, Lord's, London, 2004). He is only the second player in ODIs to complete the 4000 run / 200 wicket double. (The other is Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya). He holds the record for the most ODI caught and bowled dismissals, with 29.
  • Fast bowler Shane Bond holds the best strike rate in the history of One Day International cricket of 26.5 (one player out for every 26.5 balls bowled) .
  • The New Zealand team holds the dubious honour of the record for the most consecutive Test series played without a win - 30 series between 1929-30 and 1969-70 (40 years), comfortably ahead of Bangladesh on 16 series.
  • Another unenviable distinction is the largest margin defeat in the Cricket World Cup, by 215 runs, by Australia. (April 2007).

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 Manchester 1952) to be dismissed twice in the same day. The whole Test was completed inside two days.
  • Daniel Vettori scored NZ's fastest Test century. (vs Zimbabwe Harare 2005). Vettori needed only 82 balls to reach the 100 mark.
  • In the same match, he became the third NZ cricketer (after Richard Hadlee and Chris Cairns) to take more than 200 Test wickets.
  • Lou Vincent holds the record for the highest one-day cricket innings by a New Zealander of 172 (vs Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2005). The previous best was Glenn Turner 171 not out (vs East Africa Birmingham 1975). Vincent and captain Stephen Fleming broke the New Zealand one-day opening partnership record against all countries. Their total of 204 beat Fleming and Nathan Astle's 193 (vs Pakistan Dunedin 2000-2001). The team total of 397 was just one run short of the then record one-day total of 398 (Sri Lanka vs Kenya Kandy 1996).
  • Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup (2007) fifty (off 20 balls) for New Zealand against Canada, beating Mark Boucher's 21-ball record set against the Netherlands six days earlier.
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