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New Zealand
Test status granted 1930
First Test match v England at Christchurch, January 1930
Captain Daniel Vettori
Coach John Bracewell
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking 7th (Test), 3rd (ODI) [1],[2]
Test matches
- this year
332
0
Last Test match v Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve, Wellington, 2nd Test, December 2006
Wins/losses
- this year
62/131
3/3
As of 25 Feb 2007

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.[1]

Contents

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
Shane Bond Canterbury 2001 Strike Bowler: Right-Arm Fast 6/51
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
Scott Styris Auckland 2002 Right-Hand Middle Order Batsman - Right Arm Medium Seam Bowler 170 & 3/28

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

Tests Test Average First Class Average
Jamie How right-hand bat 6 14.55 32.80
Michael Papps right-hand bat 6 20.81 36.43
Craig Cumming right-hand bat 7 27.25 34.23

Tests Test Average First Class Average
Stephen Fleming left-hand bat 104 39.84 43.94
Peter Fulton right-hand bat 5 26.42 46.91
Ross Taylor right-hand bat 1 9.50 36.80
Mathew Sinclair right-hand bat 27 35.31 46.40
Lou Vincent right-hand bat 22 35.00 36.67

Tests Test Average First-Class Average
Brendon McCullum right-hand bat 25 32.13 33.38
Gareth Hopkins right-hand bat 0 30.68

Batting Averages Bowling Averages
Tests Test First Class Test First Class
Jacob Oram left-hand bat, right-arm fast medium 22 39.38 36.59 34.35 28.54
Scott Styris right-hand bat, right-arm fast medium 27 38.17 31.52 49.05 30.65
James Franklin left-hand bat, left-arm fast medium 21 21.95 27.73 28.19 24.80

Batting Averages Bowling Averages
Tests Test First Class Test First Class
Daniel Vettori left-hand bat, left-arm orthodox 73 25.47 26.06 34.28 32.25
Jeetan Patel right-hand bat, right-arm off-spin 1 18.90 39.00 39.76

Tests Test Average First-Class Average
Shane Bond right-arm fast 16 22.10 24.78
Chris Martin right-arm fast-medium 33 34.30 30.89
Kyle Mills right-arm fast-medium 7 31.41 26.50
Mark Gillespie right-arm fast-medium 0 24.94
Michael Mason right-arm fast-medium 1 24.46
Daryl Tuffey right-arm fast-medium 22 31.16 25.93
Iain O'Brien right-arm fast-medium 2 98.50 23.29

The preferred XI for NZ's most recent test series (against South Africa) was:

1. Craig Cumming
2. Michael Papps
3. Stephen Fleming
4. Scott Styris
5. Ross Taylor
6. Jacob Oram
7. Brendan McCullum
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Shane Bond
10. Ian O'Brien
11. Chris Martin

NB: After the first test, Oram and Bond (injuries) were replaced by Lou Vincent and Mark Gillespie, .
James Franklin and Peter Fulton were not chosen in the test squad to tour South Africa in Nov/Dec 2007 due to injury

The following lineup is the preferred XI from the squad used during the series v South Africa

1. Brendon McCullum
2. Lou Vincent
3. Jamie How
4. Scott Styris
5. Ross Taylor
6. Matthew Sinclair
7. Jacob Oram
8. Daniel Vettori(C)
9. Kyle Mills
10. Mark Gillespe
11. Jeetan Patel

NB: Shane Bond is injured.

  • 1998: Bronze medal

1985: Fourth

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

  • 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).

Test Matches One-Day Games Twenty/20 Games
Played 334 527 12
Won 62 226 5
Lost 133 273 6
Tied 0 4 1
Drawn / No Result 139 24 0


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

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



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 132 runs England Christchurch 1983-1984 Innings and 222 runs Australia Hobart 1993-1994
Innings and 105 runs West Indies Wellington 1999-2000 Innings and 215 runs England Auckland 1962-1963
Innings and 99 runs Pakistan Auckland 1984-1985 Innings and 187 runs England Leeds 1965
Innings and 74 runs Bangladesh Wellington 2001-2002 Innings and 180 runs South Africa Wellington 1953
Innings and 61 runs Sri Lanka Colombo 1983-1984 Innings and 166 runs Pakistan Dunedin 1972-1973
Innings and 52 runs Bangladesh Hamilton 2001-2002 Innings and 156 runs Australia Brisbane 2004-2005

NZ Won by an 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

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
8 Wickets 3 instances 10 Wickets West Indies Bridgetown 1996

Most Matches Most Runs Most Wickets Most Catches Most Tests as Captain
Stephen Fleming 105 Stephen Fleming 6677 Richard Hadlee 431 Stephen Fleming 161 Stephen Fleming 80
Richard Hadlee 86 Martin Crowe 5444 Daniel Vettori 230 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
Martin Crowe 77 John Reid 3428 Ewen Chatfield 123 Bevan Congdon 43 Bevan Congdon 17
Daniel Vettori 73 Chris Cairns 3320 Richard Collinge 116 Glenn Turner 42 Martin Crowe 16

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

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.

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
Richard Collinge 35 116 3393 29.25

Qualification 9 Matches

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 3406 391
Chris Cairns New Zealand 3320 218
Jacques Kallis South Africa 8033 200

Two other NZ players have scored more than 1000 runs and taken 100 wickets. Daniel Vettori has 2250 runs and 229 wickets. John Bracewell scored 1001 runs and took 102 wickets.

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.

  • 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

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

12 instances

Played Catches Stumpings Total
Adam Parore 78 194 7 201
Ian Smith 63 168 8 176
Ken Wadsworth 33 92 4 96
Brendon McCullum 23 56 5 61

  • 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)

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

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

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

  • 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. [3].
  • Brian Hastings and Richard Collinge together scored 151 runs for the highest ever 10th-wicket partnership against Pakistan in 1973. [4].
  • Nathan Astle scored Test cricket's fastest ever double century versus England Christchurch 2002 [5]. 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 [6]. 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 [7]. 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.[2]
  • 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) [8].
  • 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. [9]
  • Another unenviable distinction is the largest margin defeat in the Cricket World Cup, by 215 runs, by Australia. (April 2007).

  • 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.

  1. ^ Cricinfo Test Team Records page retrieved on November 3, 2007
  2. ^ Winning without losing a wicket, and Kumble's record. Cricinfo (January 12, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

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