New Zealand national cricket team

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New Zealand

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 and ODI ranking	7th (Test), 3rd (ODI) [1]
Test matches - This year	337 5
Last Test match	v England at McLean Park, Napier, 22-26 March 2008
Wins/losses - This year	{{{win 3/loss record}}} 3/2
As of 29 March 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 March 2008, the New Zealand team has played 339 Test matches, winning 19.17%, losing 39.83% and drawing 41.00% of its games.^[1]

1 Current Squad
2 Tournament History
3 Results Summary
4 Test Records
5 Player Records
6 World Records
7 Notable
8 See also
9 References
10 External links

[edit] Current Squad

This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand in the last year. Stephen Fleming and Craig McMillan have played for New Zealand in the last year, but have since retired. Players in bold have a central contract for 2008–09.^[2]

Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Domestic team	Forms	Shirt Numbers
Captain and All-rounder
Daniel Vettori	29	Left-Handed Bat	Slow Left-Arm Orthodox	Northern Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	11
Opening Batsmen
Matthew Bell	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Wellington	Test	?
Craig Cumming	32	Right-Handed Bat	-	Otago	Test	47
Jamie How	27	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	16
Michael Papps	28	Right-Handed Bat	-	Canterbury	Test	46
Aaron Redmond	28	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Leg Spin	Otago	Test
Jesse Ryder	23	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Wellington	ODI, Twenty20	77
Middle-Order Batsmen
Peter Fulton	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Canterbury	Test, ODI, Twenty20	50
Daniel Flynn	23	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Slow	Northern Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	30
James Marshall	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Northern Districts	Test
Mathew Sinclair	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	18
Ross Taylor	24	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	3
Lou Vincent¹	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20	40
Wicket-keepers
Gareth Hopkins	31	Right-Handed Bat	-	Auckland	ODI, Twenty20	48
Brendon McCullum	26	Right-Handed Bat	-	Otago	Test, ODI, Twenty20	42
All-rounders
Grant Elliott	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test
Nathan McCullum	27	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Otago	Twenty20	?
Jacob Oram	29	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	24
Scott Styris	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Auckland	Test,² ODI, Twenty20	56
Pace Bowlers
Shane Bond¹	33	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast	Canterbury	Test, Twenty20	27
Paul Hitchcock	33	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Auckland	ODI, Twenty20	44
Mark Gillespie	28	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20	17
Chris Martin	33	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20	32
Michael Mason	33	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Central Districts	ODI, Twenty20	49
Kyle Mills	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20	37
Iain O'Brien	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI	19
Tim Southee	19	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Northern Districts	Test, Twenty20	38
Spin Bowlers
Jeetan Patel	28	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20	39

¹ Shane Bond and Lou Vincent have had their contracts terminated by the New Zealand cricket board for signing with the Indian Cricket League. They are presently banned from playing for New Zealand.
² Scott Styris has played test cricket for New Zealand in the last year, but has since retired from the format.

[edit] Tournament History

[edit] 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: 3rd Place

[edit] 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

[edit] Twenty20 World Championship

2007: Semi Finals

[edit] Commonwealth Games

1998: Bronze medal

[edit] World Championship of Cricket

1985: Fourth

[edit] Austral-Asia Cup

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

[edit] 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).

[edit] Results Summary

	Test Matches	One-Day Games	Twenty/20 Games
Played	339	532	13
Won	65	227	5
Lost	135	276	7
Tied	0	4	1
Drawn / No Result	139	25	0

[edit] Test Records

Main article: List of One Day Cricket Records for New Zealand

Main article: List of Twenty20 Cricket Records for New Zealand

[edit] 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

[edit] First Test match wins

Opponent	Home		Away
Opponent	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

Note that New Zealand's first Test win against Australia was in only the sixth match between the two teams; despite making their Test debut in 1930, they had to wait until 1946 before playing Australia for the first time, and then until 1973 for a second meeting.^[3]

[edit] Largest Wins and Losses

[edit] By an Innings

NZ Won by an	vs	Venue	Season	NZ Lost by an	vs	Venue	Season
Innings and 294 runs	Zimbabwe	Harare	2005	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 101 runs	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2004-2005	Innings and 180 runs	South Africa	Wellington	1953
Innings and 99 runs	Pakistan	Auckland	1984-1985	Innings and 166 runs	Pakistan	Dunedin	1972-1973
Innings and 99 runs	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2004-2005	Innings and 156 runs	Australia	Brisbane	2004-2005

[edit] 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
189 runs	England	Hamilton	2007-2008	297 runs	Australia	Auckland	1973-1974
177 runs	Zimbabwe	Harare	1992-1993	272 runs	India	Auckland	1967-1968
167 runs	India	Nagpur	1969-1970	241 runs	Sri Lanka	Napier	1994-1995
167 runs	Sri Lanka	Colombo	1998	230 runs	England	Lord's	1969
165 runs	Sri Lanka	Kandy	1983-1984	217 runs	Sri Lanka	Wellington	2006-2007
137 runs	South Africa	Johannesburg	1994-1995	216 runs	India	Chennai	1976-1977

[edit] By Wickets

NZ Won by	vs	Venue	Season	NZ Lost by	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

[edit] Highest Innings Totals

Away	Home
630-6d vs India, in Mohali, 2003-2004	671-4 vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 1990-1991
593-8d vs South Africa, in Cape Town, 2005-2006	595 vs South Africa, in Auckland, 2003-2004
553-7d vs Australia, in Brisbane, 1985-1986	586-7d vs Sri Lanka, in Dunedin, 1996-1997

[edit] Lowest Test Innings Totals

Away	Home
47 vs England, at Lord's, in 1958	26 vs England, in Auckland, in 1954-1955†
67 vs England, at Leeds, in 1958	42 vs Australia, in Wellington, in 1945-1946
67 vs England, at Lord's, in 1978	54 vs Australia, in Wellington, in 1945-1946

†world record low for test playing nation

[edit] Highest Fourth Innnings Totals

To Win	To Lose	To Draw
324/5 v Pakistan, Christchurch 1993/94	451 v England, Christchurch 2001/02	304/8 v Zimbabwe, Harare 1997/98
278/8 v Pakistan, Dunedin 1984/85	440 v England, Nottingham 1973	293/8 v Australia, Christchurch 1976/77
230/5 v Australia, Christchurch 1973/74	431 v England, Napier 2007/08	275/8 v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 1976/77

[edit] Player Records

Most Matches		Most Runs		Most Wickets		Most Catches		Most Tests as Captain
Stephen Fleming	111	Stephen Fleming	7172	Richard Hadlee	431	Stephen Fleming	171	Stephen Fleming	80
Richard Hadlee	86	Martin Crowe	5444	Daniel Vettori†	245	Martin Crowe	71	John R. Reid	34
John Wright	82	John Wright	5334	Chris Cairns	218	Nathan Astle	70	Geoff Howarth	30
Nathan Astle	81	Nathan Astle	4702	Danny Morrison	160	Jeremy Coney	64	Graham Dowling	19
Daniel Vettori†	80	Bevan Congdon	3448	Chris Martin†	136	Bryan Young	54	Ken Rutherford	18
Adam Parore	78	John R. Reid	3428	Lance Cairns	130	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	Richard Collinge	116	Jeff Crowe	41	Jeremy Coney	15
Chris Cairns	62	Craig McMillan	3116	Bruce Taylor	111	John R. Reid	39	Mark Burgess	10
Bevan Congdon	61	Glenn Turner	2991	John Bracewell	102	Richard Hadlee	39	Glenn Turner	10
John R. Reid	58	Andrew Jones	2922	Dick Motz	100	Daniel Vettori†	39	Harry Cave	9
Ken Rutherford	56	Adam Parore	2865	Simon Doull	98	Richard Hadlee	39	Walter Hadlee	8
Craig McMillan	55	Mark Richardson	2776	Dion Nash	93	John Wright	38	Daniel Vettori†	7
Jeremy Coney	52	Bert Sutcliffe	2727	Hedley Howarth	86	Mark Burgess	34	Tom Lowry	7
Mark Burgess	50	Daniel Vettori†	2684	John R. Reid	85	Hedley Howarth	33	Curly Page	7

† Daniel Vettori and Chris Martin are still playing

Only Allan Border (93) has more tests as captain than Stephen Fleming.
Only Mark Waugh (181) and Rahul Dravid (172) has more catches than Stephen Fleming.

[edit] Batting Records

[edit] Most Runs in an Innings

[edit] Home

299 Martin Crowe vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 1990-1991
267* Bryan Young vs Sri Lanka, in Dunedin, 1996-1997
239 Graham Dowling vs India, in Christchurch, 1967-1968
224 Lou Vincent vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 2004-2005
222 Nathan Astle vs England, in Christchurch, 2001-2002

[edit] Away

274* Stephen Fleming vs Sri Lanka, in Colombo, 2003
262 Stephen Fleming vs South Africa, in Cape Town, 2005-2006
259 Glenn Turner vs West Indies, in Georgetown, 1971-1972
230 Bert Sutcliffe vs India, in New Delhi, 1955-1956
223* Glenn Turner vs West Indies, in Kingstown, 1971-1972

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Highest Batting Averages

Batsman	Matches	Innings	Not Outs	Runs	Average
Stewie 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Fast Scoring

Fastest 200s	Fastest 100s	Fastest 50s	Most Sixes
153 Balls N.J. Astle v England, Christchurch 2001/02†	82 Balls D.L. Vettori v Zimbabwe, Harare 2005/06	29 Balls T.G. Southee v England, Napier 2007/08	11 N. Astle v England, Christchurch 2001/02
315 Balls S.P. Fleming v Bangladesh, Chittagong 2004	83 Balls B.R. Taylor v West Indies, Auckland 1968/69	34 Balls I.D.S. Smith v Pakistan, Faisalabad 1990	9 C.L. Cairns v Zimbabwe, Auckland 1995/96
	86 Balls C.L. Cairns v Zimbabwe, Auckland 1995/96	36 Balls B.R. Taylor v West Indies, Auckland 1968/69	9 T.G. Southee v England, Napier 2007/08

† World Record

[edit] Bowling Records

[edit] 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

[edit] Ten wickets in a match most times

Richard Hadlee 9
Daniel Vettori 3

[edit] 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

[edit] Hat Tricks

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

[edit] Five wickets in an innings

Most Times	On Test Debut	Twice in a Match
36 Richard Hadlee	6-168 G.F. Cresswell v England 1949	9-52 & 6-71 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1985/86
13 Daniel Vettori	6-155 A.M. Moir v England 1950/51	5-62 & 7-87 D.L. Vettori v Australia 1999/00
13 Chris Cairns	5-86 B.R. Taylor v India 1964/65	6-70 & 6-100 D.L. Vettori v Bangladesh 2004/05
10 Danny Morrison	5-82 P.J. Wiseman v Sri Lanka 1997/98	5-34 & 6-68 R.J. Hadlee v West Indies 1979/80
8 Chris Martin	5-55 T.G. Southee v England 2007/08†	5-65 & 6-90 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1985/86
6 Simon Doull		6-76 & 5-93 D.J.Nash v England 1994
6 Lance Cairns		6-76 & 5-104 C.S. Martin v South Africa 2003/04
5 Dick Motz		5-73 & 5-29 R.J. Hadlee v Sri Lanka 1983/84
		5-109 & 5-67 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1987/88

†Batting at Number 10, Southee also scored 77* and top scored in the match for NZ. He reached 50 off only 29 balls, which at the time, was NZ's fastest ever test 50 and the sixth fastest test 50 ever.

[edit] Best Bowling Averages

Bowler	Matches	Wickets	Runs	Average
Jack Cowie	9	45	969	21.53
Shane Bond	17	79	1769	22.39
Richard Hadlee	86	431	9611	22.29
Bruce Taylor	30	111	2953	26.60
Kyle Mills	11	33	887	26.87
James Franklin	21	76	2142	28.19
Dion Nash	32	93	2649	28.48
Richard Collinge	35	116	3393	29.25

Qualification 9 Matches

[edit] All Rounders' Records

[edit] 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 2684 runs and 245 wickets. John Bracewell scored 1001 runs and took 102 wickets.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] A Fifty and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

12 instances

[edit] Wicketkeeping Records

[edit] Most Dismissals

	Played	Catches	Stumpings	Total
Adam Parore	78	194	7	201
Ian Smith	63	168	8	176
Brendon McCullum	32	95	6	101
Ken Wadsworth	33	92	4	96

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Fielding Records

[edit] Most Catches in a Match

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

[edit] Most Catches in an Innings

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

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

[edit] 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.
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 boundary fours and sixes. In terms of balls faced, this is almost certainly one of the four fastest first-class triple-centuries ever recorded ^[5].

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

^ Cricinfo Test Team Records page retrieved on November 3, 2007
^ New Zealand contract Ryder CricInfo
^ Cricinfo Statsguru
^ Winning without losing a wicket, and Kumble's record. Cricinfo (January 12, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
^ 29 October 2006

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HPP members (4)	Argentina · Denmark · Namibia · Uganda

Other ICC associates (23)	Belgium · Botswana · Cayman Islands · Fiji · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Hong Kong · Israel · Italy · Japan · Jersey · Kuwait · Malaysia · Nepal · Nigeria · Papua New Guinea · Singapore · Tanzania · Thailand · United Arab Emirates · United States · Zambia

ICC affiliates (58)	Afghanistan · Austria · Bahamas · Bahrain · Belize · Bhutan · Brazil · Brunei · Chile · Cameroon · China · Cook Islands · Costa Rica · Croatia · Cuba · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Falkland Islands · Finland · Gambia · Ghana · Greece · Guernsey · Indonesia · Iran · Isle of Man · Lesotho · Luxembourg · Malawi · Maldives · Mali · Malta · Mexico · Morocco · Mozambique · Myanmar · Norway · Oman · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Portugal · Qatar · Rwanda · Samoa · Saint Helena · Saudi Arabia · Sierra Leone · Slovenia · South Korea · Spain · Suriname · Swaziland · Sweden · Switzerland · Tonga · Turks and Caicos Islands · Vanuatu

Former members	East Africa · East and Central Africa · West Africa

Non-members¹	Belarus · Bulgaria · Egypt · Estonia · Iceland · Latvia · Lithuania · New Caledonia · Poland · Russia · Slovakia · Turkey · Ukraine · Uruguay

¹ For Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, the national team is the West Indies; for Wales, the national team is England; for Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

v • d • e New Zealand's national teams

A1 GP · Association football (soccer) (M, U-23, U-20, U-17, W) · Badminton · Basketball (M, W) · Commonwealth Games · Cricket (M, W) · Handball · Hockey (M, W) · Ice Hockey · Olympics · Netball · Rugby League (M, W) · Rugby Union (M, W) · Softball (M) · Tennis (M, W) · Water Polo (M, W)

as you can see black caps aren't that good a team

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