The , also known as the '''Black Caps''', played their first
Test in
1930 vs
England in
Christchurch ,
New Zealand , becoming the fifth Test nation. It took the team until
1956 to win a Test, against the
West Indies at
Eden Park in
Auckland . They played their first
ODI in the
1972 1973 season vs
Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current captain is
Stephen Fleming , who follows in the footsteps of former greats such as John R. Reid, Geoff Howarth and Martin Crowe. Stephen Fleming is the Black Caps' most successful captain, having led New Zealand to 25 Test victories (to August 2005), more than double that of any other captain.
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.
| Played | 327 |
| Won | 61 |
| Lost | 128 |
| Drawn | 138 |
- 1998: Quarter Finals
- 2000: Won
- 1986: Semi Finals
- 1990: Semi Finals
- 1994: Semi Finals
New Zealand is the only Test playing country to have two players who have achieved the allrounder’s double of 3000 Test runs and 200 Test wickets. The current (2006) list is:
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The Black Caps won the ICC Knock-Out Trophy vs
India Nairobi Gymkhana Club
Nairobi Kenya 2000 .
2004 NatWest Series Trophy held in
England (West Indies/England/New Zealand).
2005 Videocon TriSeries held in
Zimbabwe (India/Zimbabwe/New Zealand).
§ The highest wicket stands for all Test nations.
| Margin | vs | Venue | Year |
|---|
| Innings and 294 runs | Zimbabwe | Harare | 2005 - 2006 |
| Innings and 185 runs | Pakistan | Hamilton | 2000 - 2001 |
| Innings and 132 runs | England | Christchurch | 1983 - 1984 |
| Innings and 105 runs | West Indies | Wellington | 1999 - 2000 |
| Innings and 99 runs | Pakistan | Auckland | 1984 - 1985 |
| Innings and 74 runs | Bangladesh | Wellington | 2001 - 2002 |
| Innings and 61 runs | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 1983 - 1984 |
| Innings and 52 runs | Bangladesh | Hamilton | 2001 - 2002 |
- 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 record one-day total of 398 (Sri Lanka vs Kenya Kandy 1996 ).
See:
New Zealand National Cricket Captains
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