The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and T20I status.[1] They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team 26 years until the 1955–56 season to win a Test match, when they defeated West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.[2] They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. They are the joint oldest nation with Australia to play first Twenty20 International in 2005.

New Zealand's win percentage in test cricket is 23.83. As of August 2021, New Zealand have played 449 Test matches; out of which they have won 107, lost 175, while 167 matches have ended as draw.[3]

New Zealand is also one of the most successful ODI team, as they have reached many tournament's semi-finals. As of August 2021, they have played 775 ODI matches, out of which they have won 354, lost 374; 7 matches have ended as a tie, whilst 40 had no result.[4] They have reached six semi-finals at Cricket World Cup which is more than any other, in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, and 2011. New Zealand's best performance in world cups came in 2015 and 2019 when they ended as runners-up. In ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand became champions in 2000. They were also the runners up in ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and semi-finalists in ICC Champions Trophy 2006 as well.

New Zealand has shown average performances in Twenty20 Internationals. As of October 2021, New Zealand have played 150 T20I matches and won 73 of them, lost 65, 8 matches ended as a tie whilst 4 matches yielded no result. Their win percentage is 52.73.[5] During 6 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, New Zealand's best performance came during 2007 and 2016 where they finished as semi-finalists.

As of August 2021, New Zealand has faced nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 107 matches against them.[6] However, they have registered most wins against Sri Lanka that is 16 wins, but their best win percentage is 80% against Bangladesh, against whom they have won 12 out of 15 tests.[6] In ODI matches, New Zealand have played against 18 teams; they have played against their continent rivals, Australia most frequently, with a winning percentage of 29.77 in 137 matches.[7] Within usual major ODI nations, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka and India on 49 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[7] The team has competed against 13 countries in T20IS. [8]

Key

  • M – Number of matches played
  • W – Number of matches won
  • L – Number of matches lost
  • T – Number of matches tied
  • D – Number of matches ended in a draw
  • NR – Number of matches ended with no result
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Percentage of games won to those played[n 1]
  • Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played[n 1]
  • Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played[n 1]
  • First – Year of the first match against the country
  • Last – Year of the last match against the country

Test cricket

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st TestLast TestMatchesWonLostDrawnTied % Won
 Afghanistan––00000–
 Australia29 March 19463 January 20206083418013.33
 Bangladesh26 December 20019 January 2022171313080
 England10 January 193024 February 2023112135247011.60
 India6 January 19563 December 202162132227020.97
 Ireland––00000–
 Pakistan7 November 19552 January 202362142521022.58
 South Africa27 February 193225 February 20224552616010.63
 Sri Lanka11 March 198322 August 20193616911044.44
 West Indies8 February 195211 December 202049171319034.69
 Zimbabwe7 November 19926 August 2016171106064.70
Summary19302023462110182170023.81

Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023

One Day International

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st ODILast ODIMatchesWonLostTiedNo result % Won
 Afghanistan8 March 20158 June 201922000100.00
 Australia30 March 197411 September 202214139950729.10
 Bangladesh28 April 19905 June 20193828100073.68
 Canada3 March 200313 March 201133000100.00
East Africa†7 June 197511000100.00
 England18 July 197314 July 20199143413451.14
 India14 June 197524 January 202311650581746.33
 Ireland1 July 200815 July 202277000100.00
 Kenya21 February 200320 February 201122000100.00
 Netherlands17 February 19964 April 202244000100.00
 Pakistan11 February 197313 January 202311050561347.19
 Scotland31 May 199917 February 201533000100.00
 South Africa29 February 199219 June 20197125410537.87
 Sri Lanka9 June 19791 June 20199949411854.39
 United Arab Emirates27 February 199611000100.00
 United States10 September 200411000100.00
 West Indies18 June 197521 August 20226830310749.18
 Zimbabwe10 October 19877 August 2015382791174.32
Summary1973 202177535737474048.63
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023.

Twenty20 International

Matches played (by country)

Opponent1st T20ILast T20IMatchesWonLostTiedNo resultWin %
 Afghanistan7 November 202111000100.00
 Australia17 February 200522 October 2022165101034.37
 Bangladesh3 February 201012 October 2022171430082.35
 England18 September 20071 November 2022238131138.63
 India16 September 20071 February 20232510123046.00
 Ireland11 June 20094 November 202255000100.00
 Kenya12 September 200711000100.00
 Namibia5 November 202111000100.00
 Netherlands29 March 20145 August 202233000100.00
 Pakistan22 September 20079 November 20222911180037.93
 Scotland6 June 200929 July 202244000100.00
 South Africa21 October 200517 February 2017154110026.66
 Sri Lanka22 December 200629 October 2022201171160.52
 West Indies16 February 200614 August 2022191043267.64
 Zimbabwe4 May 20109 August 201566000100.00
Summary20052023 18594789453.24
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.

References

  1. ↑ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  3. ↑ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Records / New Zealand / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Records / New Zealand / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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