Captains: Tim Southee (Test), Kane Williamson (ODI, T20I)
Coaches: Gary Stead (head coach), Luke Ronchi (batting coach), Jacob Oram (bowling coach), James Foster (fielding coach)
First international match: 1930
Cricket board: New Zealand Cricket (NZC)
ICC titles: 2

New Zealand Men's Cricket Team History

New Zealand are renowned for punching above their weight and being resourceful despite being among the least-populated Test-playing nations.

They have won the inaugural World Test Championship (2021) and the ICC KnockOut Trophy, the predecessor to the Champions Trophy (2000), and have made it to the final of the 2015 and the 2019 ODI World Cups, along with four semi-finals and a final in their first eight T20 World Cup appearances.

In terms of history, the men's team played their first Test in 1930 but had to wait 26 years to register their first win. Their ascent in the '70s and '80s coincided with the career of Richard Hadlee, one of the greatest allrounders of all time and the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets.

Martin Crowe, one of their greatest batters, also got among the ranks during the era, as the side developed a string of successful players, including John Wright, Lance Cairns, and Jeremy Coney. It allowed them get off to a stronger start in ODI cricket, as evidenced by their progress to the semi-finals in the first two World Cups.

New Zealand were late to creating a fully professional system but it has allowed them to build successful teams thereafter, especially the ones led by Stephen Fleming, Brendon McCullum, and Kane Williamson, who is arguably their greatest batter of all time. McCullum's captaincy holds significance in terms of the culture and fearless style he brought to the side. New Zealand hold the records for the fastest Test hundred (off 54 balls by McCullum) and double-hundred (off 153 balls by Nathan Astle).

They do not have a local franchise-based T20 league but have produced globetrotters like Trent Boult and James Neesham, and continue to adapt to the changing cricketing landscape.

New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Current Ranking

Tests: 6
ODIs: 5
T20Is: 5

New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Records

New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Trophies and Milestones

1956: First Test match win, Auckland

1962: First overseas Test match win, Cape Town

1969: First Test series win, in Pakistan

2000: ICC KnockOut win, Nairobi

2019: Tied 2019 ODI World Cup final and Super Over with England, but lost on the basis of boundary count

2021: World Test Championship win, Southampton

New Zealand Squad

New Zealand do the unthinkable and hand India their first 3-0 whitewash at home
Ajaz and Phillips combined for nine wickets to defend 146 despite Pant's 64 off 57

'Every run out there counts' - India and NZ brace for tense fourth-innings chase
India are already aware they are in for a fight with New Zealand 143 ahead in difficult batting conditions in Mumbai

0:47
Manjrekar: Gill's innings showed he cares for Test cricket
Sanjay Manjrekar on the batter's knock of 90 on Day 2

1:23
Manjrekar: The way Pant started against Ajaz was incredible
Sanjay Manjrekar on what makes Rishabh Pant a special talent

1:22
Manjrekar: Young seemed to trust his defence more than the rest
Manjrekar said Young looked more assured in defence than batters in either team

1:31
Manjrekar: Hope there is plenty left in Ashwin's tank
Sanjay Manjrekar says it's great to have the Ashwin-Jadeja 'union' back among the wickets

Jadeja, Ashwin run through New Zealand to hand India the advantage
Knocks from Gill and Pant and a quick cameo from Washington helped India resurrect their innings

1:18
Manjrekar: 'Biggest growth in a NZ batter will be in Will Young'
Sanjay Manjrekar says Young is a very earnest player

0:57
Manjrekar: 'Unfair to say Ashwin's skills are waning after one series'
Sanjay Manjrekar comments on the contrasting fortunes of Washington Sundar and R Ashwin

3:54
Has Rohit's white-ball approach affected his Test game?
Sanjay Manjrekar puts the microscope on Rohit Sharma's recent run of low scores

Team Fan Ratings

Tests

T20Is

OTHERT20s

1.
Matt Henry
NZ
Runs: 618Wkts: 105
8.1

2.
Rachin Ravindra
NZ
Runs: 928Wkts: 10
7.8

3.
William O’Rourke
NZ
Runs: 7Wkts: 26
7.5

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Top Run Scorers

In last one year

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

Rachin Ravindra

NZ, Lhb

855
Innings: 18Average: 50.29

Kane Williamson

NZ, Rhb

757
Innings: 16Average: 50.46

Glenn Phillips

NZ, Rhb

559
Innings: 19Average: 34.93

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Will Young

NZ, Rhb

220
Innings: 3Average: 73.33

Rachin Ravindra

NZ, Lhb

216
Innings: 6Average: 36.00

Daryl Mitchell

NZ, Rhb

206
Innings: 3Average: 68.66

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Finn Allen

NZ, Rhb

402
Innings: 15Average: 26.80

Glenn Phillips

NZ, Rhb

316
Innings: 13Average: 35.11

Daryl Mitchell

NZ, Rhb

227
Innings: 10Average: 32.42

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Top Wicket Takers

In last one year

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

Ajaz Patel

NZ, Sla

37
Innings: 12Average: 26.40

Matt Henry

NZ, Rfm

33
Innings: 12Average: 16.45

Glenn Phillips

NZ, Ob

30
Innings: 16Average: 27.36

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William O’Rourke

NZ, Rfm

5
Innings: 3Average: 23.00

Tim Southee

NZ, Rmf

5
Innings: 3Average: 35.80

Jacob Duffy

NZ, Rfm

4
Innings: 3Average: 29.25

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Tim Southee

NZ, Rmf

20
Innings: 11Average: 13.45

Lockie Ferguson

NZ, Rf

17
Innings: 9Average: 10.47

Mitchell Santner

NZ, Sla

15
Innings: 13Average: 21.80

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