New Zealand cricket team

The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps, played their first Test in 1930 vs England in Christchurch, New Zealand. 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, Graham Dowling and Geoff Howarth. Stephen Fleming is the Black Caps' most successful captain, having led New Zealand to 20 Test victories (2004), more than double that of any other captain.

Current Test record (2004)

Played	314
Won	54
Lost	125
Drawn	135

First Test series wins

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Opponent	Year
Australia	1985
Bangladesh	No series played as at 2004
England	1986
India	No series won as at 2004
Pakistan	No series won as at 2004
South Africa	No series won as at 2004
Sri Lanka	1984
West Indies	2002
Zimbabwe	1992

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Opponent	Year
Australia	1986
Bangladesh	2001
England	1984
India	1981
Pakistan	1985
South Africa	No series won as at 2004
Sri Lanka	1983
West Indies	1980
Zimbabwe	1998

First Test match wins

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Opponent	Venue	Year
Australia	Brisbane	1985
Bangladesh	No series played as at 2004
England	Headingley Leeds	1983
India	Nagpur	1969
Pakistan	Lahore	1969
Sri Lanka	Kandy	1984
South Africa	Cape Town	1962
West Indies	Barbados	2002
Zimbabwe	Harare	1992

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Opponent	Venue	Year
Australia	Christchurch	1974
Bangladesh	Hamilton	2001
England	Basin Reserve Wellington	1978
India	Christchurch	1968
Pakistan	Auckland	1985
Sri Lanka	Christchurch	1983
South Africa	Auckland	2004
West Indies	Auckland	1956
Zimbabwe	Basin Reserve Wellington	1998

All rounders

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 (2004) list is :

Player	Country
Gary Sobers	West Indies
Kapil Dev	India
Ian Botham	England
Imran Khan	Pakistan
Richard Hadlee	New Zealand
Christopher Cairns	New Zealand

Victories

The Black Caps won the ICC Knock-Out Trophy vs India Nairobi Gymkhana Club Nairobi Kenya 2000

They won the 2004 NatWest Series Trophy held in England.

Highest Test innings total

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• 630-6 declared vs India Mohali 2003-2004 season

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• 671-4 vs Sri Lanka Basin Reserve Wellington 1990-1991 season

Lowest Test Innings total

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• 47 vs England Lord's London 1958 season

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• 26 vs England Auckland 1954-1955 season

Highest individual Test innings

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• 274 not out Stephen Fleming vs Sri Lanka Colombo 2003 season

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• 299 Martin Crowe vs Sri Lanka Basin Reserve Wellington 1990-1991 season

Highest Wicket Stands

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 not out	Jeffrey Crowe / Richard Hadlee	Sri Lanka	Colombo	1986-1987
7th	225	Christopher Cairns / Jacob Oram	South Africa	Auckland	2003-2004
8th	253	Adam Parore / Nathan Astle	Australia	Perth	2001-2002
9th	136	Martin Snedden / Ian Smith	India	Auckland	1989-1990
10th	151	Brian Hastings / Richard Collinge	Pakistan	Auckland	1972-1973

World Record

• Richard Hadlee, one of New Zealand's best all-rounders took the world record for most Test wickets (374) vs India Bangalore 1988. He lost the record to Kapil Dev. Hadlee was the first bowler to reach 400 Test wickets vs India Christchurch 1990
• Nathan Astle scored Test cricket's fastest-ever double century vs England Christchurch 2002. 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. No batsman in Test history has scored more runs and still ended up on the losing side. He knocked the first hundred off 114 balls. Astle smashed the previous record by an unbelievable 59 balls. (Previously held by Adam Gilchrist Australia vs South Africa Johannesburg 2002).
• Geoff Allott holds the "unwanted" record for the longest time taken to score a duck. 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 (gladly!) to Courtney Walsh.
• Chris Cairns and his father Lance Cairns are the only father-son combination to each claim 100 Test wickets.
• Chris Cairns holds the record for the most Test sixes. He passed Viv Richards record of 84 (vs England Lords London 2004) and currently (2004) has hit 86.
• Chris Harris is the only New Zealand cricketer to have taken 200 wickets in ODI's. (vs England Lords London 2004). He is only the second player in ODI's to complete the 4000 run / 200 wicket double. (The other is Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriy).

New Zealand Test Captains

1. Tom Lowry
2. Curly Page
3. Walter Hadlee
4. Bert Sutcliffe
5. Merv Wallace
6. Geoff Rabone
7. Harry Cave
8. John Reid
9. Murray Chapple
10. Barry Sinclair
11. Graham Dowling
12. Bevan Congdon
13. Glenn Turner
14. John Parker
15. Mark Burgess
16. Geoff Howarth
17. Jeremy Coney
18. Jeff Crowe
19. John Wright
20. Martin Crowe
21. Ian Smith
22. Ken Rutherford
23. Lee Germon
24. Stephen Fleming
25. Dion Nash

Black Caps players in BambooWeb

• Mark Burgess
• Christopher Cairns
• Stephen Fleming
• Richard Hadlee
• Ian Smith
• Glenn Turner