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The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, 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 national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket.

The current Test, One-day and Twenty20 captain is Daniel Vettori. He replaced New Zealand's 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 April 2009, the New Zealand team has played 351 Test matches, winning 18.80%, losing 39.88% and drawing 41.32% of its games.

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Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Domestic team Forms S/N
Captain and All-rounder
Daniel Vettori January 27, 1979(age 31) Left-Handed Bat Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 11
Opening Batsmen
Martin Guptill September 30, 1986(age 24) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Auckland Test, ODI, Twenty20 31
Peter Ingram October 25, 1978(age 32) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Central Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 19
Tim McIntosh August 04, 1979(age 31) Left-Handed Bat Auckland Test
Aaron Redmond September 23, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg Spin Otago ODI, Twenty20 29
Jesse Ryder August 06, 1984(age 26) Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20 77
BJ Watling July 09, 1985(age 25) Right-Handed Bat Northern Districts Test, Twenty20 26
Middle-Order Batsmen
Neil Broom November 20, 1983(age 27) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Otago ODI, Twenty20 4
Peter Fulton February 01, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Canterbury Test 50
Daniel Flynn April 16, 1985(age 25) Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Slow Northern Districts Test 30
Mathew Sinclair November 09, 1975(age 35) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Central Districts Test
Shanan Stewart June 21, 1982(age 28) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Canterbury ODI
Ross Taylor March 08, 1984(age 26) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Central Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 3
Wicket-keepers
Gareth Hopkins November 24, 1976(age 34) Right-Handed Bat Auckland ODI, Twenty20 48
Brendon McCullum September 27, 1981(age 29) Right-Handed Bat Otago Test, ODI, Twenty20 42
Peter McGlashan June 22, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Northern Districts Twenty20 21
All-rounders
Kane Williamson August 08, 1990(age 20) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Northern Districts Test -
Grant Elliott March 21, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Wellington Test, ODI 88
Nathan McCullum September 01, 1980(age 30) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Otago ODI, Twenty20 15
Jacob Oram July 28, 1978(age 32) Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Central Districts Test,1 ODI, Twenty20 24
Scott Styris July 10, 1975(age 35) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Auckland ODI, Twenty20 56
Scott Morrison October 27, 1991(age 19) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20 8
James Franklin November 07, 1980(age 30) Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Medium-Fast Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20 70
Pace Bowlers
Brent Arnel January 03, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast Northern Districts Test
Ian Butler November 24, 1981(age 29) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast Otago ODI, Twenty20 2
Brendon Diamanti April 30, 1981(age 29) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast Central Districts Twenty20 51
Chris Martin December 10, 1974(age 36) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Canterbury Test
Andy McKay April 17, 1980(age 30) Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium Wellington ODI
Kyle Mills March 15, 1979(age 31) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast Auckland ODI, Twenty20 37
Tim Southee December 11, 1988(age 22) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast Northern Districts Test, ODI, Twenty20 38
Daryl Tuffey June 11, 1978(age 32) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Auckland Test, ODI, Twenty20
Iain O'Brien July 10, 1976(age 34) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Wellington Test, ODI, Twenty20
Michael Mason August 27, 1974(age 36) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Central Districts Test, ODI
Spin Bowlers
Jeetan Patel May 07, 1980(age 30) Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Wellington Test, ODI 39

Tournament victories : Austral-Asia Cup
Test Matches One-Day Games Twenty/20 Games
Played 359 584 33
Won 68 255 13
Lost 146 294 17
Tied 0 5 3
Drawn / No Result 146 30 0

Team Records : 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 July 2008
Pakistan 1985 1969
South Africa No series won as at July 2008 No series won as at July 2008
Sri Lanka 1983 1984
West Indies 1980 2002
Zimbabwe 1998 1992

: First Test match wins
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

: Largest wins and losses
NZ Won by an vs Venue Season NZ Lost by an vs Venue Season
Innings and 296 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

: Largest wins and losses
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

: Largest wins and losses
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 Auckland 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
    10 Wickets India Hamilton 2008 � 2009
    10 Wickets Australia Wellington 2009 � 2010

: 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

: Highest fourth innings 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
317/7 v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2008/09 440 v England, Nottingham 1973 293/8 v Australia, Christchurch 1976/77
278/8 v Pakistan, Dunedin 1984/85 431 v England, Napier 2007/08 275/8 v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 1996/97

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 8
Daniel Vettori† 100 Martin Crowe 5444 Daniel Vettori† 325 Martin Crowe 71 John R. Reid 34
Richard Hadlee 86 John Wright 5334 Chris Cairns 218 Nathan Astle 70 Geoff Howarth 30
John Wright 82 Nathan Astle 4702 Chris Martin† 181 Jeremy Coney 64 Daniel Vettori† 27
Nathan Astle 81 Daniel Vettori† 3962 Danny Morrison 160 Bryan Young 54 Graham Dowling 19
Adam Parore 78 Bevan Congdon 3448 Lance Cairns 130 Daniel Vettori† 55 Ken Rutherford 18
Martin Crowe 77 John R. Reid 3428 Ewen Chatfield 123 Bevan Congdon 43 Bevan Congdon 17
Ian Smith 63 Chris Cairns 3320 Richard Collinge 116 Glenn Turner 42 Martin Crowe 16
Chris Cairns 62 Richard Hadlee 3124 Bruce Taylor 111 John R. Reid 41 Jeremy Coney 15
Bevan Congdon 61 Craig McMillan 3116 John Bracewell 102 Jeff Crowe 41 Mark Burgess 10
John R. Reid 58 Glenn Turner 2991 Dick Motz 100 Richard Hadlee 39 Glenn Turner 10
Ken Rutherford 56 Andrew Jones 2922 Simon Doull 98 John Wright 38 Harry Cave 9
Chris Martin† 56 Adam Parore 2865 Dion Nash 93 Mark Burgess 34 Walter Hadlee 8
Craig McMillan 55 Brendon McCullum 2862 Hedley Howarth 86 Hedley Howarth 33 Tom Lowry 7
Brendon McCullum† 52 Mark Richardson 2776 John R. Reid 85 Ken Rutherford 32 Curly Page 7
Jeremy Coney 52 Bert Sutcliffe 2727 James Franklin† 80 Ross Taylor† 45 Jeff Crowe 6

: Batting records
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
7 185 B.B. McCullum vs Bangladesh, at Hamilton, 2009/10
8 140 D.L. Vettori vs Sri Lanka, at Colombo (SSCG), 2009/10
9 173 I.D.S. Smith vs India, at Auckland, 1989/90
10 83* J.G. Bracewell vs Australia, at Sydney, 1985/86
11 68* R.O. Collinge vs Pakistan, at Auckland,1972/73

: Batting records
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

: Batting records
Batsman Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average
Stewie Dempster 10 15 4 723 65.73
Martin Donnelly 7 12 1 582 52.91
Jesse Ryder 11 20 2 898 49.88
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

: Batting records
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 271 Ross Taylor / Jesse Ryder India Napier 2008 � 2009
5th 222 Craig McMillan / Nathan Astle Zimbabwe Wellington 2000 � 2001
6th 339 Martin Guptill / Brendon McCullum Bangladesh Hamilton 2009-2010
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

: Batting records
Fastest 200s Fastest 100s Fastest 50s Most Sixes
153 Balls N.J. Astle v England, Christchurch 2001/02† 81 Balls L.R.P.L Taylor v Australia, Hamilton 2009/10 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 82 Balls D.L. Vettori v Zimbabwe, Harare 2005/06 34 Balls I.D.S. Smith v Pakistan, Faisalabad 1990 9 C.L. Cairns v Zimbabwe, Auckland 1995/96
327 Balls J.D. Ryder v India, Napier 2008/09 83 Balls B.R. Taylor v West Indies, Auckland 1968/69 34 Balls L.R.P.L Taylor v Australia, Hamilton 2009/10 9 T.G. Southee v England, Napier 2007/08

: Bowling records
Bowler Matches Wickets Runs Average
Jack Cowie 9 45 969 21.53
Richard Hadlee 86 431 9611 22.29
Shane Bond 17 79 1769 22.39
Bruce Taylor 30 111 2953 26.60
Dion Nash 32 93 2649 28.48
Richard Collinge 35 116 3393 29.25

: All rounders' records
Matches Runs Bat Ave High Score 100s Wickets Bowl Ave Best Bowl 5WI 10W
Richard Hadlee 86 3124 27.16 151* 2 431 22.29 9/52 36 9
Chris Cairns 62 3320 33.53 158 5 218 29.40 7/27 13 1
Daniel Vettori 100 3962 30.71 140 5 325 33.86 7/83 18 3
John Bracewell 41 1001 20.42 110 1 102 35.81 6/32 5 1

: All rounders' records
Player Country Runs Wickets
Shane Warne Australia 3154 708
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
Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 3089 355
Daniel Vettori New Zealand 3962 325

: Wicketkeeping records
Played Catches Stumpings Total
Adam Parore 78 194 7 201
Ian Smith 63 168 8 176
Brendon McCullum 52 162 11 173
Ken Wadsworth 33 92 4 96

: Fielding records
Date v Opposition at Venue Match Test ODI Twenty/20
Tri-series August 10 v India at 1st ODI TBA
Tri-series August 13 v Sri Lanka at 2nd ODI TBA
Tri-series August 19 v Sri Lanka at 3nd ODI TBA
Tri-series August 25 v India at 4th ODI TBA
Tri-series Final August 28 v at 5th ODI TBA

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