"New Zealand national cricket team and their great achievement"

New Zealand

Test status granted	1930
First Test match	v England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 10–13th January 1930
Captain	Daniel Vettori
Coach	Mark Greatbatch
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking	7th (Test), 4th (ODI) [1]
Test matches - This year	351 3
Last Test match	v Australia at Wellington, 19 March 2010–23 March 2010
Wins/losses - This year	68/143 1/2
As of 23 March 2010

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.

History-

The reverend Henry Williams provided history with the first report of a game of cricket in New Zealand when he wrote in his diary in December 1832 about boys in and around Paihia on Horotutu Beach playing cricket. In 1835, Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle called in to the Bay of Islands on its epic circumnavigation of the Earth and Darwin witnessed a game of cricket played by freed Maori slaves and the son of a missionary at Waimate North. Darwin in The Voyage of the Beagle wrote:

several young men redeemed by the missionaires from slavery were employed on the farm. In the evening I saw a party of them at cricket.

The first recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in Wellington in December 1842. The Wellington Spectator reports a game on December 28, 1842 played by a “Red” team and a “Blue” team from the Wellington Club. The first fully recorded match was reported by the Examiner in Nelson between the Surveyors and Nelson in March 1844.

The first team to tour New Zealand was Parr's all England XI in 1863–64. Between 1864 and 1914, 22 foreign teams toured NZ. England sent 6 teams, Australia 15 and Fiji 1.
On the 15, 16, 17 of February, 1894 the first team representing New Zealand played New South Wales at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. NSW won by 160 runs. New South Wales returned again in 1895–96 and NZ won the solitary game by 142 runs, its first victory. The New Zealand Cricket Council was formed towards the end of 1894.

New Zealand played its first two internationals (not Tests) in 1904–05 against a star-studded Australia team containing such players as Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong and Clem Hill. Rain saved NZ from a thrashing in the first match but not the second which NZ lost by an innings and 358 runs – currently the second largest defeat in NZ first-class cricket.
In 1927 NZ toured England. They played 26 first class matches, mostly against county sides. They managed to beat Worcestershire, Glamorgan, Somerset, and Derbyshire. On the strength of the performances on this tour NZ was granted Test status.

In 1929/30 the M.C.C toured NZ and played 4 Tests all of 3 days in duration. NZ lost its first Test match but drew the next 3. In the second Test Stewie Dempster and Jackie Mills put on 276 for the first wicket. This is still the highest partnership against England.

NZ first played South Africa in 1931–32 but were unable to secure Test matches against any teams other than England before World War II ended all Test cricket for 7 years. NZ's first Test after the war was against Australia in 1945/46. This game was not considered a "Test" at the time but it was granted Test status retrospectively by the International Cricket Council in March, 1948. The NZ players who appeared in this match probably did not appreciate this move by the ICC as NZ were dismissed for 42 and 54. The New Zealand Cricket Council's unwillingness to pay Australian players a decent allowance to tour NZ ensured that this was the only Test Australia played against NZ between 1929 and 1972.

In 1949 NZ sent one of its best ever sides to England. It contained Bert Sutcliffe, Martin Donnelly, John R. Reid and Jack Cowie. However, 3-day Test matches ensured that all 4 Tests were drawn.
NZ played its first matches against the West Indies in 1951–52, and Pakistan and India in 1955/56.
In 1954/55 NZ recorded the lowest ever innings total, 26 against England. The following season NZ achieved its first Test victory. The first 3 Tests of a 4 Test series were won easily by the West Indies but NZ won the fourth to notch up its first Test victory. It had taken them 45 matches and 26 years. In the next 20 years NZ won only 7 more Tests. For most of this period NZ lacked a class bowler to lead their attack although they had 2 excellent batsmen in Glenn Turner and Bert Sutcliffe and a great all-rounder in John R. Reid.

In 1973 Richard Hadlee debuted and the rate at which NZ won Tests picked up dramatically. Hadlee was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation and played 86 Tests for NZ before he retired in 1990. Of the 86 Tests that Hadlee played in New Zealand won 22 and lost 28. In 1977/78 NZ won its first Test against England, at the 48th attempt. Hadlee took 10 wickets in the match.

During the 1980s NZ also had the services of one of its best ever batsman, Martin Crowe and a number of good players such as John Wright, Bruce Edgar, John F. Reid, Andrew Jones, Geoff Howarth, Jeremy Coney, Ian Smith, John Bracewell, Lance Cairns, Stephen Boock, and Ewen Chatfield, who were capable of playing the occasional match winning performance and consistently making a valuable contribution to a Test match.

The match that epitomized the phenomenon of NZ’s two star players (R. Hadlee and M. Crowe) putting in match winning performances and other players making good contributions was NZ v Australia, 1985 at Brisbane. In Australia's first innings Hadlee took 9-52. In NZ's only turn at bat, M Crowe scored 188 and John F. Reid 108. Edgar, Wright, Coney, Jeff Crowe, V. Brown, and Hadlee scored between 17 and 54*. In Australia’s second innings, Hadlee took 6-71 and Chatfield 3-75. NZ won by an innings and 41 runs.
One-day cricket also gave NZ a chance to compete more regularly than Test cricket with the better sides in world cricket. In one-day cricket a batsman doesn’t need to score centuries to win games for his side and bowlers don’t need to bowl the opposition out. One-day games can be won by one batsman getting a 50, a few others getting 30s, bowlers bowling economically and everyone fielding well. These were requirements New Zealand players could consistently meet and thus developed a good one-day record against all sides.

Perhaps New Zealand's most famous one-day match was the infamous "Under arm" match against Australia at the MCG in 1981. Requiring six runs to tie the match off the final ball, Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to "bowl" the ball underarm along the wicket to prevent the New Zealand batsman from hitting a six. The Australian umpires ruled the move as legal even though to this day many believe it was one of the most unsporting decisions made in cricket.

When New Zealand next played in the tri-series in Australia in 1983, Lance Cairns became a cult hero for his one-day batting. In one match against Australia, he hit six sixes at the MCG, one of the world's largest grounds. Few fans remember that NZ lost this game by 149 runs. However, Lance's greatest contribution to NZ cricket was his son Chris Cairns.

Chris Cairns made his debut one year before Hadlee retired in 1990. Cairns, one of New Zealand’s best allrounders, led the 1990s bowling attack with Danny Morrison. Stephen Fleming, NZ’s most prolific scorer, led the batting and the team into the 21st century. Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan also scored plenty of runs for New Zealand, but both retired earlier than expected.

Daniel Vettori made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1997, and when he took over from Fleming as captain in 2007 he was regarded as the best spinning allrounder in world cricket. On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler (after Chaminda Vaas) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club.
Shane Bond played 17 Tests for NZ between 2001 and 2007 but missed far more through injury. When fit, he added a dimension to the NZ bowling attack that had been missing since Hadlee retired.

The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

The rise of the financial power of the BCCI had an immense effect on NZ cricket and its players. The BCCI managed to convince other boards not to pick players who had joined the rival Twenty-20 Indian Cricket League. NZ Cricket lost the services of Shane Bond, Lou Vincent, Andre Adams, Hamish Marshall and Daryl Tuffey. The money to be made from Twenty-20 cricket in India may have also induced players, such as Craig McMillan and Scott Styris (from Test cricket) to retire earlier than they would have otherwise. After the demise of the Indian Cricket League Bond and Tuffey again played for NZ.

Most of the current NZ team lacks experience at Test level, but there are high hopes that players such as Brendon McCullum, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, and Tim Southee will have lengthy, productive and injury-free careers.

See also: History of cricket in New Zealand to 1890, History of cricket in New Zealand from 1890-91 to 1918, History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918-19 to 1945, History of cricket in New Zealand from 1945-46 to 1970, History of cricket in New Zealand from 1970-71 to 2000, and History of cricket in New Zealand from 2000-01

Current squad-

This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand in the last year. Iain O'Brien and Shane Bond have played during this period, but has since retired from international cricket. Players in bold have a central contract for 2009–10.

Name	Age	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Domestic team	Forms	S/N
Captain and All-rounder
Daniel Vettori	31	Left-Handed Bat	Slow Left-Arm Orthodox	Northern Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	11
Opening Batsmen
Martin Guptill	24	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20	31
Peter Ingram	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	19
Tim McIntosh	31	Left-Handed Bat		Auckland	Test
Aaron Redmond	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Leg Spin	Otago	ODI, Twenty20	29
Jesse Ryder	26	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20	77
BJ Watling	25	Right-Handed Bat		Northern Districts	Test, Twenty20	26
Middle-Order Batsmen
Neil Broom	26	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Otago	ODI, Twenty20	4
Peter Fulton	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Canterbury	Test	50
Daniel Flynn	25	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Slow	Northern Districts	Test	30
Mathew Sinclair	34	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Central Districts	Test
Shanan Stewart	28	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Canterbury	ODI
Ross Taylor	26	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Central Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	3
Wicket-keepers
Gareth Hopkins	33	Right-Handed Bat		Auckland	ODI, Twenty20	48
Brendon McCullum	29	Right-Handed Bat		Otago	Test, ODI, Twenty20	42
Peter McGlashan	31	Right-Handed Bat		Northern Districts	Twenty20	21
All-rounders
Kane Williamson	20	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Northern Districts	Test	-
Grant Elliott	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI	88
Nathan McCullum	30	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Otago	ODI, Twenty20	15
Jacob Oram	32	Left-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Central Districts	Test,¹ ODI, Twenty20	24
Scott Styris	35	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium	Auckland	ODI, Twenty20	56
Scott Morrison	18	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20	8
James Franklin	29	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Medium-Fast	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20	70
Pace Bowlers
Brent Arnel	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Northern Districts	Test
Ian Butler	28	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast	Otago	ODI, Twenty20	2
Brendon Diamanti	29	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Central Districts	Twenty20	51
Chris Martin	35	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Auckland	Test
Andy McKay	30	Left-Handed Bat	Left-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	ODI
Kyle Mills	31	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Auckland	ODI, Twenty20	37
Tim Southee	21	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	Northern Districts	Test, ODI, Twenty20	38
Daryl Tuffey	32	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Auckland	Test, ODI, Twenty20
Iain O'Brien	34	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Wellington	Test, ODI, Twenty20
Michael Mason	36	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Fast-Medium	Central Districts	Test, ODI
Spin Bowlers
Jeetan Patel	30	Right-Handed Bat	Right-Arm Off-Break	Wellington	Test, ODI	39

Jacob Oram has both played Test cricket in this period, but have since retired from the format.

Tournament history-

World Cup :

1975: Semi Finals
1979: Semi Finals
1983: First round
1987: First round
1992: Semi Finals
1996: Quarter Finals
1999: Semi Finals
2003: 5th Place
2007: 3rd Place

ICC Knockout & ICC Champions Trophy-

ICC Knockout 1998: Quarter Finals
ICC Knockout 2000: Winners
ICC Champions Trophy 2002: First round
ICC Champions Trophy 2004: First round
ICC Champions Trophy 2006: Semi Finals
ICC Champions Trophy 2009: Runners Up

Twenty20 World Championship-

2007: Semi Finals
2009: Super Eight Stage
2010: Super Eight Stage

Commonwealth Games-

1998: Bronze medal

World Championship of Cricket-

1985: Fourth

Austral-Asia Cup-

1986: Semi Finals
1990: Semi Finals
1994: Semi Finals

Tournament victories-

ICC Knock-Out Trophy Nairobi Gymkhana Club Nairobi Kenya 2000. New Zealand beat India in the final.
2003 Bank Alfala Series Trophy held in Sri Lanka (New Zealand, Pakistan,Sri Lanka)
2004 NatWest Series Trophy held in England (West Indies, England,New Zealand).
2005 Videocon TriSeries held in Zimbabwe (India, Zimbabwe,New Zealand).

Results summary-

	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

updated 1st April 2010.

Test records-

Main article: List of One Day Cricket Records for New Zealand

Main article: List of Twenty20 Cricket Records for New Zealand

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-

Opponent	Home		Away
Opponent	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

Note that New Zealand's first Test win against Australia was in only the sixth match between the two teams; despite making their Test debut in 1930, they had to wait until 1946 before playing Australia for the first time, and then until 1973 for a second meeting. To this day, Australia treats New Zealand as inferior, agreeing only to three-Test series while playing Test series comprising five or even six tests against other nations, such as India, England or the West Indies.

Largest wins and losses-

See also: List of New Zealand Test cricket victories

By innings-

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

By runs-

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

By wickets-

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

Opposition Following-on-

v South Africa at Cape Town 1953/54 – Match Drawn
v India at Bombay 1964/65 – Match Drawn
v India at Christchurch 1967/68 – NZ Won
v Sri Lanka at Christchurch 1982/83 – NZ Won
v England at Christchurch 1983/84 – NZ Won
v India at Christchurch 1989/90 – NZ Won
v Sri Lanka at Dunedin 1996/97 – NZ Won
v West Indies at Wellington 1999/00 – NZ Won
v Zimbabwe at Harare 2000/01 – NZ Won
v Bangladesh at Hamilton 2001/02 – NZ Won
v India at Mohali 2003/04 – Match Drawn
v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2004/05 – NZ Won
v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo 2005/06 – NZ Won
v India at Napier 2008/09 – Match Drawn

Highest innings totals-

671-4 vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 1990–1991
630-6d vs India, in Mohali, 2003–2004
619-9d vs India, in Napier, 2008–09
595 vs South Africa, in Auckland, 2003–2004
593-8d vs South Africa, in Cape Town, 2005–2006
586-7d vs Sri Lanka, in Dunedin, 1996–1997
563-7d vs Pakistan, in Hamilton, 2003–2004

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

†world record low for test playing nation

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

† Daniel Vettori, Chris Martin, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum, and James Franklin are still playing.

Only Allan Border (93) has more tests as captain than Stephen Fleming.
Only Rahul Dravid (186) and Mark Waugh(181) have more catches than Stephen Fleming.

Batting records-

Most runs in an innings-

Home:

299 Martin Crowe vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 1990–1991
267* Bryan Young vs Sri Lanka, in Dunedin, 1996–1997
239 Graham Dowling vs India, in Christchurch, 1967–1968
224 Lou Vincent vs Sri Lanka, in Wellington, 2004–2005
222 Nathan Astle vs England, in Christchurch, 2001–2002
214 Mathew Sinclair vs West Indies in Hamilton, 1999–2000

Away-

274* Stephen Fleming vs Sri Lanka, in Colombo, 2003
262 Stephen Fleming vs South Africa, in Cape Town, 2005–2006
259 Glenn Turner vs West Indies, in Georgetown, 1971–1972
230 Bert Sutcliffe vs India, in New Delhi, 1955–1956
223* Glenn Turner vs West Indies, in Kingstown, 1971–1972

Most Runs in an innings by batting position-

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

Centuries-

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

Highest batting averages-

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

Qualification 12 innings

Highest partnerships for each wicket-

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

§ The highest wicket stand for all Test nations. Equalled by Mushtaq Ahmed & Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan v South Africa, Rawalpindi, 1997/98.
Other Notable Partnerships-

1st Wicket : 276 C.S. Dempster & J.E. Mills v England at Wellington 1929/30
8th Wicket : 253 N.J. Astle & A.C. Parore v Australia at Perth 2001/02
6th Wicket : 246* J.J. Crowe & R.J. Hadlee v Sri Lanka at Colombo 1986–1987
4th Wicket : 243 M.J. Horne & N.J.Astle v Zimbabwe at Auckland 1997/98
3rd Wicket : 241 J.G. Wright & M.D. Crowe v West Indies at Wellington 1986/87
4th Wicket : 240 S.P. Fleming & C.D. McMillan v Sri Lanka at Colombo 1997/98
1st Wicket : 231 M.H. Richardson & L. Vincent v India at Mohali 2003/04
4th Wicket : 229 B.E. Congdon & B.F. Hastings v Australia at Wellington 1973/74

Fast scoring-

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

† World Record

Bowling records-

Best bowling in a match-

15-123 Richard Hadlee v Australia at Brisbane 1985/86
12-149 Daniel Vettori v Australia at Auckland 1999/00
12-170 Daniel Vettori v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2004/05
11-58 Richard Hadlee v India at Wellington 1975/76
11-102 Richard Hadlee v West Indies at Dunedin 1979/80

Ten wickets in a match most times-

Richard Hadlee 9
Daniel Vettori 3

Best bowling in an innings-

9-52 Richard Hadlee v Australia at Brisbane 1985/86
7-23 Richard Hadlee v India at Wellington 1975/76
7-27 Chris Cairns v West Indies at Hamilton 1999/00
7-52 Chris Pringle v Pakistan at Faisalabad 1990/91
7-53 Chris Cairns v Bangladesh at Hamilton 2001/02

Five wickets in an innings-

Most Times-

36 Richard Hadlee
18 Daniel Vettori
13 Chris Cairns
10 Danny Morrison
8 Chris Martin
6 Simon Doull
6 Lance Cairns
5 Shane Bond
5 Dick Motz

On Test Debut-

6-168 G.F. Cresswell v England 1949
6-155 A.M. Moir v England 1950/51
5-86 B.R. Taylor v India 1964/65
5-82 P.J. Wiseman v Sri Lanka 1997/98
5-136 M.R. Gillespe v South Africa 2007/08
5-55 T.G. Southee v England 2007/08†

Twice in a Match-

9-52 & 6-71 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1985/86
5-62 & 7-87 D.L. Vettori v Australia 1999/00
6-70 & 6-100 D.L. Vettori v Bangladesh 2004/05
5-34 & 6-68 R.J. Hadlee v West Indies 1979/80
5-65 & 6-90 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1985/86
6-76 & 5-93 D.J.Nash v England 1994
6-76 & 5-104 C.S. Martin v South Africa 2003/04
5-73 & 5-29 R.J. Hadlee v Sri Lanka 1983/84
5-109 & 5-67 R.J. Hadlee v Australia 1987/88

†Batting at Number 10, Southee also scored 77* and top scored in the match for NZ. He reached 50 off only 29 balls, which at the time, was NZ's fastest ever test 50 and the sixth fastest test 50 ever.

Hat Tricks-

P.J. Petherick v Pakistan at Lahore 1976/77
J.E.C. Franklin v Bangladesh at Dhaka 2004/05

Best bowling averages-

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

Qualification 9 matches

All rounders' records-

1000 runs and 100 wickets-

Players in bold still active

	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

Note: The order of the players on this list is determined by: Batting average minus Bowling average. The greater the positive difference, the higher he is on the list.
New Zealand is the only Test playing country to have two players who have achieved the allrounder’s double of 3000 Test runs and 300 Test wickets. The current (2009) list is:

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

A century and 10 wickets in a match-

No New Zealand player has ever achieved this. Only Imran Khan (Pakistan), and Ian Botham (England), have scored a century and taken 10 wickets in the same match.

A century and 5 wickets in an innings in a match-

Bruce Taylor 105 & 5-86 vs India at Calcutta 1964/65 (on his debut)

Daniel Vettori thrilled with New Zealand winning ICC 'Spirit of Cricket' award

Published: Friday, Oct 8, 2010, 17:37 IST
Place: WELLINGTON | Agency: ANI


Daniel Vettori

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori is thrilled with his side winning the ICC 'Spirit of Cricket' award, saying that he is proud to lead a team that has most adhered to the spirit of cricket.
"It's great to win the ICC Spirit of Cricket award for the third time and I am proud to lead a team that has been deemed once again to be the side that has most adhered to the spirit of cricket," The New Zealand Herald quoted Vettori, as saying.

"The team I have led over the past year has without a doubt shown great sportsmanship and played the game of cricket in the right way by always respecting our opponents and those who officiate and look after us in the sport," he added.

Despite being beaten by Bangladesh in the first ODI played recently, and currently languishing in the eighth place in the ICC test rankings, New Zealand beat India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to win the 'Spirit of Cricket' award for the second year in a row at the ICC Awards.
"The Black Caps richly deserved the Spirit of Cricket Award and to receive the accolade three times shows how highly our cricketers respect the game's traditional values. The Black Caps are excellent role models and great ambassadors for the game," said New Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan.

The award is handed out to the team with the best on-field conduct, and is decided by the ICC elite panel of umpires and match referees, and the captains of the ten full members of the world's governing body.
The Black Caps' season was not without incident last summer with Scott Styris fined 15 percent of his match fee following a minor 'headbutt' with Australia's Mitchell Johnson in a one-day international in Napier, the paper reports.

The spirit award wasn't the only accolade for New Zealand on the occasion of the seventh ICC awards held in Bangalore on Wednesday evening night, which was headlined by India's Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who was declared the ICC player of the year.

Golden moments at Commonwealth Games

From Wikipedia-

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