New Zealand national cricket team
New Zealand silver fern cricket crest
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| Test status acquired | 1930 | |||||||||
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| Captain | Kane Williamson | |||||||||
| Coach | Mike Hesson | |||||||||
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| Test Matches | ||||||||||
| First Test | v  England at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 10–13 January 1930 |
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| Last Test | v  Bangladesh at Hagley Oval, Christchurch; 20–24 January 2017 |
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| First ODI | v  Pakistan at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 11 February 1973 |
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| Last ODI | v  South Africa at Eden Park, Auckland; 4 March 2017 |
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| World Cup Appearances | 11 (first in 1975) | |||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (2015) | |||||||||
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| First T20I | v  Australia at Eden Park, Auckland; 17 February 2005 |
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| Last T20I | v South Africa at the Eden Park, New Zealand; 17 February 2017 |
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| World Twenty20 Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Semi-finals (2007, 2016) | |||||||||
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| ICC Rankings | Current | Best-ever |
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Test ODI T20I |
5th 3rd 1st |
3rd 2nd 1st |
| Tests | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 419 | 89/169 (161 draws) |
| This year | 2 | 1/0 (0 draws) |
| ODIs | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 718 | 318/356 (6 ties, 38 no result) |
| This year | 4 | 2/2 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
| T20Is | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 96 | 49/40 (5 ties, 2 no result) |
| This year | 3 | 3/0 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current Test, One-day and Twenty20 captain is Kane Williamson, who replaced Brendon McCullum who announced his retirement in late December, 2015. The national team is organised by New Zealand Cricket.
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. Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
As of February 2017, New Zealand have played 419 Test matches, winning 89, losing 169 and drawing 161.
As of February 2017, the New Zealand cricket team is ranked 5th in Tests, 3rd in ODIs and 1st in T20Is by the ICC. New Zealand reached the final match in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in its history, after beating South Africa in the semi-final in 2015.
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