New Zealand national cricket team record by opponent
The New Zealand national cricket team represents New Zealand in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and T20I status.[1] They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team 26 years until the 1955–56 season to win a Test match, when they defeated West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland.[2] They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. They are the joint oldest nation with Australia to play first Twenty20 International in 2005.
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New Zealand's win percentage in test cricket is 22.85%. As of March 2020, New Zealand has played 442 Test matches; out of which they have won 101, lost 175 ,while 166 matches remained as drawn.[3]
New Zealand is also one of the most successful ODI team, as they have reached many tournament's semi-finals. As of March 2020, New Zealand have played 771 ODI matches, winning 351 matches and losing 373; they also tied 7 matches, whilst 40 had no result.[4] They have reached six semi-finals at Cricket World Cup which is more than any other, in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, and 2011. New Zealand best world cup milestone came as runner-up in 2015 and 2019. In ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand became champions in 2000. They were also the runners up in ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and semi-finalists in ICC Champions Trophy 2006 as well.
New Zealand has showed average performances in Twenty20 Internationals. As of March 2020, New Zealand have played 131 T20I matches and won 61 of them, lost 59, 8 matches ended as a tie whilst 3 matches yielded no result. Their win percentage is 50.78.[5] During 6 ICC World Twenty20 tournaments, New Zealand's best performance came during 2007 and 2016 where they finished as semi-finalists.
As of March 2020, New Zealand has faced nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 105 matches against them.[6] However, they have registered most wins against Sri Lanka that is 16 wins, but their best win percentage is 80% against Bangladesh, against whom they have won 12 out of 15 tests.[6] In ODI matches, New Zealand have played against 18 teams; they have played against their continent rivals, Australia most frequently, with a winning percentage of 30.00 in 137 matches.[7] Within usual major ODI nations, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka and India on 49 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[7] The team has competed against 13 countries in T20IS. [8]
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Test cricket
Matches played (by country)
Opponent | 1st Test | Last Test | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | % Won |
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![]() | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
![]() | 29 March 1946 | 3 January 2020 | 60 | 8 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 13.33 |
![]() | 26 December 2001 | 12 March 2019 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 |
![]() | 10 January 1930 | 29 November 2019 | 105 | 11 | 48 | 46 | 0 | 10.47 |
![]() | 6 January 1956 | 29 February 2020 | 59 | 12 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 20.33 |
![]() | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
![]() | 7 November 1955 | 7 December 2018 | 58 | 12 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 20.68 |
![]() | 27 February 1932 | 29 March 2017 | 45 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 8.88 |
![]() | 11 March 1983 | 26 August 2019 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 44.44 |
![]() | 8 February 1952 | 12 December 2017 | 47 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 31.91 |
![]() | 7 November 1992 | 10 August 2016 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 64.70 |
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 8 March 2020. |
One Day International
Matches played (by country)
Opponent | 1st ODI | Last ODI | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % Won |
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![]() | 8 March 2015 | 8 June 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 30 March 1974 | 29 June 2019 | 137 | 39 | 91 | 0 | 7 | 30.00 |
![]() | 28 April 1990 | 5 June 2019 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 |
![]() | 18 July 1973 | 14 July 2019 | 91 | 43 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 51.14 |
![]() | 14 June 1975 | 5 February 2020 | 108 | 47 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 46.11 |
![]() | 1 July 2008 | 21 May 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 11 February 1973 | 26 June 2019 | 107 | 48 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 46.63 |
![]() | 29 February 1992 | 19 June 2019 | 71 | 25 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 37.87 |
![]() | 9 June 1979 | 1 June 2019 | 99 | 49 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 54.39 |
![]() | 18 June 1975 | 22 June 2019 | 65 | 28 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 48.27 |
![]() | 10 October 1987 | 7 August 2015 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 74.32 |
![]() | 3 March 2003 | 13 March 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 7 June 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 21 February 2003 | 20 February 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 17 February 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 31 May 1999 | 17 February 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 27 February 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 10 September 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 February 2020. |
Twenty20 International
Matches played (by country)
Opponent | 1st T20I | Last T20I | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No result | % Won |
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![]() | 17 February 2005 | 21 February 2018 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16.66 |
![]() | 3 February 2010 | 8 January 2017 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
![]() | 18 September 2007 | 5 November 2019 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37.50 |
![]() | 16 September 2007 | 2 February 2020 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 56.25 |
![]() | 11 June 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 12 September 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 29 March 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 22 September 2007 | 4 November 2018 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.09 |
![]() | 6 June 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
![]() | 21 October 2005 | 15 August 2015 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 26.66 |
![]() | 22 December 2006 | 3 September 2019 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 58.33 |
![]() | 16 February 2006 | 3 January 2018 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 62.50 |
![]() | 4 May 2010 | 9 August 2015 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 February 2020. |
Notes
- Games that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win.
References
- "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
- "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "Records / New Zealand / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- "Records / New Zealand / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.