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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.

The New Zealand team celebrating a dismissal in 2009

New Zealand's win percentage in test cricket is 23.83. As of August 2021, New Zealand have played 449 Test matches; out of which they have won 107, lost 175, while 167 matches have ended as draw.[3]

New Zealand is also one of the most successful ODI team, as they have reached many tournament's semi-finals. As of August 2021, they have played 775 ODI matches, out of which they have won 354, lost 374; 7 matches have ended as a tie, 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's best performance in world cups came in 2015 and 2019 when they ended as runners-up. 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 shown average performances in Twenty20 Internationals. As of October 2021, New Zealand have played 150 T20I matches and won 73 of them, lost 65, 8 matches ended as a tie whilst 4 matches yielded no result. Their win percentage is 52.73.[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 August 2021, New Zealand has faced nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 107 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 29.77 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]

Key edit

  • M – Number of matches played
  • W – Number of matches won
  • L – Number of matches lost
  • T – Number of matches tied
  • D – Number of matches ended in a draw
  • NR – Number of matches ended with no result
  • Tie+W – Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Tie+L – Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over
  • Win% – Percentage of games won to those played[n 1]
  • Loss% – Percentage of games lost to those played[n 1]
  • Draw% – Percentage of games drawn to those played[n 1]
  • First – Year of the first match against the country
  • Last – Year of the last match against the country

Test cricket edit

Matches played (by country) edit

Opponent 1st Test Last Test Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won
  Afghanistan – – 0 0 0 0 0 –
  Australia 29 March 1946 3 January 2020 60 8 34 18 0 13.33
  Bangladesh 26 December 2001 9 January 2022 17 13 1 3 0 80
  England 10 January 1930 24 February 2023 112 13 52 47 0 11.60
  India 6 January 1956 3 December 2021 62 13 22 27 0 20.97
  Ireland – – 0 0 0 0 0 –
  Pakistan 7 November 1955 2 January 2023 62 14 25 21 0 22.58
  South Africa 27 February 1932 25 February 2022 45 5 26 16 0 10.63
  Sri Lanka 11 March 1983 22 August 2019 36 16 9 11 0 44.44
  West Indies 8 February 1952 11 December 2020 49 17 13 19 0 34.69
  Zimbabwe 7 November 1992 6 August 2016 17 11 0 6 0 64.70
Summary 1930 2023 462 110 182 170 0 23.81

Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023

One Day International edit

Matches played (by country) edit

Opponent 1st ODI Last ODI Matches Won Lost Tied No result % Won
  Afghanistan 8 March 2015 8 June 2019 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
  Australia 30 March 1974 11 September 2022 141 39 95 0 7 29.10
  Bangladesh 28 April 1990 5 June 2019 38 28 10 0 0 73.68
  Canada 3 March 2003 13 March 2011 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
  East Africa† 7 June 1975 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  England 18 July 1973 14 July 2019 91 43 41 3 4 51.14
  India 14 June 1975 24 January 2023 116 50 58 1 7 46.33
  Ireland 1 July 2008 15 July 2022 7 7 0 0 0 100.00
  Kenya 21 February 2003 20 February 2011 2 2 0 0 0 100.00
  Netherlands 17 February 1996 4 April 2022 4 4 0 0 0 100.00
  Pakistan 11 February 1973 13 January 2023 110 50 56 1 3 47.19
  Scotland 31 May 1999 17 February 2015 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
  South Africa 29 February 1992 19 June 2019 71 25 41 0 5 37.87
  Sri Lanka 9 June 1979 1 June 2019 99 49 41 1 8 54.39
  United Arab Emirates 27 February 1996 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  United States 10 September 2004 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  West Indies 18 June 1975 21 August 2022 68 30 31 0 7 49.18
  Zimbabwe 10 October 1987 7 August 2015 38 27 9 1 1 74.32
Summary 1973 2021 775 357 374 7 40 48.63
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023.

Twenty20 International edit

Matches played (by country) edit

Opponent 1st T20I Last T20I Matches Won Lost Tied No result Win %
  Afghanistan 7 November 2021 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  Australia 17 February 2005 22 October 2022 16 5 10 1 0 34.37
  Bangladesh 3 February 2010 12 October 2022 17 14 3 0 0 82.35
  England 18 September 2007 1 November 2022 23 8 13 1 1 38.63
  India 16 September 2007 1 February 2023 25 10 12 3 0 46.00
  Ireland 11 June 2009 4 November 2022 5 5 0 0 0 100.00
  Kenya 12 September 2007 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  Namibia 5 November 2021 1 1 0 0 0 100.00
  Netherlands 29 March 2014 5 August 2022 3 3 0 0 0 100.00
  Pakistan 22 September 2007 9 November 2022 29 11 18 0 0 37.93
  Scotland 6 June 2009 29 July 2022 4 4 0 0 0 100.00
  South Africa 21 October 2005 17 February 2017 15 4 11 0 0 26.66
  Sri Lanka 22 December 2006 29 October 2022 20 11 7 1 1 60.52
  West Indies 16 February 2006 14 August 2022 19 10 4 3 2 67.64
  Zimbabwe 4 May 2010 9 August 2015 6 6 0 0 0 100.00
Summary 2005 2023 185 94 78 9 4 53.24
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 2 March 2023

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c 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 edit

  1. ^ "ICC Members Countries". International Cricket Council (ICC). Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ^ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  3. ^ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Records / New Zealand / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Records / New Zealand / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Records / New Zealand / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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