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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- Test cricket
- Matches played (by country)
- One Day International
- Matches played (by country) 2
- Twenty20 International
- Matches played (by country) 3
- Notes
- References
New Zealand's win percentage in test cricket is 25.20%. As of November 2025, New Zealand have played 480 Test matches; out of which they have won 121, lost 189, while 170 matches have ended as draw. [3]
New Zealand is also one of the most successful ODI teams with a win percentage of 49.12% and have reached many tournament's semi-finals. As of November 2025, they have played 844 ODI matches, out of which they have won 393, lost 400; 7 matches have ended as a tie, whilst 44 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 November 2025, New Zealand have played 243 T20I matches and won 124 of them, lost 99, 10 matches ended as a tie whilst 10 matches yielded no result. Their win percentage is 53.21. [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 November 2025, New Zealand has faced nine teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent is England; playing 115 matches against them. [6] However, they have registered most wins against Sri Lanka that is 18 wins, but their best win percentage is 87% against Bangladesh, against whom they have won 14 out of 19 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 28.88 in 142 matches. [7] Within usual major ODI nations, New Zealand have defeated Sri Lanka on 54 occasions , which is their best record in ODIs. [7] The team has competed against 18 countries in T20IS. [8]
