List of New Zealand Women's Twenty20 International cricket records

Last updated March 12, 2022

This is a List of New Zealand Women's Twenty20 International cricket records, that is record team and individual performances in by the New Zealand women's national cricket team in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket. This list is based on the List of Women's Twenty20 International records

Key

The top ten records are listed for each category. Tied records for the tenth place are listed as well. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate.

Symbol	Meaning
	Player is currently active in WT20I cricket
*	Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken
♠	World record

ICC Women's T20I Rankings v t e
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	33	9,600	291
2	England	39	11,060	284
3	New Zealand	31	8,275	267
4	India	40	10,625	266
5	South Africa	32	8,048	252
6	West Indies	31	7,468	241
7	Pakistan	30	6,778	226
8	Sri Lanka	18	3,631	202
9	Bangladesh	26	5,001	192
10	Ireland	24	3,948	170
11	Thailand	29	4,667	161
12	Zimbabwe	21	3,287	157
13	Scotland	18	2,754	153
14	Nepal	11	1,457	132
15	Papua New Guinea	11	1,423	129
16	Samoa	6	749	125
17	United Arab Emirates	11	1,330	121
18	Uganda	19	2,127	112
19	Tanzania	18	1,956	109
20	Netherlands	17	1,527	90
21	Indonesia	13	1,129	87
22	Kenya	14	1,179	84
23	Namibia	28	2,270	81
24	Germany	20	1,410	71
25	Hong Kong	13	875	67
26	China	11	698	63
27	United States	10	610	61
28	Brazil	17	940	55
29	Vanuatu	6	324	54
30	Japan	5	260	52
31	Rwanda	21	1,025	49
32	Belize	6	269	45
33	Myanmar	5	212	42
34	Kuwait	8	337	42
35	Malaysia	17	687	40
36	Jersey	4	160	40
37	Canada	8	303	38
38	Nigeria	19	602	32
39	Sierra Leone	10	316	32
40	Botswana	20	594	30
41	France	12	315	26
42	Oman	9	233	26
43	Argentina	15	345	23
44	Bhutan	4	91	23
45	Austria	16	296	19
46	South Korea	4	73	18
47	Malawi	10	158	16
48	Chile	10	124	12
49	Singapore	6	61	10
50	Costa Rica	7	68	10
51	Mozambique	17	97	6
52	Mexico	7	33	5
53	Peru	8	0	0
54	Mali	3	0	0
55	Fiji	6	0	0
56	Lesotho	3	0	0
57	Norway	4	0	0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 10 November 2021

Team records

Team wins, losses, and ties

Matches played (total)

Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
121	73	45	2	1	61.66
Note: Win percentage excludes no result matches and counts ties as half wins i.e. [won÷(matches – noresult)×100]. Source: Cricinfo . Last updated: 24 February 2020.

Matches played (by country)

Team	First Match	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
Australia	1973	123	31	90	0	2	25.61
Denmark	1993	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
England	1973	70	34	34	1	1	50.00
India	1978	48	28	19	1	0	59.37
International XI	1973	4	3	1	0	0	75.00
Ireland	1988	20	18	0	0	2	100.00
Netherlands	1984	9	9	0	0	0	100.00
Pakistan	1997	13	12	1	0	0	92.30
South Africa	1999	13	11	2	0	0	84.61
Sri Lanka	1997	10	10	0	0	0	100.00
Trinidad and Tobago	1973	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
West Indies	1993	19	11	7	0	1	61.11
Young England	1973	1	1	0	0	0	100.00
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 6 February 2019.

Individual records

Individual records (batting)

Most career runs

Runs	Batter	Innings	Average	T20I career span
3208 ♠	Suzie Bates	113	30.84	2007-present
2327	Sophie Devine	85	31.87	2006-present
1526	Amy Satterthwaite	89	21.19	2007-2019
1164	Sara McGlashan	73	18.18	2004-2016
819	Rachel Priest	61	16.71	2007-present
Source: Cricinfo . Last updated: February 24, 2020.

Individual records (bowling)

Most career wickets

Wickets	Bowler	Matches	Bowling average	T20I career span
84	Sophie Devine	87	16.82	2006-present
60	Leigh Kasperek	36	13.11	2015-present
49	Suzie Bates	115	25.46	2007-present
47	Nicola Browne	54	17.31	2002-2014
46	Lea Tahuhu	53	21.15	2011-present
Source: Cricinfo . Last updated: February 22, 2020.

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