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| name                  = New Zealand
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| nickname              = Black Caps<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackcaps |url=http://www.nzc.nz/international/blackcaps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094640/https://www.nzc.nz/international/blackcaps |archive-date=4 March 2021 |access-date=10 March 2021 |website=NZC}}</ref>
| association           = [[New Zealand Cricket]]
| test_captain          = [[Tom Latham (cricketer)|Tom Latham]]
| od_captain            = [[Mitchell Santner]]
| t20i_captain          = Mitchell Santner
| coach                 = [[Rob Walter]]
| test_status_year      = 1930

| icc_status            = Full Member
| icc_member_year       = 1926
| icc_region            = [[ICC East Asia-Pacific|East Asia-Pacific]]

| test_rank             = 5th
| odi_rank              = 2nd
| t20i_rank             = 4th 
| test_rank_best        = 1st <small>(6 January 2021)</small><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 January 2021 |title=Jamieson takes six as New Zealand scale the rankings summit |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1966751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106112532/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1966751 |archive-date=6 January 2021 |access-date=6 January 2021 |website=[[International Cricket Council|ICC]]}}</ref> <!-- Date when team reached all time best ranking for the first time -->
| odi_rank_best         = 1st <small>(3 May 2021)</small><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2021 |title=New Zealand climb to top of the ODI rankings in annual update |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2124391 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503073257/https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2124391 |archive-date=3 May 2021 |access-date=3 May 2021 |website=[[International Cricket Council|ICC]]}}</ref>
| t20i_rank_best        = 1st <small>(4 May 2016)</small><ref>{{Cite news |date=4 May 2016 |title=New Zealand top T20I rankings for first time |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1008183.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110045028/https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/1008183.html |archive-date=10 January 2021 |access-date=1 January 2021 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref><!-- Date when team reached all time best ranking for the first time -->

| first_test            = v. {{cr|ENG}} at [[Lancaster Park]], [[Christchurch]]; 10–13 January 1930
| most_recent_test      = v. {{cr|WIN}} at [[Bay Oval]], [[Mount Maunganui]]; 8–22 December 2025
| num_tests             = 483
| num_tests_this_year   = 0
| test_record           = 123/189<br>(171 draws)
| test_record_this_year = 0/0 (0 draws)

| wtc_apps              = 3
| wtc_first             = [[2019–2021 World Test Championship|2021]]
| wtc_best              = Champions ([[2021 ICC World Test Championship final|2021]])
| first_odi             = v. {{cr|PAK}} at [[Lancaster Park]], [[Christchurch]]; 11 February 1973
| most_recent_odi       = v. {{cr|WIN}} at [[Seddon Park]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]]; 22 November 2025
| num_odis              = 847
| num_odis_this_year    = 0
| odi_record            = 396/400<br>(7 ties, 44 no results)
| odi_record_this_year  = 0/0<br>(0 ties, 0 no results)

| wc_apps               = 13
| wc_first              = [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]]
| wc_best               = Runners-up ([[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]], [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]])

| first_t20i            = v. {{cr|AUS}} at [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]]; 17 February 2005
| most_recent_t20i      = v. {{cr|WIN}} at [[University of Otago Oval]], [[Dunedin]]; 13 November 2025
| num_t20is             = 246
| num_t20is_this_year   = 0
| t20i_record           = 126/99<br>(0 ties, 0 no results)
| t20i_record_this_year = 0/0<br>(0 ties, 0 no results)

| wt20_apps             = 9
| wt20_first            = [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007]]
| wt20_best             =Runners-up ([[2021 ICC World Twenty20|2021]])

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The '''New Zealand men's national cricket team''' represents [[New Zealand]] in men's international [[cricket]]. Nicknamed the '''Black Caps''' ({{langx|mi|Pōtae Pango}}),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pōtae Pango – te Aka Māori Dictionary |url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/40345}}</ref> they played their first [[Test cricket|Test]] in 1930 against [[England cricket team|England]] in [[Christchurch]], 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 cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Eden Park]] in [[Auckland]].<ref name="Beard">{{Cite book |last=Frindall |first=Bill |author-link=Bill Frindall |title=Ask Bearders |publisher=[[BBC Books]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84607-880-4 |page=163}}</ref> They played their first [[One Day International|ODI]] in the 1972–73 season against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of [[World Test Championship|ICC World Test Championship]] which they won in [[2021 ICC World Test Championship final|2021]] and they have also won [[ICC KnockOut Trophy|ICC Champions Trophy]] in [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy|2000]]. They have played in the [[Cricket World Cup|ICC Cricket World Cup]] final twice in [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]] and [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]] but are yet to win one. They have also played the final of the [[Men's T20 World Cup|ICC T20 World Cup]] in [[2021 Men's T20 World Cup|2021]] and failed to win it too.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/59282104|title=T20 World Cup: Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets in final}}</ref>

[[Tom Latham (cricketer)|Tom Latham]] is the current captain of the team in Test cricket and [[Mitchell Santner]] is the current captain of the team in ODI and T20I cricket. 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,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Story: Cricket |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/cricket}}</ref> [[Clear Communications]], held a competition to choose a name for the team.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Ian |date=29 January 1998 |title=It's Clear Black Caps very dull |work=[[Waikato Times]] |page=12}}</ref> This is [[New Zealand national team nomenclature based on the "All Blacks"|one of many]] national team nicknames related to the [[All Blacks]].

{{As of|2025|05|14}}, the team is ranked 5th in [[Test cricket|Tests]], second in [[One Day International|ODIs]] and 4th in [[Twenty20 International|T20Is]] by the [[International Cricket Council|ICC]].<ref name="ICC rankings - ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings">{{Cite web |title=ICC rankings – ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings – ESPN Cricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings/content/page/211271.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303202904/http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings/content/page/211271.html |archive-date=3 March 2015 |access-date=2 March 2015 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>

As of 2022, the team has participated in all the 29 ICC Men's events taking place from 1975 onwards and have made six final appearances out of which they won two titles. In October 2000, they won the [[ICC Champions Trophy|ICC Knockout Trophy]] (now called ICC Champions Trophy). In June 2021, they won the inaugural [[2021 World Test Championship final|ICC World Test Championship 2020-21]].

==History==
===Beginnings of cricket in New Zealand===
{{See also|History of cricket in New Zealand to 1890}}
The reverend [[Henry Williams (missionary)|Henry Williams]] provided history with the first report of a game of cricket in New Zealand, when he wrote in his diary in December 1832 about boys in and around [[Paihia]] on Horotutu Beach playing cricket. In 1835, [[Charles Darwin]] and {{HMS|Beagle}} called into the [[Bay of Islands]] on its epic circumnavigation of the Earth and Darwin witnessed a game of cricket played by freed Māori slaves and the son of a missionary at Waimate North. Darwin in ''[[The Voyage of the Beagle]]'' wrote:<ref>The Summer Game by D.O & P.W. Neely 1994 Page 11</ref>

<blockquote>
several young men redeemed by the missionaries from slavery were employed on the farm. In the evening I saw a party of them at cricket.
</blockquote>

The first recorded game of cricket in New Zealand took place in [[Wellington]] in December 1842. The ''Wellington Spectator'' reports a game on 28 December 1842 played by a "Red" team and a "Blue" team from the Wellington Club. The first fully recorded match was reported by the ''Examiner'' in [[Nelson, New Zealand|Nelson]] between the Surveyors and Nelson in March 1844.

The first team to tour New Zealand was Parr's all England XI in 1863–64. Between 1864 and 1914, 22 foreign teams toured New Zealand. England sent 6 teams, Australia 15 and one from [[Fiji]].

===First national team===
{{See also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 1890–91 to 1918}}
On 15–17 February 1894 the first team representing New Zealand played New South Wales at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. New South Wales won by 160 runs. New South Wales returned again in 1895–96 and New Zealand won the solitary game by 142 runs, its first victory. The New Zealand Cricket Council was formed towards the end of 1894.

New Zealand played its first two internationals (not Tests) in 1904–05 against a star-studded Australia team containing such players as [[Victor Trumper]], [[Warwick Armstrong]] and [[Clem Hill]]. Rain saved New Zealand from a thrashing in the first match, but not the second, which New Zealand lost by an innings and 358 runs – currently the second-largest defeat in New Zealand first-class history.

===Inter-war period===
{{see also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 1918–19 to 1945}}
In 1927 [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1927|they toured England]] for the first time. They played 26 first-class matches, mostly against county sides. They won seven matches, including those against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]], [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]], [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]. On the strength of the performances of this tour New Zealand was granted [[Test status]].

In 1929/30 the [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 1929–30|English team toured the country]] and played 4 Tests all of 3 days in duration. New Zealand lost its first Test match but drew the next 3. In the second Test [[Stewie Dempster]] and [[John Mills (cricketer, born 1905)|Jackie Mills]] put on 276 for the first wicket. This is still the highest partnership for New Zealand against England. New Zealand first played South Africa in 1931–32 in a three match series but were unable to secure Test matches against any teams other than England before [[World War II]] ended all Test cricket for 7 years. A Test tour by Australia, planned for February and March 1940, was cancelled after the outbreak of the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=8 July 1939 |title=Australian cricket team: Tour of New Zealand |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19390708.2.186.31 |url-status=live |journal=Evening Star |page=32 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329061707/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19390708.2.186.31 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=22 June 1939 |title=Bradman may lead Australian team on tour of N.Z. |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19390622.2.179 |url-status=live |journal=Auckland Star |page=23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329074455/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19390622.2.179 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=30 November 1939 |title=Australian tour abandoned: 'Difficulties caused by war' |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19391130.2.86 |url-status=live |journal=Press |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329074508/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19391130.2.86 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>

===After World War II===
{{see also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 1945–46 to 1970}}
New Zealand's first Test after the war was against Australia in 1945/46. This game was not considered a "Test" at the time but it was granted Test status retrospectively by the [[International Cricket Council]] in March 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportstats.com.au/zArchive/1940s/1945NA/1945NA.htm|title=Test Cricket Tours - Australia to New Zealand 1945-46}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/media/1184/nzcm_mag08.pdf|title=NEW ZEALAND CRICKET MUSEUM}}</ref> The New Zealand players who appeared in this match probably did not appreciate this move by the ICC as New Zealand were dismissed for 42 and 54. The [[New Zealand Cricket Council]]'s unwillingness to pay Australian players a decent allowance to tour New Zealand ensured that this was the only Test Australia played against New Zealand between 1929 and 1972.

In 1949 New Zealand sent one of its best-ever sides to England. It contained [[Bert Sutcliffe]], [[Martin Donnelly (cricketer)|Martin Donnelly]], [[John Richard Reid|John R. Reid]] and [[Jack Cowie]]. However, 3-day Test matches ensured that all 4 Tests were drawn. Many have regarded the 1949 tour of England among New Zealand's best ever touring performances. All four tests were high-scoring despite being draws and Martin Donnelly's 206 at Lord's hailed as one of the finest innings ever seen there.<ref name="nzhistory.net.nz">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2012 |title=New Zealand cricket Page 4 – Playing England |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/cricket-in-nz/playing-england |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207072607/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/cricket-in-nz/playing-england |archive-date=7 February 2015 |access-date=7 February 2015 |publisher=NZHistory}}</ref> Despite being winless, New Zealand did not lose a test either. Prior to this, only the legendary 1948 Australian team, led by the great [[Don Bradman]], had achieved this.

New Zealand played its first matches against the West Indies in 1951–52, and Pakistan and India in 1955/56.

In 1954/55 New Zealand recorded the lowest ever innings total, 26 against England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealand-cricket-team-bowled-out-for-26#:~:text=Events%20in%20March,overs%20to%20amass%2026%20runs.|title=NZ cricketers skittled for 26}}</ref> The following season New Zealand achieved its first Test victory. The first 3 Tests of a 4 Test series were won easily by the West Indies but New Zealand won the fourth to notch up its first Test victory. It had taken them 45 matches and 26 years to attain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2023 |title=New Zealand's first test cricket victory |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/new-zealand-cricket-team-achieves-its-first-ever-test-victory-defeating-the-west-indies |access-date=12 March 2024 |publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage]]}}</ref>

{{Test match
 | date = 9, 10, 12, 13 March 1956
 | team1 = {{cr-rt|NZL}}
 | score-team1-inns1 = 255 all out (166.5 overs)
 | score-team2-inns1 = 145 all out (78.3 overs)
 | score-team1-inns2 = 157 all out (80 overs)
 | score-team2-inns2 = 77 all out (45.1 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
 | runs-team1-inns1 = [[John Richard Reid|John R. Reid]] 84
 | wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Tom Dewdney]] 5/21 (19.5 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns1 = [[Hammond Furlonge]] 64
 | wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Harry Cave]] 4/22 (27.3 overs)
 | runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sammy Guillen]] 41
 | wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Denis Atkinson]] 7/53 (40 overs)
 | runs-team2-inns2  = [[Everton Weekes]] 31
 | wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Harry Cave]] 4/21 (13.1 overs)
 | result = New Zealand won by 190 runs
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62810.html Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Eden Park]], [[Auckland]]
 | umpires = [[Clyde Harris]] (NZL) and Terry Pearce (NZL)
 | motm = 
 | toss = New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat
 | notes = 
}}

In the next 20 years, New Zealand won only seven more Tests. For most of this period New Zealand lacked a class bowler to lead their attack although they had two excellent batsmen in [[Bert Sutcliffe]] and [[Glenn Turner]] and a great all-rounder in [[John Richard Reid|John R. Reid]].

Reid captained New Zealand on a tour to South Africa in 1961–62 where the five-test series was drawn 2–2. The victories in the third and fifth tests were the first overseas victories New Zealand achieved. Reid scored 1,915 runs in the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored by a touring batsman of South Africa as a result.<ref name="Outstanding Achievements">{{Cite web |date=23 April 2009 |title=Outstanding Achievements |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/cricket-mens/page-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207074145/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/cricket-mens/page-5 |archive-date=7 February 2015 |access-date=7 February 2015 |publisher=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand}}</ref>

New Zealand won their first test series in their three match 1969/70 tour of Pakistan 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 1970 |title=New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series, 1969/70 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/series/60430.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326182401/http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/series/60430.html |archive-date=26 March 2015 |access-date=7 February 2015 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> This was the first ever series win by New Zealand after almost 40 years and 30 consecutive winless series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most consecutive series without victory |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283918.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612055007/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283918.html |archive-date=12 June 2021 |access-date=5 March 2021 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

===1970 to 2000===
{{see also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 1970-71 to 2000}}
[[File:Scoreboard_-_NZ_v_England,_Wellington,_February_1978.jpg|thumb|Scoreboard – [[Basin Reserve]], February 1978. NZ's first win over England]]
In 1973 [[Richard Hadlee]] debuted and the rate at which New Zealand won Tests picked up dramatically. Hadlee was one of the best pace bowlers of his generation, playing 86 Tests for New Zealand before he retired in 1990. Of the 86 Tests that Hadlee played in New Zealand won 22 and lost 28. In 1977/78 New Zealand won its first Test against England, at the 48th attempt. Hadlee took 10 wickets in the match.

During the 1980s New Zealand also had the services of one of its best-ever batsman, [[Martin Crowe]] and a number of good players such as [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]], [[Bruce Edgar]], [[John Fulton Reid|John F. Reid]], [[Andrew Jones (cricketer, born 1959)|Andrew Jones]], [[Geoff Howarth]], [[Jeremy Coney]], [[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]], [[John Bracewell]], [[Lance Cairns]], [[Stephen Boock]], and [[Ewen Chatfield]], who were capable of playing the occasional match-winning performance and consistently making a valuable contribution to a Test match.

The best example of New Zealand's two star players (R. Hadlee and M. Crowe) putting in match-winning performances and other players making good contributions is New Zealand versus Australia, 1985 at Brisbane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/938095/i-was-there-new-zealand-s-first-test-win-in-australia-1985|title=Hadlee's greatest hits}}</ref> In Australia's first innings Hadlee took 9–52.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1247899/jason-gillespie---to-get-nine-wickets-in-an-innings--i-had-never-seen-anything-like-that|title=Jason Gillespie: 'To get nine wickets in an innings, I had never seen anything like that'}}</ref> In New Zealand's only innings, M Crowe scored 188 and John F. Reid 108. Edgar, Wright, Coney, Jeff Crowe, V. Brown, and Hadlee scored between 17 and 54*. In Australia's second innings, Hadlee took 6–71 and Chatfield 3–75. New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs.

{{Test match
| date = 8–12 November 1985
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| score-team1-inns1 = 179 (76.4 overs)
| score-team2-inns1 = 553/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (161 overs)
| score-team1-inns2 = 333 (116.5 overs
| score-team2-inns2 = 
| team2 = {{cr|NZL}}
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Kepler Wessels]] 70 (186)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Richard Hadlee]] 9/52 (23.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Martin Crowe]] 188 (328)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Greg Matthews]] 3/110 (31 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Allan Border]] 152* (301)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Richard Hadlee]] 6/71 (28.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2  = 
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| result = New Zealand won by an innings and 41 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63415.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[The Gabba]], [[Brisbane]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Dick French]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Richard Hadlee]] (NZ)
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One-day cricket also gave New Zealand a chance to compete more regularly than Test cricket with the better sides in world cricket. In one-day cricket a batsman does not need to score centuries to win games for his side and bowlers do not need to bowl the opposition out. One-day games can be won by one batsman getting a 50, a few others getting 30s, bowlers bowling economically and everyone fielding well. These were requirements New Zealand players could consistently meet and thus developed a good one-day record against all sides.

Perhaps New Zealand's most infamous one-day match was the [[Underarm bowling incident of 1981|"under arm" match]] against Australia at the [[Melbourne Cricket ground|MCG]] in 1981. Requiring six runs to tie the match off the final ball, Australian captain [[Greg Chappell]] instructed his brother [[Trevor Chappell|Trevor]] to bowl the ball underarm along the wicket to prevent New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie from hitting a six. The Australian umpires ruled the move as legal even though to this day many believe it was one of the most unsporting decisions made in cricket.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.virginmedia.com/sport/galleries/cheats.php?ssid=3 |title=Top ten sporting cheats: 8. Greg Chappell |publisher=Virgin Media |work=Sport |access-date=12 July 2008 |quote=Cheating? It wasn't against the rules – but it certainly wasn't cricket.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1035164.htm |title=Underarm incident was a cry for help: Greg Chappell |last=Knight |first=Ben |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |work=ABC Local Radio: The World Today |date=30 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/hindsight/the-underarm-ball-that-changed-cricket/22072/1|title=The Underarm Ball That Changed Cricket|first=Abhishek|last=Raghunath|work=[[Forbes India]]|date=11 February 2011|access-date=25 September 2021}}</ref>

When New Zealand next played in the tri-series in Australia in 1983, [[Lance Cairns]] became a cult hero for his one-day batting. In one match against Australia, he hit six sixes at the [[Melbourne Cricket ground|MCG]], one of the world's largest grounds. Few fans remember that New Zealand lost this game by 149 runs. However, Lance's greatest contribution to New Zealand cricket was his son [[Chris Cairns]].

Chris Cairns made his debut one year before Hadlee retired in 1990. Cairns, one of New Zealand's best all-rounders, led the 1990s bowling attack with [[Danny Morrison (cricketer)|Danny Morrison]]. [[Stephen Fleming]], New Zealand's most prolific scorer, led the batting and the team into the 21st century. [[Nathan Astle]] and [[Craig McMillan]] also scored plenty of runs for New Zealand, but both retired earlier than expected.

[[Daniel Vettori]] made his debut as an 18-year-old in 1997, and when he took over from Fleming as captain in 2007 he was regarded as the best spinning all-rounder in world cricket. On 26 August 2009, Daniel Vettori became the eighth player and second left-arm bowler (after [[Chaminda Vaas]]) in history to take 300 wickets and score 3000 test runs, joining the illustrious club. Vettori decided to take an indefinite break from international short form cricket in 2011 but continued to represent New Zealand in Test cricket and returned for the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/vettori-drops-short-game-to-focus-on-test-cricket/story-QrD8CwduFyS3hWYQYKqVeN.html|title=Vettori drops short game to focus on Test cricket}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/archive/daniel-vettori-retires-from-international-cricket/|title=Daniel Vettori retires from international cricket}}</ref>

On 4 April 1996, New Zealand achieved a unique world record, where the whole team was adjudged Man of the Match for team performance against 4-run victory over the West Indies. This is recorded as the only time where whole team achieved such an award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1995–1996 West Indies v New Zealand – 4th Match – Georgetown, Guyana |url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=1153 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728144817/http://howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard_ODI.asp?MatchCode=1153 |archive-date=28 July 2017 |access-date=11 March 2017 |publisher=HowStat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=4th ODI, New Zealand tour of West Indies at Georgetown, Apr 3 1996 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16203/game/64524/West-Indies-vs-New-Zealand-4th-ODI |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828194336/http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16203/game/64524/West-Indies-vs-New-Zealand-4th-ODI |archive-date=28 August 2017 |access-date=11 March 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fourth One-Day International – WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151262.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405204100/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151262.html |archive-date=5 April 2016 |access-date=2 May 2016 |website=Wisden 1997}}</ref>

{{Limited overs international
 | date = 3 April 1996
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
 | score1 = 158 (35.5 overs)
 | score2 = 154 (49.1 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
 | runs1 = [[Craig Spearman]] 41 (39)
 | wickets1 = [[Laurie Williams (cricketer)|Laurie Williams]] 3/16 (4.5 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Roland Holder]] 49[[not out|*]] (86)
 | wickets2 = [[Chris Cairns]] 2/17 (5.1 overs)
 | result = New Zealand won by 4 runs
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16203/game/64524/West-Indies-vs-New-Zealand-4th-ODI Scorecard]
 | venue = [[Bourda]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
 | umpires = [[Clyde Duncan (umpire)|Clyde Duncan]] (WI) and [[Eddie Nicholls]] (WI)
 | motm = New Zealand team (all players)
 | toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
}}

===21st century===
{{see also|History of cricket in New Zealand from 2000–01}}

New Zealand started the new millennium by winning the [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy]] in Kenya to claim their first ICC tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/remember-the-time-cairns-ganguly-nairobi-2000-1475709|title=Remember the time: Cairns, Ganguly, Nairobi, 2000}}</ref> This was a knockout tournament where teams were seeded according to their performance in Cricket World Cup 1999, the top five teams from that world cup gained direct entry to quarter-finals and while remaining six teams had to play the pre-quarter finals. New Zealand gained direct entry to quarter-finals where they faced Zimbabwe against whom they had recently lost an ODI series, after a nervy start they pulled things back and romped to a crushing 64-run victory to get through to the semis. In semis they faced Pakistan, a team who had managed to knock New Zealand out from last World Cup at this very stage. New Zealand beat Pakistan this time in a thrilling run-chase to enter the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/8th-match-icc-knock-out-nz-v-pak-statistical-highlights-93178|title=8th Match, ICC Knock Out, NZ v Pak, Statistical Highlights}}</ref> In the final, they faced India who had knocked out world champions Australia and defending champions South Africa. New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl but the decision seemed to backfire as India romped to a 141 run opening partnership in 27 overs, New Zealand somehow managed to pull things back but the target was a daunting 265, and in reply they struggled for the most part of their innings but in the end, it was a 122-run partnership between Chris Cairns and Chris Harris that took them close the target before Cairns finished the game with two balls to spare as New Zealand won its first-ever ICC event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2000/oct/20/cricket.newzealandcricketteam|title=The rise and rise of New Zealand}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2000/oct/16/cricket.iccchampionstrophy20002|title=Cairns carries Kiwis to victory}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2000/oct/16/cricket.iccchampionstrophy20001|title=The ICC Knockout: a big hit}}</ref>

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 15 October 2000
| time = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|NZL}}
| score1 = 264/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 265/6 (49.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 117 (130)
| wickets1 = [[Scott Styris]] 2/53 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Chris Cairns]] 102* (113)
| wickets2 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 3/27 (7 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66179.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gymkhana Club Ground]], [[Nairobi]] {{cr|KEN}}
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] (WI) and [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Chris Cairns]] (NZ)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = New Zealand won the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy.
}}

[[Shane Bond]] played 18 Tests for NZ between 2001 and 2009 but missed far more through injury. When fit, he added a dimension to the NZ bowling attack that had been missing since Hadlee retired, taking 87 wickets at an average of 22.09.

Vettori stood down as Test captain in 2011 leading to star batsman [[Ross Taylor]] to take his place. Taylor led New Zealand for a year which included a thrilling win in a low scoring Test match against Australia in [[Hobart]], their first win over Australia since 1993. In 2012/13 [[Brendon McCullum]] became captain and new players such as [[Kane Williamson]], [[Corey Anderson (cricketer)|Corey Anderson]], [[Doug Bracewell]], [[Trent Boult]] and [[Jimmy Neesham]] emerged as world-class performers. McCullum captained New Zealand to series wins against the West Indies and India in 2013/14 and both Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 2014/15 increasing New Zealand's rankings in both Test and ODI formats. In the series against India McCullum scored 302 at Wellington to become New Zealand's first Test [[List of Test cricket triple centuries|triple centurion]].

In early 2015 New Zealand made the final of the Cricket World Cup, going through the tournament undefeated until the final, where they lost to Australia by seven wickets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results {{!}} Cricket World Cup 2015 – ICC Cricket {{!}} Official Website |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320065120/http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/results |archive-date=20 March 2016 |access-date=19 March 2016 |website=www.icc-cricket.com}}</ref> In 2015 the New Zealand national cricket team played under the name of [[Aotearoa]] for their first match [[New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2015|against Zimbabwe]] to celebrate [[Māori Language Week]].<ref name="Aotearoa">{{Cite web |title=New Zealand to play as Aotearoa |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-new-zealand-2015/content/story/903551.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150730011806/http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-new-zealand-2015/content/story/903551.html |archive-date=30 July 2015 |access-date=27 July 2015 |website=ESPNCricinfo}}</ref>

In mid-2015 New Zealand toured England,<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand tour of England, 2015 schedule – Match details, time, venue – Cricbuzz |url=http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-schedule/series/2284/new-zealand-tour-of-england-2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402201714/http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-schedule/series/2284/new-zealand-tour-of-england-2015 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |access-date=20 March 2016 |website=Cricbuzz}}</ref> performing well, drawing the Test series 1–1, and losing the One Day series, 2–3. From October to November 2015, and in February 2016, New Zealand played Australia in two Test Series, three and two games respectively. With a changing of an era in the Australian team, New Zealand was rated as a chance of winning especially in New Zealand.  New Zealand lost both series by 2–0<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 February 2016 |title=Australia v New Zealand Test series: Little brother's big chance |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-v-new-zealand-test-series-little-brothers-big-chance-20160211-gmrlqg.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315035758/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-v-new-zealand-test-series-little-brothers-big-chance-20160211-gmrlqg.html |archive-date=15 March 2016 |access-date=20 March 2016 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>

In February 2016, Kane Williamson was appointed as the captain of the team after Brendon McCullum's retirement who played his 101st and final ever test against Australia at Christchurch. Williamson's first international series as the full-time captain was Men's T20 World Cup 2016 in India in which the team won all four of its group games but lost to England in the semi-final at Delhi. After the annual rankings update on 4 May 2016 the team was awarded the No. 1 ranking in T20Is. The team then got into a rough patch after the T20WC where they would go onto lose away series to South Africa, India and Australia. In their home season they managed to beat Pakistan for the first time in a Test series in 32 years, whitewashed Bangladesh across formats, won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy against Australia but went onto lose to South Africa in T20I, ODI and Test series.

New Zealand started the 2017 international season with a tri-series involving hosts Ireland, and Bangladesh as a preparation for upcoming Champions Trophy in England. New Zealand managed to win the tri-series as they finished at the top of the points table but the Champions Trophy turned out to be a disastrous campaign as they got knocked out by Bangladesh and ended the tournament without a single win, the worst performance for them in an ICC Event. After that the team had to wait four months for their next tour which was to India in which both the ODI and T20I series were closely contested but New Zealand lost both by a scoreline of 2–1. The home season started with whitewash of the West Indies across formats followed by whitewash of Pakistan in the ODI series but after that New Zealand lost the T20I series to Pakistan and in the process lost their No. 1 ranking in T20Is. Then they took part in the first ever T20I tri-series involving full-members the Trans-Tasman T20I Tri-Series in which they ended up runners-up to Australia and England finished third. Then they played England where they lost the ODI series but then managed to win the test series. This was their first test series win against England after 19 years and 4th overall in their 87 year old rivalry.

New Zealand played no matches in the 2018 season. In 2018–19 they began with a tour of UAE in Oct–Dec 2018 to play Pakistan. The tour started with New Zealand suffering a whitewash in the T20I series but they drew the ODI series, 1–1. New Zealand produced a stunning act of resilience to register their first away test series win against Pakistan after 49 years. This put New Zealand 3rd on the test rankings table. After this in their home season they beat Sri Lanka across formats, lost to India in the ODI series before managing to beat them in the T20I series and lastly they beat Bangladesh across formats and consequently they climbed to No. 2 spot in Test rankings.

New Zealand started the 2019 season with the Cricket World Cup in England & Wales. New Zealand had a terrific start to their World Cup campaign as they remained unbeaten and top of the table for their first six games. Their formed dipped after that initial burst as they managed to lose their next three group games convincingly and only just managed to get through to the semi-finals on net run-rate. In the semi-final, they stunned favourites India on the reserve day to reach a second consecutive final. In the [[2019 Cricket World Cup final|final]], the scores were tied after 50 overs and again after the Super Over.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12249489|title=2019 Cricket World Cup final: England beat Black Caps in greatest ODI in history|last=Anderson|first=Niall|journal=The New Zealand Herald|date=14 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|issn=1170-0777|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715173614/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12249489|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> England won by having hit more boundaries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48983890|title=England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic victory over New Zealand|date=14 July 2019|access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715181544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48983890|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/report/1144530/england-vs-new-zealand-final-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019|title=Epic final tied, Super Over tied, England win World Cup on boundary count|website=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 July 2019 |access-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715190820/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/report/1144530/england-vs-new-zealand-final-icc-cricket-world-cup-2019|archive-date=15 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> This boundary countback rule was criticised and a couple of months later ICC abolished the rule.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/no-more-boundary-countback-as-icc-changes-super-over-regulations-1203757|title=No more boundary countback as ICC changes Super Over regulations}}</ref>

On December 2022, [[Kane Williamson]] stepped down as Test captain and was replaced by [[Tim Southee]]; Williamson  remained white-ball captain. On 4 June, 2025, [[Gary Stead]] was let go as head coach, as NZ Cricket opted to keep a single coach to oversee all three formats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gary Stead to step down as Black Caps head coach |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/04/gary-stead-to-step-down-as-black-caps-head-coach/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=1News |language=en}}</ref> On 6 June, 2025, [[Rob Walter]] was named as his successor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Black Caps head coach named |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/06/new-black-caps-head-coach-named/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=1News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotty Stevenson: NZ Cricket favours soft power in coach appointment |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/06/scotty-stevenson-nz-cricket-favours-soft-power-in-coach-appointment/ |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=1News |language=en}}</ref>

==International grounds==
{{main|List of cricket grounds in New Zealand}}
{{location map+|New Zealand|float=right|width=390|caption=Locations of all stadiums which have hosted a men's international cricket match within New Zealand since 2018|places=
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[Hagley Oval]]|position=top|lat=-43.541944|long=172.654167}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=<small>[[Basin Reserve]]</small>|position=right|lat=-41.300278|long=174.780278}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[Bay Oval]]|position=right|lat=-37.652814|long=176.190736}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[Eden Park]]|position=right|lat=-36.875|long=174.744722}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[McLean Park]]|position=right|lat=-39.501944|long=176.912778}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[Saxton Oval]]|position=left|lat=-41.33095|long=173.212883}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[Seddon Park]]|position=left|lat=-37.786667|long=175.274167}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=[[University of Otago Oval]]|position=bottom|lat=-45.865833|long=170.525278}}
{{location map~|New Zealand|label=<small>[[Wellington Regional Stadium]]</small>|position=bottom|lat=-41.273056|long=174.785833}}
}}

Listed chronologically in order of first match. Neutral fixtures such as World Cup and World Cup Qualifier games are included.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Venue !! City !! Representative team !! Capacity !! Years used !! Test !! ODI !! T20I
|-
!colspan="8"| Current venues
|-
| [[Basin Reserve]] || Wellington || [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]] || 11,600 || 1930–2023 || 67 || 30 || —
|-
| [[Eden Park]] || Auckland || [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]] || 42,000 || 1930–2022 || 50 || 79 || 25
|-
| [[McLean Park]] || Napier || [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]] || 19,700 || 1979–2022 || 10 || 44 || 5
|-
| [[Seddon Park]] || Hamilton || [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] || 10,000 || 1981–2023 || 27 || 39 || 12
|-
| [[Wellington Regional Stadium]] || Wellington || [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]] || 34,500 || 2000–2021 || — || 31 || 15
|-
| [[John Davies Oval]] || Queenstown || [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] || 19,000 || 2003–2023 || — || 9 || 1
|-
| [[University of Otago Oval|University Oval]] || Dunedin || [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] || 6,000 || 2008–2023 || 8 || 11 || 2
|-
| [[Saxton Oval]] || Nelson || [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]] || 6,000 || 2014–2019 || — || 11 || 2
|-
| [[Hagley Oval]] || Christchurch || [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] || 18,000 || 2014–2022 || 12 || 16 || 9
|-
| [[Bay Oval]] || Tauranga || [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] || 10,000 || 2014–2023 || 4 || 11 || 10
|-
!colspan="8"| Former venues
|-
| [[Lancaster Park]] || Christchurch || [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] || 38,628 || 1930–2011 || 40 || 48 || 4
|-
| [[Carisbrook]] || Dunedin || [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]  || 29,000 || 1955–2004 || 10 || 21 || —
|-
| [[Pukekura Park]] || New Plymouth || [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]] || || 1992 || — || 1|| —
|-
| [[Owen Delany Park]] || Taupo || [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] || 15,000 || 1999–2001 || — || 3 || —
|-
| [[Cobham Oval]] || Whangarei || [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] || 5,500 || 2012–2017 || — || 2 || —
|-
| [[Bert Sutcliffe Oval]] || Lincoln || New Zealand Academy ||  || 2014 || — || 2 || —
|-
|colspan="8"| As of 8 April 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of cricket grounds in New Zealand |url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Grounds/GroundList.asp}}</ref>
|}

==Current squad==
New Zealand Cricket released the list of their 2025-2026 national contracts on 3 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2025 |title=Hay, Abbas among fresh faces on New Zealand contract list |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mitch-hay-muhammad-abbas-among-fresh-faces-on-new-zealand-contract-list-1488813 |website=espncricinfo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 June 2025 |title=Williamson to miss Australia series under NZC casual agreement |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/kane-williamson-to-miss-australia-series-under-new-zealand-cricket-casual-agreement-1502921 |website=espncricinfo.com}}</ref>

This is a list of every active player who is contracted to New Zealand Cricket, has played for New Zealand since December 2024 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in ''italics''.

*[[Tim Southee]] played in Tests during this period however has since retired from international cricket.

''Last updated: 2 December 2025''

*Forms – This refers to the forms they've played for New Zealand in the past year, not over their whole New Zealand career
*No. – Shirt number
*C – Contracted to New Zealand Cricket (Y = Holds contract)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Name
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Age
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Batting style
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Bowling style
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Domestic team
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Forms<!--NOTE: This refers to the forms they've played for New Zealand in the past year, not over their whole New Zealand career-->
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | No.
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | C
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Captaincy
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Last Test
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Last ODI
!  style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white; | Last T20I
|-
! colspan="12" | Batters
|-
| [[Muhammad Abbas (New Zealand cricketer)|Muhammad Abbas]]|| {{age|2003|11|29}} || Right-handed || Left-arm [[Fast bowling|medium fast]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || ODI || || Y || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || –
|-
| [[Bevon Jacobs]] || {{age|2002|5|6}} || Right-handed || – || [[Auckland Aces|Auckland]] || T20I || 70 || || || – || – || {{cricon|AUS}} 2025
|-
| [[Nick Kelly (cricketer)|Nick Kelly]] || {{age|1993|7|25}} || Left-handed || – || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || ODI || – || || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || –
|-
| [[Rhys Mariu]] || {{age|2001|12|15}} || Right-Handed || - || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || ODI || 25 || || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || –
|-
| [[Henry Nicholls (cricketer)|Henry Nicholls]] || {{age|1991|11|15}} || Left-handed || – || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || Test, ODI || 86 || Y || || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|BAN}} 2021
|-
| [[Tim Robinson (New Zealand cricketer)|Tim Robinson]] || {{age|2002|4|28}} || Right-handed || – || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || T20I || 33 || || || – || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Kane Williamson]] || {{age|1990|08|08}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin]] || [[Northern Districts Knights|Northern Districts]] || Test, ODI || 22 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|ENG}} 2025 || {{cricon|PNG}} 2024
|-
| [[Will Young (cricketer)|Will Young]] || {{age|1992|11|22}} || Right-handed || – || [[Central Districts Stags|Central Districts]] || Test, ODI || 32 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024
|-
| [[Finn Allen]] || {{age|1999|4|22}} || Right-handed || – || [[Auckland Aces|Auckland]] || T20I || 16 || Y || || – || {{cricon|BAN}} 2023 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025
|-
! colspan="12" | All-rounders
|-
| [[Michael Bracewell (cricketer)|Michael Bracewell]] || {{age|1991|02|14}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off spin]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 4 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Mark Chapman (cricketer)|Mark Chapman]] || {{age|1994|6|27}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Auckland Aces|Auckland]] || ODI, T20I || 80 || Y || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Zak Foulkes]] || {{age|2002|06|5}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|medium]] || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbrury]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 35 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand cricketer)|Daryl Mitchell]] || {{age|1991|05|20}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 75 || Y || || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[James Neesham]] || {{age|1990|09|17}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|medium fast]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || T20I || 50 || || || {{cricon|SA}} 2017 || {{cricon|SA}} 2023 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Glenn Phillips (cricketer)|Glenn Phillips]] || {{age|1996|12|06}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin]] || [[Otago Volts|Otago]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 23 || Y || || {{cricon|ENG}} 2024 || {{cricon|IND}} 2025 || {{cricon|SRI}} 2025
|-
| [[Rachin Ravindra]] ||{{age|1999|11|18}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 8 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Mitchell Santner]] ||{{age|1992|02|05}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || [[Northern Districts Knights|Northern Districts]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 74 || Y || ODI, T20I (C) || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Nathan Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Nathan Smith]] ||{{age|1998|7|15}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || Test, ODI || 10 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|ENG}} 2025 || –
|-
! colspan="12" | Wicket-keeper-batters
|-
| [[Tom Blundell (cricketer)|Tom Blundell]] || {{age|1990|09|01}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off spin]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || Test || 66 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|BAN}} 2023 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2024
|-
| [[Devon Conway]] || {{age|1991|07|08}} || Left-handed || – || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 88 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Mitchell Hay]] || {{age|2000|8|20}} || Right-handed || – || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || ODI, T20I || 81 || Y || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Tom Latham (cricketer)|Tom Latham]] || {{age|1992|04|02}} || Left-handed || – || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || Test, ODI || 48 || Y || Test (C) || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023
|-
| [[Tim Seifert]] || {{age|1994|12|14}} || Right-handed || – || [[Northern Districts Knights|Northern Districts]] || ODI, T20I || 43 || Y || || – || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|ENG}} 2025
|-
! colspan="12" | Pace Bowlers
|-
| [[Jacob Duffy]] || {{age|1994|8|02}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast medium]] || [[Otago Volts|Otago]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 27 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
|[[Matthew Fisher (New Zealand cricketer)|Matthew Fisher]] || {{age|1999|11|10}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast medium]] || [[Northern Districts Knights|Northern Districts]] || Test || || || || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025 || – || –
|-
| [[Lockie Ferguson]] || {{Age|1991|06|13}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast]] || [[Auckland Aces|Auckland]] || – || 69 || Y || || {{cricon|AUS}} 2019 || {{cricon|IND}} 2023 || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024
|-
| [[Matt Henry (cricketer)|Matt Henry]] || {{age|1991|12|14}} || Right-handed ||  Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast medium]] || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 21 || Y || || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|ENG}} 2025
|-
| [[Kyle Jamieson]] || {{age|1994|12|30}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast medium]] || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || ODI, T20I || 12 || Y || || {{cricon|SA}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025
|-
| [[Adam Milne]] || {{Age|1992|04|13}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast]] || [[Central Districts Stags|Central Districts]] || T20I || 20 ||  || || – || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || {{cricon|SA}} 2025
|-
| [[William O'Rourke (cricketer)|Will O'Rourke]] || {{age|2001|8|6}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|fast]] || [[Canterbury Kings|Canterbury]] || Test, ODI, T20I || 2 || Y || || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|ZIM}} 2025
|-
| [[Ben Sears]] || {{age|1998|2|11}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|medium fast]] || [[Wellington Firebirds|Wellington]] || ODI, T20I || 14 || Y ||  || {{cricon|AUS}} 2024 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2025 || {{cricon|AUS}} 2025
|-
| [[Blair Tickner]] || {{age|1993|10|13}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast Bowling|medium fast]] || [[Central Districts Stags|Central Districts]] || ODI || 13 || || || {{cricon|SRI}} 2023 || {{cricon|ENG}} 2025 || {{cricon|PAK}} 2023
|-
! colspan="12" | Spin Bowlers
|-
| [[Adithya Ashok]] || {{age|2002|10|05}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg spin]] || [[Central Districts Stags|Central Districts]] || – || – || Y || || – || {{cricon|BAN}} 2023 || {{cricon|UAE}} 2023
|-
| [[Ish Sodhi]] || {{age|1992|10|31}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg spin]] || [[Northern Districts Knights|Northern Districts]] || T20I || 61 || || || {{cricon|IND}} 2024 || {{cricon|SRI}} 2024 || {{cricon|WIN}} 2025 
|-
|}

==Coaching staff==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center; | Position
! style="background:black; color:white; text-align:center; | Name
|-
| Team manager ||  
|-
| Head coach || 
|-
| Batting coach || 
|-
| Bowling coach || 
|-
| Fielding coach || 
|-
| Physiotherapist ||  Tommy Simsek
|-
| Strength and conditioning coach ||  [[Chris Donaldson]]
|}

===Coaching history===
*1985–1987:  [[Glenn Turner]]
*1987–1990:  Bob Cunis
*1990–1993:  [[Warren Lees]]
*1993–1995:  [[Geoff Howarth]]
*1995–1996:  [[Glenn Turner]]
*1996–1999:  [[Steve Rixon]]
*1999–2001: [[David Trist]]
*2001–2003:  [[Denis Aberhart]]
*2003–2008:  [[John Bracewell]]
*2008–2009:  [[Andy Moles]]
*2010:  [[Mark Greatbatch]]
*2010–2012:  [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]]
*2012–2018:  [[Mike Hesson]]
*2018–2025:  [[Gary Stead]]
*2025-present: [[Rob Walter]]

==Team colours==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:1em; float:right"
|-
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Sponsor (chest)
!Sponsor (sleeves)
|-
|1980–1989
|rowspan=2|[[Adidas]]
|
|
|-
|1990
|rowspan=4|[[DB Draught]]
|
|-
|1991
|
|
|-
|1992
|rowspan=4|[[ISC (sportswear)|ISC]]
|
|-
|1993–1994
|[[Bank of New Zealand]]
|-
|1995–1996
|
|rowspan=2|[[DB Draught]]
|-
|1997
|rowspan=3|[[Bank of New Zealand]]
|-
|1998
|[[Canterbury of New Zealand|Canterbury]]
|rowspan=2|[[TelstraClear]]
|-
|1999
|[[Asics]]
|-
|2000
|rowspan=4|WStar
|[[TelstraClear]]
|
|-
|2001–2005
|rowspan=5|[[National Bank of New Zealand]]
|[[TelstraClear]]
|-
|2006–2008
|
|-
|2009
|rowspan=2|[[Dheeraj & East Coast]]
|-
|2010
|rowspan=5|[[Canterbury of New Zealand|Canterbury]]
|-
|2011–2014
|rowspan=2|[[Ford Motors|Ford]]
|-
|2015–2016
| rowspan="4" |[[ANZ Bank New Zealand|ANZ]]
|-
|2017
| rowspan="3" |[[ANZ Bank New Zealand|ANZ]]
|-
|2018–2024
|-
|2024
|[[Castore]]
|}

New Zealand's kit is manufactured by [[Canterbury of New Zealand]], who replaced previous manufacturer WStar in 2009. When playing Test cricket, New Zealand's [[Cricket clothing and equipment|cricket whites]] feature logo of the sponsors [[Gillette]] on the left of the shirt, the [[ANZ Bank New Zealand|ANZ]] logo on the left sleeve and on the middle of the shirt and the Canterbury logo on the right sleeve. New Zealand fielders may wear a black cap (in the style of a [[baseball cap]] rather than the baggy cap worn by some teams) or a white sun hat with the New Zealand Cricket logo in the middle. Helmets are also coloured black (although until 1996, they used to be white with the silver fern logo encased in a black circle).

In [[limited overs cricket]], New Zealand's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the ANZ logo across the centre, with the silver fern badge on the left of the shirt, Canterbury logo on the right sleeve and the Ford logo on the right. In ODIs, the kit comprises a black shirt with blue accents and black trousers, whilst the Twenty20 kit comprises a beige shirt with black accents and black trousers. In [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] limited-overs tournaments, a modified kit design is used with sponsor's logos moving to the sleeve and 'NEW ZEALAND' printed across the front.

In ODI, New Zealand wore Beige and brown between 1980 World Series Cricket and 1988 World Series Cricket. The 1983–1984 version was made popular by the Black Caps supporter group [[Beige Brigade]], who sells the version of this uniform to the general public together with a "moral contract" which explains the expectations that come with being a Beige Brigadier. and was also worn in the inaugural Twenty20 international between New Zealand and Australia. Between 1991 and 1997 grey or silver (with some splashes of black or white) was worn instead. Until 2000, the ODI uniform was teal with black accents.

Previous suppliers were Adidas (World Series Cricket 1980–1990), ISC (World Cup World Cup 1992 and 1996, World Series 1993–97) Canterbury (1998–1999), Asics (who supplied all the 1999 Cricket World Cup participating teams) and WStar (2000–2009).

Previous sponsors were [[DB Draught]] (1990–1994 in the front, 1995–1997 in the sleeve), [[Bank of New Zealand]] (1993–94 and 1997–99 in the front), [[Clear Communications]], later [[TelstraClear]] (1997–2000 in the front, 2001–2005 in the sleeve), [[National Bank of New Zealand]] (2000–2014) and [[Dheeraj and East Coast]] (2009–2010),<ref>{{Cite web |title=NZ Cricket Museum Shop – Poster: NZ ODI Shirts |work=NZ CRICKET MUSEUM |url=http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/product/poster-nz-odi-shirts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908202403/http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/product/poster-nz-odi-shirts/ |archive-date=8 September 2018 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref> since 2014 [[Australia and New Zealand Banking Group|ANZ]] is the current sponsor, due to National Bank's rebranding as ANZ. [[Amul]] became the new sponsor in May 2017 for the [[ICC Champions Trophy 2017|ICC CT]].

[[2023 Cricket World Cup|ICC World Cup 2023]] started on 5 October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=World Cup 2023: New Zealand won the Warm up Match against South Africa by 7 runs (DLS method) |url=https://theblogscorner.news.blog/2023/10/02/world-cup-2023-new-zealand-won-the-warm-up-match-against-south-africa-by-7-runs-dls-method/ |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=TheBlogsCorner |language=en}}</ref> They have ended their journey to this tournament by getting defeated to India by 70 runs in the semi-final.

In December 2023, there had been a six-year deal with [[Castore]] to manufacture their kits starting from October 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NZC inks new deal with Castore |url=https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/nzc-inks-new-deal-with-castore/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=NZC |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cunningham |first=Euan |date=20 December 2023 |title=New Zealand Cricket in tie-up with Castore |url=https://www.sportcal.com/sponsorship/new-zealand-cricket-in-tie-up-with-castore/ |access-date=21 December 2023 |website=Sportcal |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Tournament history==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+'''Key'''
|style="background:gold" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Champions'''
|-
|style="background:silver" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Runners-up'''
|-
|style="background:#CD7F32" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Third place'''
|-
|style="background:#FFFF00" width="20"|
|align="left"| '''Fourth place'''
|}

===Cricket World Cup===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align: center;"
|-
| colspan="20" | [[ICC Cricket World Cup]] record<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 October 2023 |title=sports |url=https://theblogscorner.news.blog/category/sports/ |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=TheBlogsCorner |language=en}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" | Host(s) & Year
! colspan="7" | First Round
! colspan="7" | Second Round
! rowspan="2" | Semi Final
! rowspan="2" | Final
! rowspan="2" | Position
|-
!  {{abbr|Pos|Position}} !!  {{abbr|P|Played}} !!  {{abbr|W|Won}} !!  {{abbr|L|Lost}} !!  {{abbr|T|Tied}} !!  {{abbr|NR|No Result}} !!  {{abbr|Pts|Points}} !!  {{abbr|Pos|Position}} !!  {{abbr|P|Played}} !!  {{abbr|W|Won}} !!  {{abbr|L|Lost}} !!  {{abbr|T/NR|Tied/No Result}} !!  {{abbr|PCF|Points Carried Forward}} !!  {{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
| {{flagicon|England}} [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] || 2/4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || colspan="7" rowspan=5 {{n/a}} || Lost to {{flagicon|West Indies}} [[West Indies cricket team|WI]] by 5 wickets|| rowspan="2" | Did not qualify || 4/8
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
| {{flagicon|England}} [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]] || 2/4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 8 ||Lost to {{flagicon|England}} [[England cricket team|ENG]] by 9 runs || 4/8
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} {{flagicon|Wales}} [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983]] || 3/4 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Did not qualify || 5/8
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987]] || 3/4 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 8 || 6/8
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|style="border: 3px solid red" |{{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992]] || 1/9 || 8 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 14 || Lost to {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|PAK]] by 4 wickets || Did not qualify || 3/9
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Pakistan}} {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[1996 Cricket World Cup|1996]] || 3/6 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 6 || colspan="7" | Lost to {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia national cricket team|AUS]] by 6 wickets || colspan="2" | Did not qualify || 7/12
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}}  {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|IRL}} {{flagicon|NED}} [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999]] || 3/6 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 4/6 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0/1 || 2 || 5 || Lost to {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|PAK]] by 9 wickets || Did not qualify || 4/12
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}}{{flagicon|ZIM}} {{flagicon|KEN}}  [[2003 Cricket World Cup|2003]] || 3/7 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 5/6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 8 || colspan="2" |Did not qualify || 5/14
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
| {{flagicon|West Indies}} [[2007 Cricket World Cup|2007]] || 1/4 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 3/8 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 10 || Lost to {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|SL]] by 81 runs || rowspan="2" |Did not qualify || 3/16
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
| {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[2011 Cricket World Cup|2011]] || 4/7 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 8 || colspan="7" | Beat {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa national cricket team|SA]] by 49 runs || Lost to {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|SL]] by 5 wickets || 4/14
|- style="background:silver;"
|style="border: 3px solid red" |{{flagicon|Australia}} {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]] || 1/6 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12 || colspan="7" | Beat {{flagicon|West Indies}} [[West Indies cricket team|WI]] by 143 runs || Beat {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africa national cricket team|SA]] by 4 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DLS]]) || Lost to {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia national cricket team|AUS]] by 7 wickets || 2/14
|- style="background:silver;"
| {{flagicon|England}} {{flagicon|Wales}} [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]] || 4/10 || 9 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 1 ||  11 || colspan="7" rowspan=2 {{n/a}}|| Beat {{flagicon|India}} [[India national cricket team|IND]] by 18 runs || Lost to {{flagicon|England}} [[England cricket team|ENG]] by 9 boundaries || 2/10
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2023 Cricket World Cup|2023]] || 4/10 || 9 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 ||  10 || Lost to {{flagicon|India}} [[India national cricket team|IND]] by 70 runs || Did not qualify || 4/10
|-
|{{flagicon|RSA}} {{flagicon|ZIM}} {{flagicon|NAM}} [[2027 Cricket World Cup|2027]] || colspan='19' rowspan="2" |''TBD''
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|BAN}} [[2031 Cricket World Cup|2031]]
|-
|}

===T20 World Cup===
{{main|New Zealand at the T20 World Cup}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope=col |Year
! width=150 |Round
! width=50 |Position
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T+W|tied matches won}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|T+L|tied matches lost}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|NR|No result}}
! width=50 |{{Tooltip|Ab|Abandoned}}{{efn|Abandoned matches are not counted in the official records.}}
! width=50 |Captain
|- style="background:#c96"
|{{flagicon|RSA}} [[2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007]]||Semi-final||4/12||6||3||3||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Daniel Vettori]]}}
|- 
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[2009 ICC World Twenty20|2009]]||rowspan=3|Super 8||5/12||5||2||3||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Daniel Vettori]]}}
|-
|{{flagicon|WIN}} [[2010 ICC World Twenty20|2010]]||5/12||5||3||2||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Daniel Vettori]]}}
|- 
|{{flagicon|SRI}} [[2012 ICC World Twenty20|2012]]||7/12||5||1||2||0||2||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Ross Taylor]]}}
|- 
|{{flagicon|BAN}} [[2014 ICC World Twenty20|2014]]||Super 10||6/16||4||2||2||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Brendon McCullum]]}}
|- style="background:#c96"
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2016 ICC World Twenty20|2016]]||Semi-final||3/16||5||4||1||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Kane Williamson]]}}
|- style="background:silver"
|{{flagicon|UAE}} {{flagicon|Oman}} [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2021]]||Runners-up||2/16||7||5||2||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Kane Williamson]]}}
|- style="background:#c96"
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2022]]||Semi-final||4/16 ||5||3||2||0||0||0||1||{{nowrap|[[Kane Williamson]]}}
|-
|{{flagicon|WIN}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2024]]||Group stage||10/20 ||4||2||2||0||0||0||0||{{nowrap|[[Kane Williamson]]}}
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} {{flagicon|SL}} [[2026 Men's T20 World Cup|2026]]||colspan=9|''Qualified''
|-
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|AUS}} {{flagicon|NZL}} [[2028 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2028]] || colspan="9"|
''Qualified as co-hosts''
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} {{flagicon|WAL}} {{flagicon|SCO}} {{flagicon|IRE}}  [[2030 ICC Men's T20 World Cup|2030]]|| colspan='9'| ''TBD''
|-
! |Total||0 titles||9/9||47||25||19||0||2||0||1||{{n/a}}
|}
{{notelist}}

===World Test Championship===
{| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=7|League stage
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Opposition<br />Scoreline
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-
|align=left|[[2019–21 ICC World Test Championship|2019–21]]
|{{cr|SL}}<br/>'''D''' 1–1
|{{cr|AUS}}<br/>'''L''' 0–3
|{{cr|IND}}<br/>'''W''' 2–0
|{{cr|BAN}}<br/>'''NR'''
|{{cr|WIN}}<br/>'''W''' 2–0
|{{cr|PAK}}<br/>'''W''' 2–0
|2 '''Q'''
|{{cr|IND}}<br/>'''W''' 8 wickets
|{{gold01}}
|-
|align=left|[[2021–23 ICC World Test Championship|2021–23]]
|{{cr|IND}}<br/>'''L''' 0–1
|{{cr|BAN}}<br/>'''D''' 1–1
|{{cr|SA}}<br/>'''D''' 1–1
|{{cr|ENG}}<br/>'''L''' 0–3
|{{cr|PAK}}<br/>'''D''' 0–0
|{{cr|SL}}<br/>'''W''' 2–0
|6
|Did not advance
|6
|-
|align=left|[[2023–2025 World Test Championship|2023–25]]
|{{cr|BAN}}<br/>'''D''' 1–1
|{{cr|SA}}<br/>'''W''' 2–0
|{{cr|AUS}}<br/>'''L''' 0–2
|{{cr|SL}}<br/>'''L''' 0–2
|{{cr|IND}}<br/>'''W''' 3–0
|{{cr|ENG}}<br/>'''L''' 1–2
|4
|Did not advance
|4
|-
|align=left|[[2025–2027 World Test Championship|2025–27]]
|{{cr|WIN}}<br/>'''Nov-Dec 2025''' 2 Tests
|{{cr|ENG}}<br/>'''Jun-Jul 2026''' 3 Tests
|{{cr|IND}}<br/>'''Oct-Nov 2026''' 2 Tests
|{{cr|AUS}}<br/>'''Dec-Jan 2026-27''' 4 Tests
|{{cr|SL}}<br/>'''Jan-Feb 2027''' 2 Tests
|{{cr|PAK}}<br/>'''Mar 2027''' 2 Tests
|
|
|
|}

===Champions Trophy===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=6|[[ICC Champions Trophy|ICC KnockOut Trophy record]]
|-
!  Host(s) & Year
!  Pre-Quarter finals
!  Quarter-finals
! Semi-finals
! Final
! Stage
|-
| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy|1998]] || Beat {{cr|ZIM}} by 5 wickets || Lost to {{cr|SRI}} by 5 wickets || colspan="2" | Did not qualify || Quarter Final
|- style="background:gold;"
| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy|2000]] || [[Bye (sports)|Bye]] || Beat {{cr|ZIM}} by 64 runs || Beat {{cr|PAK}} by 4 wickets || Beat {{cr|IND}} by 4 wickets || Winners
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align: center;"
|-
!colspan=12|[[ICC Champions Trophy|ICC Champions Trophy record]]
|-
! rowspan="2" | Host(s) & Year
! colspan="8" | Group stage
! rowspan="2" | Semi Final
! rowspan="2" | Final
! rowspan="2" | Stage
|-
!  {{abbr|Pos|Position}} !!  {{abbr|P|Played}} !!  {{abbr|W|Won}} !!  {{abbr|L|Lost}} !!  {{abbr|T|Tied}} !!  {{abbr|NR|No result}} !!  {{abbr|NRR|Net run-rate}} !!  {{abbr|Pts|Points}}
|-
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[2002 ICC Champions Trophy|2002]] || 3/3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.030 || 2 || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Did not qualify || Group
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[2004 ICC Champions Trophy|2004]] || 2/3 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1.603 || 2 || Group
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[2006 ICC Champions Trophy|2006]] || 2/4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.572 || 4 || Lost to {{cr|AUS}} by 34 runs || Did not qualify || style="background:#cc9966;" |Semi Final
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|2009]] || 1/4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.782 || 4 || Beat {{cr|PAK}} by 5 wickets || Lost to {{cr|AUS}} by 6 wickets ||  style="background:silver;"|Runners-up
|-
| {{flagicon|England}} [[2013 ICC Champions Trophy|2013]] || 3/4 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0.777|| 3 || colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Did not qualify || Group
|-
|  {{flagicon|England}} {{flagicon|Wales}} [[2017 ICC Champions Trophy|2017]] || 4/4 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || −1.058 || 1 || Group
|-
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} {{flagicon|UAE}} [[2025 ICC Champions Trophy|2025]] || 2/4 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.267 || 4 || Beat {{cr|RSA}} by 50 runs || Lost to {{cr|IND}} by 4 wickets ||  style="background:silver;"|Runners-up
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[2029 ICC Champions Trophy|2029]]||colspan="11"|''TBD''
|}

===Commonwealth Games===

====Kuala Lumpur 1998====

{| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
!colspan=4|Group stage
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final/BM
|-style=font-size:95%
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- style="background:#CD7F32"
|{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Kenya national cricket team|KEN]]<br/>'''W''' 5 wickets
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Scotland national cricket team|SCO]]<br/>'''W''' 177 runs
|{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|PAK]]<br/>'''W''' 81 runs
|1 '''Q'''
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia national cricket team|AUS]]<br/>'''L''' 9 wickets
|{{flagicon|SL}} [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|SL]]<br/>'''W''' 51 runs
|{{Bronze3}}
|}

==Honours==
===ICC===
*'''[[World Test Championship]]'''
**'''Champions (1):''' [[2019–2021 World Test Championship|2019–2021]]
*'''[[ICC Cricket World Cup|World Cup]]'''
**'''Runners-up (2):''' [[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015]], [[2019 Cricket World Cup|2019]]
*'''[[ICC Men's T20 World Cup|T20 World Cup]]'''
**'''Runners-up (1):''' [[2021 ICC World Twenty20|2021]]
*'''[[ICC Champions Trophy|Champions Trophy]]'''
**'''Champions (1):''' [[2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy|2000]]
**'''Runners-up (2):''' [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|2009]], [[2025 ICC Champions Trophy|2025]]

===Others===
*'''[[Cricket at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]'''
**'''Bronze medal (1):''' [[Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|1998]]

==Result summary==

{{main|New Zealand national cricket team record by opponent}}

===Test matches===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style=align:center;
|-
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Opposition
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Span
! colspan="8" | Series
! colspan="9" | Matches
|-
! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|D|Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W/L|Win/Loss}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%L|% Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%D|% Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|D|Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|T|Tied}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W/L|Win/Loss}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%L|% Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%D|% Draw}}
|-
| {{Cr|AUS}} || 1946–2024 || 22 || 2 || 15 || 5 || 0.13 || 9.09 || 68.18 || 22.72 || 62 || 8 || 36 || 18 || 0 || 0.22 || 12.90 || 58.06 || 29.03
|-
| {{Cr|BAN}} || 2001–2023 || 9 || 6 || 0 || 3 || — || 66.66 || 0.00 || 33.33 || 19 || 14 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 7.00 || 73.68 || 10.52 || 15.78
|-
| {{Cr|ENG}} || 1930–2024 || 40 || 6 || 25 || 9 || 0.24 || 15.00 || 62.50 || 22.50 || 115 || 14 || 54 || 47 || 0 || 0.25 || 12.17 || 46.95 || 40.86
|-
| {{Cr|IND}} || 1955–2024 || 22 || 7 || 12 || 3 || 0.58 || 31.81 || 54.54 || 13.63 || 65 || 16 || 22 || 27 || 0 || 0.72 || 24.61 || 33.84 || 41.53
|-
| {{Cr|PAK}} || 1955–2023 || 23 || 5 || 11 || 7 || 0.45 || 21.74 || 47.83 || 30.43 || 62 || 14 || 25 || 23 || 0 || 0.56 || 22.58 || 40.32 || 37.09
|-
| {{Cr|SA}} || 1932–2024 || 17 || 1 || 12 || 4 || 0.08 || 5.88 || 70.59 || 23.53 || 49 || 7 || 26 || 16 || 0 || 0.26 || 14.28 || 53.06 || 32.65
|-
| {{Cr|SL}} || 1983–2024 || 19 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 1.60 || 42.10 || 26.31 || 31.57 || 40 || 18 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 1.63 || 45.00 || 27.50 || 27.50
|-
| {{Cr|WIN}} || 1952–2020 || 18 || 8 || 6 || 4 || 1.33 || 44.44 || 33.33 || 22.22 || 49 || 17 || 13 || 19 || 0 || 1.30 || 34.69 || 26.53 || 38.77
|-
| {{Cr|ZIM}} || 1992–2025 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 2 || — || 75.00 || 0.00 || 25.00 || 19 || 13 || 0 || 6 || 0 || — || 68.42 || 0.00 || 31.57
|-
| '''Summary''' || '''1930–2025''' || '''178''' || '''49''' || '''86''' || '''43''' || '''0.57''' || '''27.53''' || '''48.31''' || '''24.16''' || '''480''' || '''121''' || '''189''' || '''170''' || '''0''' || '''0.64''' || '''25.20''' || '''39.37''' || '''35.41'''
|-
| colspan=19| <small>Last updated: 9 August 2025 ''Source: ESPNCricInfo<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/team-results-summary/new-zealand-5/test-matches-1 |access-date=9 August 2025 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>''</small>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only bilateral series wherein a minimum of 2 matches were played have been included here. One-off matches are not credited as a bilateral series.

===ODI matches===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align: center"
|-
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Opposition
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Span
! colspan="8" | Series
! colspan="8" | Matches
|-
! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|D|Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W/L|Win/Loss}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%L|% Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%D|% Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|T|Tied}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|Tie+W|Tie+Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|Tie+L|Tie+Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|N/R|No result}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}}
|-
| {{Cr|AFG|2013}} || 2015–2023 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|AUS}} || 1974–2023 || 17 || 3 || 10 || 4 || 0.30 || 17.64 || 58.82 || 23.52 || 142 || 39 || 96 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 27.46
|-
| {{Cr|BAN}} || 1990–2023 || 11 || 9 || 2 || 0 || 4.50 || 81.82 || 18.18 || 0.00 || 46 || 34 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 73.91
|-
| {{Cr|CAN}} || 2003–2011 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| [[File:East Africa Cricket Team Flag.png|23x15px|border|alt=|link=]] [[East Africa cricket team|East Africa]] || 1975–1975 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|ENG}} || 1973–2023 || 19 || 7 || 9 || 3 || 0.78 || 36.84 || 47.37 || 15.79 || 96 || 45 || 44 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 48.44
|-
| {{Cr|IND}} || 1975–2024 || 17 || 6 || 9 || 2 || 0.66 || 35.29 || 52.94 || 11.76 || 120 || 50 || 62 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 42.08
|-
| {{Cr|IRE}} || 2007–2022 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|KEN}} || 2007–2011 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|NED}} || 1996–2023 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|PAK}} || 1973–2025 || 22 || 12 || 8 || 2 || 1.50 || 54.55 || 36.36 || 9.09 || 122 || 57 || 61 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 47.13
|-
| {{Cr|Scotland}} || 1999–2022 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|SA}} || 1992–2025 || 10 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 0.20 || 20.00 || 80.00 || 0.00 || 74 || 27 || 42 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 34.49
|-
| {{Cr|SL}} ||| 1979–2025 || 15 || 8 || 3 || 4 || 2.66 || 53.33 || 20.00 || 26.66 || 108 || 54 || 44 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 50.46
|-
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team|UAE]] || 1996-1996 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|USA}} || 2004-2004 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|WIN}} || 1975–2022 || 12 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 0.83 || 41.66 || 50.00 || 8.33 || 68 || 30 || 31 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 49.18
|-
| {{Cr|ZIM}} || 1987–2015 || 9 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 3.00 || 66.66 || 22.22 || 11.11 || 38 || 27 || 9 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 74.32
|-
| '''Summary''' || '''1973–2025''' || '''137''' || '''62''' || '''58''' || '''17''' || '''1.07''' || '''45.26''' || '''42.34''' || '''12.41''' || '''841''' || '''390''' || '''400''' || '''7''' || '''0''' || '''1''' || '''44''' || '''46.78'''
|-
| colspan=18| <small>''Last updated: 17 June 2025. Source: ESPNCricInfo<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/team-results-summary/new-zealand-5/one-day-internationals-2 |access-date=17 June 2025 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>''</small>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only bilateral series wherein a minimum of 2 matches were played have been included here. One-off matches are not credited as a bilateral series.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> "Tie+W" and "Tie+L" indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over").

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Forfeited matches are not included.

===T20I matches===

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 1em; text-align: center"
|-
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Opposition
! width="130" rowspan="2" | Span
! colspan="8" | Series
! colspan="8" | Matches
|-
! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|D|Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W/L|Win/Loss}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%L|% Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%D|% Draw}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|P|Played}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|W|Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|L|Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|Tie|Tie}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|Tie+W|Tie+Won}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|Tie+L|Tie+Lost}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|N/R|No result}} !! width="20" | {{abbr|%W|% Won}}
|-
| {{Cr|AFG|2013}} || 2021–2024 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 50.00
|-
| {{Cr|AUS}} || 2005–2024 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1.00 || 33.33 || 33.33 || 33.33 || 19 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1 || 0  || 0 || 28.95
|-
| {{Cr|BAN}} || 2010–2023 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2.00 || 50.00 || 25.00 || 25.00 || 20 || 15 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 75.00
|-
| {{Cr|ENG}} || 2007–2023 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0.33 || 20.00 || 60.00 || 20.00 || 27 || 10 || 15 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 38.89
|-
| {{Cr|IND}} || 2007–2023 || 8 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 0.60 || 37.50 || 62.50 || 0.00 || 25 || 10 || 12 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 46.00
|-
| {{Cr|IRE}} || 2009–2022 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|KEN}} || 2007-2007 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  100.00
|-
| {{Cr|NAM}} || 2021-2021 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|NED}} || 2014–2022 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|PAK}} || 2007–2025 || 11 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 1.67 || 45.45 || 27.27 || 27.27 || 49 || 23 || 24 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 46.94
|-
| {{Cr|PNG}} || 2024-2024 || 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  100.00
|-
| {{Cr|Scotland}} || 2009–2022 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| {{Cr|SA}} || 2005–2025 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 66.66 || 33.33 || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 38.88
|-
| {{Cr|SL}} ||| 2006–2025 || 9 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 5.00 || 55.56 || 11.11 || 33.33 || 28 || 16 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 55.17
|-
| {{Cr|WIN}} || 2006–2024 || 7 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 4.00 || 57.14 || 14.28 || 28.57 || 20 || 10 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 57.50
|-
| {{Cr|ZIM}} || 2010–2025 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || — || 100.00 || 0.00 || 0.00 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 100.00
|-
| '''Summary''' || '''2005–2025''' || '''56''' || '''25''' || '''17''' || '''11''' || '''1.47''' || '''44.64''' || '''30.36''' || '''19.64''' || '''235''' || '''123''' || '''95''' || '''1''' || '''2''' || '''7''' || '''7''' || '''54.46'''
|-
| colspan=18| <small>''Last updated: 29 July 2025. Source: ESPNCricInfo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Records {{!}} Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} Team records {{!}} Results summary {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283307.html |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/results_summary.html?class=3&id=5&type=team |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>''</small>
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Only bilateral series wherein a minimum of 2 matches were played have been included here. One-off matches are not credited as a bilateral series.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> "Tie+W" and "Tie+L" indicates matches tied and then won or lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowlout or one-over-eliminator ("Super Over")

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

==Records==
{{main|List of New Zealand Test cricket records|List of New Zealand One Day International cricket records|List of New Zealand Twenty20 International cricket records}}

===World records===

* [[Richard Hadlee]], one of New Zealand and the world's best all-rounders, took the world record for [[List of Test cricket records#Most wickets in a career|most Test wickets]] (374) vs India at [[Bangalore]] in 1988. Hadlee was the first bowler to reach 400 Test wickets, vs India at [[Christchurch]] in 1990, and finished his career with 431 wickets. He subsequently lost the record to [[Kapil Dev]].
* The black caps would be known for their world record of having the most semi final appearances of any country but The Black Caps have yet to claim the trophy.
* [[Corey Anderson (cricketer)|Corey Anderson]] holds record for the second [[List of One Day International cricket records#Fastest centuries|fastest century]] in [[One Day International]]s (or any other format of international cricket). Playing against [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], he scored his ton in just 36 balls. Corey Anderson lost the record to [[AB de Villiers]] when AB scored a century in just 31 balls against West Indies.
* In a One Day International in 1996, the entire New Zealand team were awarded man of the match against the West Indies, the first such occasion.
* [[Andrew Jones (cricketer, born 1959)|Andrew Jones]] and [[Martin Crowe]] held the highest ever 3rd-wicket [[List of Test cricket records#Partnership records|partnership in Tests]], with 467 against Sri Lanka in 1991, which at the time was the highest partnership for any wicket.<ref name="cricinfo.com">{{Cite web |title=Records – Test matches – Partnership records – Highest partnerships for any wicket – ESPNcricinfo |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283573.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830080140/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283573.html |archive-date=30 August 2017 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[Brian Hastings]] and [[Richard Collinge]] together scored 151 runs for the 10th-wicket [[Pakistani cricket team in New Zealand in 1972–73|against Pakistan in 1973]], the [[List of Test cricket records#Highest partnership (for each wicket)|highest 10th-wicket partnership]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Records – Test matches – Partnership records – Highest partnership for the tenth wicket – ESPNcricinfo |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283526.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511231230/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283526.html |archive-date=11 May 2015 |access-date=8 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[Nathan Astle]] scored Test cricket's [[List of Test cricket records#Centuries|fastest ever double century]] [[English cricket team in New Zealand in 2001–02#1st Test|versus England, at Christchurch in 2002]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Records: Test matches – Batting records – Fastest double hundreds |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284135.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327140454/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284135.html |archive-date=27 March 2019 |access-date=6 September 2015 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He scored 200 off 153 balls with the second hundred coming off just 39 deliveries. He was eventually out for 222—the dreaded double [[Nelson (cricket)|Nelson]]. He knocked the first hundred off 114 balls. Astle smashed the record by 59 balls, previously held by [[Adam Gilchrist]] Australia vs South Africa [[Johannesburg]] 2002.
* [[Brendon McCullum]] holds the world record for the [[fastest Test hundred]] in terms of balls faced. It was scored off 54 balls on 20 February 2016, [[Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 2015–16#2nd Test|against Australia]] during his final Test match, in Christchurch.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2016 |title=Brendon McCullum: New Zealand captain breaks fastest Test century record |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/35620560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918170743/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/35620560 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |access-date=8 February 2020 |website=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>
* Brendon McCullum holds the world record for the [[most sixes in Test cricket]] with 107.<ref name="most sixes in Test cricket">{{Cite web |title=Records / Test matches / Batting records / Most sixes in career |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283122.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327142018/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283122.html |archive-date=27 March 2019 |access-date=4 March 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He passed [[Adam Gilchrist]]'s record of 100<ref name="most sixes in Test cricket" /> in his final Test match. This record was also previously held by Chris Cairns.<ref name="most sixes in Test cricket" />
* Brendon McCullum was the first batsman to score two centuries in Twenty20 International Cricket (116* v. Australia and 123 v. Bangladesh).
* Brendon McCullum held the record for the [[List of Twenty20 International records#Highest individual score|highest individual score]] in Twenty20 International cricket, when he scored 123 v. Bangladesh at Pallekele. He lost the record to [[Aaron Finch]] who scored 156* against England at Southampton.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 September 2012 |title=World Twenty20 2012: Brendon McCullum's record 123 leads New Zealand to emphatic win over Bangladesh |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/twenty20/9558194/World-Twenty20-2012-Brendon-McCullums-record-123-leads-New-Zealand-to-emphatic-win-over-Bangladesh.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122044901/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/twenty20/9558194/World-Twenty20-2012-Brendon-McCullums-record-123-leads-New-Zealand-to-emphatic-win-over-Bangladesh.html |archive-date=22 November 2019 |access-date=8 February 2020 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
* [[Chris Cairns]] and his father [[Lance Cairns]] are one of the two father-son combinations to each claim 100 Test wickets, South Africa's [[Peter Pollock|Peter]] and [[Shaun Pollock]] being the other.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
* [[Martin Guptill]] scored the [[List of Cricket World Cup records#Batting records|highest score in World Cups]] with 237* [[2015 Cricket World Cup|in 2015]].
* Guptill holds the record for [[List of Twenty20 International records#Most career runs|most career runs]] (2,271) and [[List of Twenty20 International records#Most career sixes|most sixes]] (103, equal with [[Chris Gayle]]) in Twenty20 Internationals, both records previously held by Brendon McCullum.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Records {{!}} Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} Batting records {{!}} Most runs in career {{!}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282827.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529230254/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282827.html |archive-date=29 May 2018 |access-date=29 May 2018 |work=Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[John Bracewell]] was the first – and so far only – [[substitute fielder]] to take four catches in a One Day International, vs Australia in [[Adelaide]] on 23 November 1980. {{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
* [[Daniel Vettori]] was the first cricketer to take four wickets and score a half-century in each innings of a Test match, a feat he achieved against [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] in October 2008 at [[Chittagong]]. His figures were 5/95 and 4/74 with the ball and 55* and 76 with the bat.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Vettori's unique feat" (cricinfo) |url=http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/bdeshvnz/content/story/374910.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205180440/http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/bdeshvnz/content/story/374910.html |archive-date=5 February 2009 |access-date=7 May 2012 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Colin Munro]] is the first player in to score three Twenty20 International hundreds. This was accomplished on 3 January 2018 against the West Indies when he scored 104 off 88 balls, with 3 fours and 10 sixes.
* [[Ross Taylor]] is the first player to have played 100 ODI, Tests and T20Is.
* [[Chris Harris (cricketer)|Chris Harris]] holds the record for the most ODI [[caught and bowled]] dismissals, with 29.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2004 |title=Winning without losing a wicket, and Kumble's record |url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/137509.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222942/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/137509.html |archive-date=14 November 2007 |access-date=21 February 2007 |publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Notable===
* Ross Taylor has the 8th highest ODI batting average among batsmen to have played at least 100 ODIs, and Kane Williamson has the 10th highest.
* New Zealand dismissed Zimbabwe ([[New Zealand cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2005#First Test|Harare 2005]]) twice in the same day for totals of 59 and 99. Zimbabwe became only the second team (after India at Manchester in 1952) to be dismissed twice in the same day. The whole Test was completed inside two days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 August 2005 |title=Hopeless Zimbabwe crushed inside two days- Zimbabwe v New Zealand 1st Test, Harare |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/215253.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122204734/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/215253.html |archive-date=22 November 2012 |access-date=15 November 2012 |website=The Bulletin |publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref> This feat was then repeated [[Zimbabwean cricket team in New Zealand in 2011–12#Only Test|at Napier in 2012]] when NZ dismissed Zimbabwe for 51 and 143 to end the match within three days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernando |first=Andrew |date=28 January 2012 |title=New Zealand bowl out Zimbabwe twice in a day |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-zimbabwe-2012/content/story/551285.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428224719/http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-zimbabwe-2012/content/story/551285.html |archive-date=28 April 2012 |access-date=15 November 2012 |website=[[Cricinfo]] |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>
* Kane Williamson holds the record for most centuries by a New Zealander in Tests, with 33.
* Brendon McCullum holds the record for the highest Test innings by a New Zealander of 302 (vs India in 2014). He is currently the only triple centurion from New Zealand.
* Brendon McCullum holds the New Zealand Test record for the most innings of 200 or more, with 4.
* Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup fifty (off 18 balls) for New Zealand in a Pool A Match of [[2015 Cricket World Cup]] against England, beating his own 20-ball record set against Canada in World Cup (2007) earlier.
* Martin Guptill holds the record for the highest One Day International innings by a New Zealander, with 237 not out against West Indies in the [[2015 Cricket World Cup knockout stage#Quarter-finals|2015 World Cup quarter-final]] in Wellington.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cricket Records – New Zealand – Records – One-Day Internationals – High scores |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=2;id=5;type=team |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206194427/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=2;id=5;type=team |archive-date=6 December 2014 |access-date=19 November 2014 |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
* [[Shane Bond]] took an ODI hat-trick in the last over (innings bowling figures: 10–0–61–4) vs Australia at Hobart in January 2007.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 2007 |title=Australia crush Kiwis in Hobart |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6258381.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919181109/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6258381.stm |archive-date=19 September 2011 |access-date=15 November 2012 |publisher=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref>
* [[Tim Southee]] took a [[List of Twenty20 International records#Hat-tricks|Twenty20 hat-trick]], taking 5–18 in the match against Pakistan.
* [[Colin Munro]] scored the second fastest T20 International 50, off 14 balls, against Sri Lanka at [[Eden Park]], Auckland on 10 January 2016.
* Chris Harris, Daniel Vettori, [[Kyle Mills]] and Chris Cairns are the only New Zealand cricketers to have taken 200 wickets in ODIs.
* [[Ajaz Patel]] took all 10 wickets in an innings, being the third international cricketer and first New Zealand cricketer to achieve this feat, after England's [[Jim Laker]] and India's [[Anil Kumble]] .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of India vs New Zealand, December 03 – 06, 2021 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-india-2021-22-1278658/india-vs-new-zealand-2nd-test-1278675/full-scorecard}}</ref>
* In June 2022 against England, New Zealand scored the fifth-highest team total (553) and second-highest match aggregate (837) in a losing cause in test match history.

==See also==
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* [[New Zealand Māori cricket team]]
* [[List of New Zealand cricketers]]
* [[List of New Zealand first-class cricket records]]
* [[New Zealand national cricket captains]]
* [[New Zealand women's cricket team]]
* [[Beige Brigade]] Black Caps Supporters

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