List of Test cricket records for New Zealand

This is the list of New Zealand test records

Team records

First Test series wins

Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win
 Australia 1986 1985
 Bangladesh 2001 2004
 England 1984 1986
 India 1981 No series won as at May 2000
 Pakistan 1985 1969
 South Africa No series won as at May 2011 No series won as at May 2011
 Sri Lanka 1983 1984
 West Indies 1980 2002
 Zimbabwe 1998 1996

First Test match wins

Opponent Home Away
Venue Year Venue Year
Australia Christchurch 1974 Brisbane 1985
Bangladesh Hamilton 2001 Dhaka 2004
England Basin Reserve Wellington 1978 Headingley Leeds 1983
India Christchurch 1968 Nagpur 1969
Pakistan Auckland 1985 Lahore 1969
Sri Lanka Christchurch 1983 Kandy 1984
South Africa Auckland 2004 Cape Town 1962
West Indies Auckland 1956 Barbados 2002
Zimbabwe Basin Reserve Wellington 1998 Harare 1992

Note that New Zealand's first Test win against Australia was in only the sixth match between the two teams; despite making their Test debut in 1930, they had to wait until 1946 before playing Australia for the first time, and then until 1973 for a second meeting.[1]


Largest wins and losses

By innings

NZ Won by an vs Venue Season NZ Lost by an vs Venue Season
Innings and 301 runs Zimbabwe Napier 2011/12 Innings and 324 runs Pakistan Lahore 2002
Innings and 294 runs Zimbabwe Harare 2005 Innings and 322 runs West Indies Wellington 1994/95
Innings and 185 runs Pakistan Hamilton 2000/01 Innings and 222 runs Australia Hobart 1993/94
Innings and 137 runs Bangladesh Wellington 2007/08 Innings and 215 runs England Auckland 1962/63
Innings and 132 runs England Christchurch 1983/84 Innings and 198 runs India Nagpur 2010
Innings and 105 runs West Indies Wellington 1999/00 Innings and 193 runs South Africa Port Elizabeth 2012/13
Innings and 101 runs Bangladesh Chittagong 2004/05 Innings and 187 runs England Leeds 1965

By runs

NZ Won by vs Venue Season NZ Lost by vs Venue Season
204 runs West Indies Bridgetown 2002 358 runs South Africa Johannesburg 2007–2008
199 runs England Leeds 2015 299 runs Pakistan Auckland 2001–2002
193 runs Sri Lanka Wellington 2014–2015 297 runs Australia Auckland 1973–1974
190 runs West Indies Auckland 1955–1956 272 runs India Auckland 1967–1968
189 runs England Hamilton 2007–2008 247 runs England Leeds 2012–2013
186 runs West Indies Kingston 2013–2014 241 runs Sri Lanka Napier 1994–1995
177 runs Zimbabwe Harare 1992–1993 230 runs England Lord's 1969

By wickets

NZ Won by vs Venue Season NZ Lost by vs Venue Season
10 Wickets India Christchurch 1989–1990 10 Wickets Pakistan Hyderabad (Sind) 1976
10 Wickets Zimbabwe Wellington 1997–1998 10 Wickets Australia Auckland 1976–1977
10 Wickets India Wellington 2002–2003 10 Wickets Australia Brisbane 1980–1981
10 Wickets West Indies Wellington 2005–2006 10 Wickets West Indies Bridgetown 1985
9 Wickets Australia Wellington 1989–1990 10 Wickets West Indies Kingston 1985
9 Wickets England Lords 1999 10 Wickets West Indies Auckland 1986–1987
9 Wickets West Indies Hamilton 1999–2000 10 Wickets India Hyderabad (Decc) 1988–1989
9 Wickets South Africa Auckland 2003–2004 10 Wickets West Indies Bridgetown 1996
9 Wickets Bangladesh Dunedin 2007–2008 10 Wickets India Hamilton 2008–2009
10 Wickets Australia Wellington 2009–2010
10 Wickets Pakistan Hamilton 2010–2011
10 Wickets Sri Lanka Galle 2012–2013
10 Wickets West Indies Port of Spain 2014–2015

Highest innings totals

Score Overs Opponent Venue Season
690 143.1 v  Pakistan Sharjah 2014–2015
680-8d 210.0 v  India Wellington 2013–2014
671-4 220.3 v  Sri Lanka Wellington 1990–1991
630-6d 198.3 v  India Mohali 2003–2004
624 153.5 v  Australia Perth 2015–2016
619-9d 154.4 v  India Napier 2008–2009
609-9d 153.1 v  West Indies Dunedin 2013–2014
595 148.5 v  South Africa Auckland 2003–2004
593-8d 165.0 v  South Africa Cape Town 2005–2006
586-7d 146.0 v  Sri Lanka Dunedin 1996–1997

Highest fourth innings totals

To Win To Lose To Draw
324/5 v Pakistan, Christchurch 1993/94 451 v England, Christchurch 2001/02 304/8 v Zimbabwe, Harare 1997/98
317/7 v Bangladesh at Chittagong 2008/09 440 v England, Nottingham 1973 293/8 v Australia, Christchurch 1976/77
278/8 v Pakistan, Dunedin 1984/85 431 v England, Napier 2007/08 275/8 v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 1996/97

Lowest test innings totals

Away Home
45 vs South Africa, in Cape Town, in 2013 26 vs England, in Auckland, in 1954–1955†
47 vs England, at Lord's, in 1958 42 vs Australia, in Wellington, in 1945–1946
67 vs England, at Lord's, in 1958 and 1978 54 vs Australia, in Wellington, in 1945–1946

† Lowest completed innings total by any test playing nation


Opposition Following-on

Player records

Most Matches Most Runs Most Wickets Most Catches Most Tests as Captain
Daniel Vettori 113 Stephen Fleming 7172 Richard Hadlee 431 Stephen Fleming 172 Stephen Fleming 80
Stephen Fleming 111 Brendon McCullum 6121 Daniel Vettori 362 Ross Taylor 112 John R. Reid 34
Brendon McCullum 100 Martin Crowe 5444 Chris Martin 233 Martin Crowe 71 Daniel Vettori 32
Richard Hadlee 86 John Wright 5334 Chris Cairns 218 Nathan Astle 70 Brendon McCullum 30
John Wright 82 Ross Taylor 5121 Danny Morrison 160 Jeremy Coney 64 Geoff Howarth 30
Nathan Astle 81 Nathan Astle 4702 Tim Southee 163 Daniel Vettori 58 Graham Dowling 19
Adam Parore 78 Daniel Vettori 4531 Trent Boult 142 Bryan Young 54 Ken Rutherford 18
Martin Crowe 77 Kane Williamson 3895 Lance Cairns 130 Bevan Congdon 43 Bevan Congdon 17
Chris Martin 71 Bevan Congdon 3448 Ewen Chatfield 123 Glenn Turner 42 Martin Crowe 16
Ross Taylor 66 John R. Reid 3428 Richard Collinge 116 John R. Reid 41 Jeremy Coney 15
Ian Smith 63 Chris Cairns 3320 Bruce Taylor 111 Jeff Crowe 41 Ross Taylor 13
Chris Cairns 62 Richard Hadlee 3124 John Bracewell 102 Kane Williamson 39 Glenn Turner 10
Bevan Congdon 61 Craig McMillan 3116 Dick Motz 100 Martin Guptill 39 Mark Burgess 10
John R. Reid 58 Glenn Turner 2991 Simon Doull 98 Richard Hadlee 39 Harry Cave 9
Ken Rutherford 56 Andrew Jones 2922 Dion Nash 93 John Wright 38 Walter Hadlee 8
Craig McMillan 55 Adam Parore 2792 Shane Bond 87 Mark Burgess 34 Tom Lowry 7

† Still active Test cricketers.

Batting records

Most runs in an innings

Runs Player Match Venue Season
302 Brendon McCullum  New Zealand v  India Wellington 2013–2014
299 Martin Crowe  New Zealand v  Sri Lanka Wellington 1990–1991
290 Ross Taylor  Australia v  New Zealand Perth 2015–2016
274* Stephen Fleming  Sri Lanka v  New Zealand Colombo 2003
267* Bryan Young  Sri Lanka v  New Zealand Dunedin 1996–1997
262 Stephen Fleming  South Africa v  New Zealand Cape Town 2005–2006
259 Glenn Turner  West Indies v  New Zealand Georgetown 1971–1972
242* Kane Williamson  New Zealand v  Sri Lanka Wellington 2014–2015
239 Graham Dowling  New Zealand v  India Christchurch 1967–1968
230 Bert Sutcliffe  India v  New Zealand New Delhi 1955–1956
225 Brendon McCullum  India v  New Zealand Hyderabad 2010–2011

There have been a further 11 instances of a New Zealand batsman scoring 200 runs or more in an innings.

Most Runs in an innings by batting position

Position Runs
1 or 2 267* B.A. Young vs Sri Lanka, at Dunedin, 1996/97
3 274* S.P. Fleming vs Sri Lanka, at Colombo, 2003
4 299 M.D.Crowe vs Sri Lanka, at Wellington, 1990/91
5 302 B.B. McCullum vs India, at Wellington, 2013/14
6 174* J.V. Coney vs England, at Wellington, 1983/84
7 185 B.B. McCullum vs Bangladesh, at Hamilton, 2009/10
8 140 D.L. Vettori vs Sri Lanka, at Colombo (SSCG), 2009/10
9 173 I.D.S. Smith vs India, at Auckland, 1989/90
10 83* J.G. Bracewell vs Australia, at Sydney, 1985/86
11 68* R.O. Collinge vs Pakistan, at Auckland,1972/73

Centuries

Most Centuries On Test Debut 2 Centuries in a Test
17 Martin Crowe 117 John Mills v England 1929/30 101 & 110* Glenn Turner v Australia 1973/74
13 Ross Taylor 105 Bruce Taylor v India 1964/65 122 & 102 Geoff Howarth v England 1977/78
13 Kane Williamson 107 Rodney Redmond v Pakistan 1972/73 122 & 100* Andrew Jones v Sri Lanka 1990/91
12 John Wright 107* Mark Greatbatch v England 1987/88 136 & 110 Peter Fulton v England 2012/13
11 Brendon McCullum 214 Mathew Sinclair v West Indies 1999/00
11 Nathan Astle 104 Lou Vincent v Australia 2001/02
9 Stephen Fleming 107 Scott Styris v West Indies 2001/02
7 Bevan Congdon 131 Kane Williamson v India 2010/11
7 Glenn Turner 171 Hamish Rutherford v England 2012/13
7 Andrew Jones 137* Jimmy Neesham v India 2014 †

† Also the highest score in Test history for a debutant batting at no. 8. Neesham's match aggregate of 170 runs is also a Test record for a debutant batting at no. 8.[2]

Highest batting averages

Batsman Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average
Stewie Dempster 10 15 4 723 65.73
Martin Donnelly 7 12 1 582 52.91
Kane Williamson 46 85 7 3895 49.93
John Fulton Reid 19 31 3 1296 46.28
Ross Taylor 69 127 12 5232 45.49
Martin Crowe 77 131 11 5444 45.36
Mark Richardson 38 65 3 2776 44.77
Glenn Turner 41 73 6 2991 44.64
Andrew Jones 39 74 8 2922 44.27

Qualification 12 innings

Highest partnerships for each wicket

Wicket Total Batsman vs Venue Year
1st 387 Terrence Jarvis / Glenn Turner West Indies Georgetown 1971–1972
2nd 297 Brendon McCullum /Kane Williamson Pakistan Sharjah 2014–2015
3rd 467 Andrew Jones / Martin Crowe Sri Lanka Wellington 1990–1991
4th 271 Ross Taylor / Jesse Ryder India Napier 2008–2009
5th 222 Craig McMillan / Nathan Astle Zimbabwe Wellington 2000–2001
6th † 365* Kane Williamson / BJ Watling Sri Lanka Wellington 2014–2015
7th 225 Chris Cairns / Jacob Oram South Africa Auckland 2003–2004
8th 256 Stephen Fleming / James Franklin South Africa Cape Town 2005–2006
9th 136 Martin Snedden / Ian Smith India Auckland 1989–1990
10th § 151 Brian Hastings / Richard Collinge Pakistan Auckland 1972–1973

† The highest 6th wicket stand for all Test nations.

§ Formerly the highest wicket stand for all Test nations. Equalled by Mushtaq Ahmed & Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan v South Africa, Rawalpindi, 1997/98. Beaten by Phillip Hughes & Ashton Agar, Australia v England, Nottingham, 2013.

Other Notable Partnerships

Fast scoring

Fastest 200s Fastest 100s Fastest 50s Most Sixes
153 Balls N.J. Astle v England, Christchurch 2001/02† 74 Balls B.B. McCullum v Sri Lanka, Christchurch 2014/15 29 Balls T.G. Southee v England, Napier 2007/08 11 N. Astle v England, Christchurch 2001/02
186 Balls B.B. McCullum v Pakistan, Sharjah 2014/15 78 Balls B.B. McCullum v Pakistan, Sharjah 2014/15 30 Balls B.B. McCullum v Pakistan, Sharjah 2014/15 11 B.B. McCullum v Pakistan at Sharjah 2014/15
254 Balls L.R.P.L Taylor v Australia, Perth 2015/16 81 Balls L.R.P.L Taylor v Australia, Hamilton 2009/10 34 Balls I.D.S. Smith v Pakistan, Faisalabad 1990 and L.R.P.L Taylor v Australia, Hamilton 2009/10 11 B.B. McCullum v Sri Lanka, Christchurch 2014/15

† World Record

Bowling records

Best bowling in a match

Ten wickets in a match most times

Best bowling in an innings

Five wickets in an innings

Most Times

On Test Debut

Twice in a Match

†Batting at Number 10, Southee also scored 77* and top scored in the match for NZ. He reached 50 off only 29 balls, which at the time, was NZ's fastest ever test 50 and the sixth fastest test 50 ever.

‡Taylor also scored a century on debut

Hat Tricks

Best bowling averages

Bowler Matches Wickets Runs Average
Jack Cowie 9 45 969 21.53
Richard Hadlee 86 431 9611 22.29
Shane Bond 17 79 1769 22.39
Bruce Taylor 30 111 2953 26.60
Trent Boult 32 123 3336 27.12
Dion Nash 32 93 2649 28.48
Richard Collinge 35 116 3393 29.25

Qualification 9 matches

All rounders' records

1000 runs and 100 wickets

Players in bold still active

Matches Runs Bat Ave High Score 100s Wickets Bowl Ave Best Bowl 5WI 10W
Richard Hadlee 86 3124 27.16 151* 2 431 22.29 9/52 36 9
John Bracewell 41 1001 20.42 110 1 102 35.81 6/32 5 1
Chris Cairns 62 3320 33.53 158 5 218 29.40 7/27 13 1
Daniel Vettori 113 4531 30.00 140 6 362 34.36 7/87 20 3
Tim Southee 46 1156 17.00 77* 0 163 31.47 7/64 4 1

New Zealand is the only Test playing country to have two players who have achieved the allrounder’s double of 3000 Test runs and 300 Test wickets. The current (2012) list is:

Player Country Runs Wickets
Shane Warne Australia 3154 708
Kapil Dev India 5248 434
Ian Botham England 5200 383
Richard Hadlee New Zealand 3124 431
Imran Khan Pakistan 3807 362
Shaun Pollock South Africa 3781 420
Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 3089 355
Daniel Vettori New Zealand 4516 360

A century and 10 wickets in a match

No New Zealand player has ever achieved this. Only Imran Khan (Pakistan), Ian Botham (England), and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) have scored a century and taken 10 wickets in the same match.

A century and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

Bruce Taylor 105 & 5-86 vs India at Calcutta 1964/65 (on his debut)

Two fifties and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

A fifty and 10 wickets in a match

A fifty and 5 wickets in an innings in a match

Wicketkeeping records

Most dismissals

Played Catches Stumpings Total
Adam Parore 78 194 7 201
Brendon McCullum 52 167§ 11 178
Ian Smith 63 168 8 176
BJ Watling 36 119 5 124
Ken Wadsworth 33 92 4 96

§ McCullum has also taken 27 catches in the field

Most dismissals in a match

Most dismissals in an innings

†(world record held with 3 other players)

Fielding records

Most catches in a match

Most catches in an innings

See also

References

  1. Cricinfo Statsguru
  2. "Statsguru". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
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