The New Zealand cricket team (Black Caps), the national cricket team representing New Zealand.They played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch.
The current Test, One-day and Twenty20 captain is Kane Williamson, who replaced Brendon McCullum who announced his retirement in late December, 2015. 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, Clear Communications, held a competition to choose a name for the team. Official New Zealand Cricket sources typeset the nickname as BLACKCAPS. This isone of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
New Zealand reached the final match in the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time in its history, after beating South Africa in the semi-final in 2015.
Current squad
Current squad
This is a list of active players who have played for New Zealand since the beginning of 2015. . Brendon McCullum has retired from international cricket from 25 February 2016, with Nathan McCullum retiring from international cricket after 2016 ICC World T20. Grant Elliott has retired from ODI, but hasn't been selected for Test cricket since 2009.
The New Zealand Cricket ODI, Test, T20 Team List given below:-
ODI, Test Captain: Kane Williamson
T20 Captain: Kane Willaimson
Coach : Mike Hesson
Coaching staff
Name | Batting style | Bowling style | Forms |
Kane Williamson | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Martin Guptill | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Ross Taylor | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Colin Munro | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Twenty20 |
Henry Nicholls | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Tom Latham | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
BJ Watling | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Test |
Luke Ronchi | Right-handed | ODI, Twenty20 | |
Corey Anderson | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Grant Elliott | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
James Neesham | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Mitchell Santner | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Nathan McCullum RET | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Twenty20 |
Trent Boult | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Doug Bracewell | Right-handed | Right-arm fast–medium | ODI, Test |
Mitchell McClenaghan | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Twenty20, ODI |
Tim Southee | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Test, ODI, Twenty20 |
Neil Wagner | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Test |
Matt Henry | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ODI, Test, Twenty20 |
Adam Milne | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ODI, Twenty20 |
Ish Sodhi | Right-handed | Leg break | Test, Twenty20, ODI |
Mark Craig | Left-handed | Right-arm Off break | Test |
New Zealand | |
Test status acquired | 1930 |
First Test match | v England at Lancaster Park,Christchurch, 10–13 January 1930 |
Captain | Kane Williamson |
Coach | Mike Hesson |
Current ICC Test,ODI and T20I ranking | 5th (Test) 2nd (ODI) 1st (T20I) [1] |
All-time best ICCTest, ODI and T20Iranking | 3rd (Test) 2nd (ODI) 1st (T20I) [2] |
Test matches – This year | 408 2 |
Last Test match | v India September 2016 |
Wins/losses – This year | 83/165 2/2 |
As of October 2016 | |
· Head Coach: Mike Hesson
· Assistant Coach:
· Batting Coach: Craig McMillan
· Bowling Coach: Dimitri Mascarenhas
· Strength and Conditioning Coach: Chris Donaldson
· Team's Manager: Mike Sandle
· Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
· Performance Analyst: Paul Warren
· Media Correspondent: Willy Nicholls
Despite being primarily a Rugby-mad area, New Zealand have come a long way since being the also-rans of cricket in the world war years. They had its first taste of victory over two decades after their first Test appearance when they beat West Indies Auckland in 1955-56.
Since then, the Black Caps (a name they have acquired from the national rugby side) have gone on to gift some of the most illustrious names in the game s history, though none of them has been greater than Richard Hadlee even if one keeps in mind stalwarts like John Reid and Bert Sutcliffe and, in later days, Daniel Vettori.
In Martin Crowe and Stephen Fleming New Zealand have also produced two captains with exceptional tactical acumen. Crowe s innovative tactics in the 1992 World Cup by opening the innings with a pinch-hitter and handing the ball to a spinner in the first over have stood the test of time.
New Zealand carved out their identity since the 1992 World Cup, and ODI cricket has often brought the best out of them. Despite not winning the ICC World Cup, they have an impressive track record with six semi-final appearances.
The simultaneous retirement of several quality had crippled the Kiwis in the mid-2000s, but they seem to be on their way back again.
History
Since then, the Black Caps (a name they have acquired from the national rugby side) have gone on to gift some of the most illustrious names in the game s history, though none of them has been greater than Richard Hadlee even if one keeps in mind stalwarts like John Reid and Bert Sutcliffe and, in later days, Daniel Vettori.
In Martin Crowe and Stephen Fleming New Zealand have also produced two captains with exceptional tactical acumen. Crowe s innovative tactics in the 1992 World Cup by opening the innings with a pinch-hitter and handing the ball to a spinner in the first over have stood the test of time.
New Zealand carved out their identity since the 1992 World Cup, and ODI cricket has often brought the best out of them. Despite not winning the ICC World Cup, they have an impressive track record with six semi-final appearances.
The simultaneous retirement of several quality had crippled the Kiwis in the mid-2000s, but they seem to be on their way back again.
History
The reverend 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 the 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.
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 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
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.
First-class cricket began in New Zealand in 1906 with the Plunket Shield, named after the governor-general, Lord Plunket. Originally a series of challenges among five regions, from 1921-22 it was a league. Shell Oil took over the sponsorship in 1975-76, and introduced a new prize, the Shell Trophy, for the same competition. Today the first-class competition is known as the State Championship, after its current sponsor, State Insurance.
International Competition
New Zealand's achievements must be taken in the context of being a country with four million people, and with rugby the dominant sport. It took 40 years to win its first Test series, having debuted in 1929-30 against England, when it finally beat Pakistan 1-0 in 1969-70. There were, however, plenty of draws along the way, while the 1980s kickstarted a charge which saw it win nine series. It had seven victories in the 1990s and, the next decade, claimed another 10 wins. New Zealand has one world title under its belt; the ICC Champions Trophy, won in Kenya in 2000-01 (when it was the ICC Knockout). In 2014, New Zealand had a highly successful season, beating India 4-0 in the ODI series and then won the Test series 1-0.
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 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
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.
First-class cricket began in New Zealand in 1906 with the Plunket Shield, named after the governor-general, Lord Plunket. Originally a series of challenges among five regions, from 1921-22 it was a league. Shell Oil took over the sponsorship in 1975-76, and introduced a new prize, the Shell Trophy, for the same competition. Today the first-class competition is known as the State Championship, after its current sponsor, State Insurance.
International Competition
New Zealand's achievements must be taken in the context of being a country with four million people, and with rugby the dominant sport. It took 40 years to win its first Test series, having debuted in 1929-30 against England, when it finally beat Pakistan 1-0 in 1969-70. There were, however, plenty of draws along the way, while the 1980s kickstarted a charge which saw it win nine series. It had seven victories in the 1990s and, the next decade, claimed another 10 wins. New Zealand has one world title under its belt; the ICC Champions Trophy, won in Kenya in 2000-01 (when it was the ICC Knockout). In 2014, New Zealand had a highly successful season, beating India 4-0 in the ODI series and then won the Test series 1-0.
Domestic Cricket
There are three trophies on offer in New Zealand domestic cricket, and all are contested by the same six teams: Auckland, Canterbury, Central Districts, Northern Districts, Otago and Wellington. Teams play each other home and away in the State Championship, then the top two sides contest the final. The one-day competition is the State Shield, where the second-placed team plays the third-placed one for a spot in the final, against the top side. A Twenty 20 Cup was introduced in 2006, with the top two in group stage contesting the final.
All-time Great
All-time Great
When you think of a New Zealand great, the name that springs instantly to mind is Richard Hadlee, the fast-bowling menace who terrorized international oppositions in the 1980s. Hadlee learned to control his lightning-fast deliveries to devastating effect, taking apart England with 10 wickets in a Test in 1978 and, memorably, Australia in 1985-86 when he took 15 wickets in Brisbane. His hard-hitting batting was not to be underestimated, either. He was knighted, and also commemorated when he and his brothers and father gave their name to the Chappell-Hadlee one-day series between Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand team is in a very good form these days after its performance in the ICC T20 world cup 2016. New Zealand team has participated in all the five T20 world cups. During these world cups, New Zealand played 25 matches, won 11 matches, lost 12 matches and tied 2 matches while the winning percentage of New Zealand team is 48%. The 1st T20 world cup of 2007 was the best world cup for New Zealand when the team qualified for the semi final match but the team could not perform better in any of the other T20 world cup tournaments. Currently, the position of New Zealand in ICC T20 rankings is 7.
New Zealand team is in a very good form these days after its performance in the ICC T20 world cup 2016. New Zealand team has participated in all the five T20 world cups. During these world cups, New Zealand played 25 matches, won 11 matches, lost 12 matches and tied 2 matches while the winning percentage of New Zealand team is 48%. The 1st T20 world cup of 2007 was the best world cup for New Zealand when the team qualified for the semi final match but the team could not perform better in any of the other T20 world cup tournaments. Currently, the position of New Zealand in ICC T20 rankings is 7.
