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Team Information
| Ground | Seddon Park |
| Nickname | Black Caps |
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Squad
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Captain - Kane Williamson
Coach - Gary Stead
Representing - New Zealand
Team colour - Black
Sponsorships - Canterbury, ANZ
- History
- ICC Cricket World Cup
- ICC T20 World Cup
- ICC Champions Trophy
- Governing Body
- Support Staff
- The New Zealand Team Jersey
- Records
- Trophies and Awards
- Fan following
The New Zealand cricket team represents the country of New Zealand in international fixtures including bilateral series against other nations or any of the global events organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) like the ICC ODI World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, ICC T20 World Cup and the ICC World Test Championship.
History
New Zealand became the
fifth nation to play Test cricket in January 1930. They were the first team apart from the starters, England and Australia, to play ODI cricket. They played their first-ever ODI in February 1973 against another ODI debutant, Pakistan cricket team. They featured in the very first T20I against Australia in 2005. They have participated in all ICC events so far.
ICC Cricket World Cup
The ‘Black Caps’, as they are commonly known, finished as semi-finalists in the first two Cricket World Cup editions. They faced a similar fate four more times in 1992, 1999, 2007 and 2011 before crossing the hurdle for the next couple of times in 2015 and 2019. They have co-hosted the tournament with Australia in 1992 and 2015.
New Zealand’s performance in ICC Cricket World Cup:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 89 | 54 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
*Last updated in Oct 2019
ICC T20 World Cup
New Zealand have a similar track record in the ICC T20 World Cup (earlier known as World T20) too. They were semi-finalists in the inaugural edition in 2007 and the latest edition in 2016. They were knocked out in the group stages in the remaining four tournaments from 2009 to 2014. They have not hosted the tournament so far, but have participated in all of them.
New Zealand’s performance in ICC T20 World Cup:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
*Last updated in Oct 2019
Also see - England Cricket Team
ICC Champions Trophy
The ICC Champions Trophy (earlier known as ICC Knockout Trophy) is the only ICC event that has been won by the New Zealand cricket team. They were crowned Champions in the 2000 edition held in Kenya. They once again reached the finals in 2009 in South Africa but lost to their rivals Australia. They were semi-finalists in the 2006 edition conducted in India. They have not hosted the ICC Champions Trophy yet.
New Zealand’s performance in ICC Champions Trophy:
| Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | No Result |
| 24 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
*Last updated in Oct 2019
Governing Body
The New Zealand Cricket (NZC) is the governing body for the national team and the cricket operations in the country of New Zealand. It was founded as New Zealand Cricket Council (NZCC) way back in 1894 in Christchurch. The headquarters of NZC is still present in Christchurch. It has an operating income close to $130 million.
Support Staff
| Team Manager | Mike Sandle |
| Batting coach | Peter Fulton |
| Bowling coach | Shane Jurgensen |
| Performance Analyst | Paul Warren |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Chris Donaldson |
| Physio | Tommy Simsek |
| Media Correspondent | Willy Nicholls |
The New Zealand Team Jersey
The New Zealand limited-overs jerseys have been primarily black over the years. They have got the nickname ‘Black Caps’ because of the black uniforms and caps that they wear. The ODI jerseys are all black while the T20I jersey contains more grey and just a strip of black where the sponsors title appears on the front.
Records
| Format | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | No Result | HS | LS |
| Test (1930-2019) | 435 | 98 | 172 | 165 | 0 | - | 715 | 26 |
| ODI (1973-2019) | 768 | 348 | 373 | - | 7 | 40 | 402 | 64 |
| T20I (2005-2019) | 121 | 59 | 54 | - | 5 | 3 | 243 | 60 |
*Last updated in Oct 2019
HS - Highest score in an innings
LS - Lowest score in an innings
Trophies and Awards
| Year | Trophy/Award |
| 2000 | ICC Champions Trophy |
*Last updated in Oct 2019
Fan following
The fan following of the New Zealand cricket team is not as high as the Australian, English or Indian cricket team, but they have done well to bring in a lot of fans with their recent performances in the ICC Cricket World Cup as they finished Runners Up in the last two tournaments.
NZC has close to 450K followers on Twitter, over 600K followers on Instagram and close to 2 million followers on Facebook.
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