Wed, 16 Jul, 11:00 AM
2nd Match, Harare, July 16, 2025, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series
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SA
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Fri, 18 Jul, 11:00 AM
3rd Match, Harare, July 18, 2025, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series
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NZ
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Tues, 22 Jul, 11:00 AM
5th Match, Harare, July 22, 2025, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series
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SA
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Thu, 24 Jul, 11:00 AM
6th Match, Harare, July 24, 2025, Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-Series
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NZ
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Wed, 30 Jul, 8:00 AM
1st Test, Bulawayo, July 30 - August 03, 2025, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
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NZ
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Thu, 07 Aug, 8:00 AM
2nd Test, Bulawayo, August 07 - 11, 2025, New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe
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NZ
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Wed, 01 Oct, 6:15 AM
1st T20I (N), Mount Maunganui, October 01, 2025, Australia tour of New Zealand
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AUS
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Fri, 03 Oct, 6:15 AM
2nd T20I (N), Mount Maunganui, October 03, 2025, Australia tour of New Zealand
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AUS
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Sat, 04 Oct, 6:15 AM
3rd T20I (N), Mount Maunganui, October 04, 2025, Australia tour of New Zealand
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AUS
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Sat, 18 Oct, 6:15 AM
1st T20I (N), Christchurch, October 18, 2025, England tour of New Zealand
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ENG
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New Zealand Cricket Team News & Matches
Captains: Tom Latham (Test), Mitchell Santner (ODI, T20I)
Coaches: Rob Watler (head coach), Luke Ronchi (batting coach), Jacob Oram (bowling coach), James Foster (fielding coach)
First international match: 1930
Cricket board: New Zealand Cricket (NZC)
ICC titles: 2
Coaches: Rob Watler (head coach), Luke Ronchi (batting coach), Jacob Oram (bowling coach), James Foster (fielding coach)
First international match: 1930
Cricket board: New Zealand Cricket (NZC)
ICC titles: 2
New Zealand Men's Cricket Team History
New Zealand are renowned for punching above their weight and being resourceful despite being among the least-populated Test-playing nations.
They have won the inaugural World Test Championship (2021) and the ICC KnockOut Trophy, the predecessor to the Champions Trophy (2000), and have made it to the final of the 2015 and the 2019 ODI World Cups, along with four semi-finals and a final in their first eight T20 World Cup appearances. They are also the first team to whitewash India in India in a series of three or more Tests.
In terms of history, the men's team played their first Test in 1930 but had to wait 26 years to register their first win. Their ascent in the '70s and '80s coincided with the career of Richard Hadlee, one of the greatest allrounders of all time and the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets.
Martin Crowe, one of their greatest batters, also got among the ranks during the era, as the side developed a string of successful players, including John Wright, Lance Cairns, and Jeremy Coney. It allowed them get off to a stronger start in ODI cricket, as evidenced by their progress to the semi-finals in the first two World Cups.
New Zealand were late to creating a fully professional system but it has allowed them to build successful teams thereafter, especially the ones led by Stephen Fleming, Brendon McCullum, and Kane Williamson, who is arguably their greatest batter of all time. McCullum's captaincy holds significance in terms of the culture and fearless style he brought to the side. New Zealand hold the records for the fastest Test hundred (off 54 balls by McCullum) and double-hundred (off 153 balls by Nathan Astle).
They do not have a local franchise-based T20 league but have produced globetrotters like Trent Boult and James Neesham, and continue to adapt to the changing cricketing landscape.
New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Current Ranking
Tests: 5
ODIs: 3
T20Is: 6
ODIs: 3
T20Is: 6
New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Records
Tests: Most runs | Most wickets | Highest Totals | Lowest Totals
ODIs: Most runs | Most wickets | Highest Totals | Lowest Totals
T20Is: Most Runs | Most Wickets | Highest Totals | Lowest Totals
ODIs: Most runs | Most wickets | Highest Totals | Lowest Totals
T20Is: Most Runs | Most Wickets | Highest Totals | Lowest Totals
New Zealand Men's Cricket Team Trophies and Milestones
2019: Tied 2019 ODI World Cup final and Super Over with England, but lost on the basis of boundary count
2024: First team to whitewash India in India in a series of three Tests or more
Team Fan Ratings
Top Run Scorers
In last one year538
Innings: 16Average: 35.86
533
Innings: 10Average: 53.30
451
Innings: 15Average: 30.06
464
Innings: 12Average: 38.66
430
Innings: 15Average: 33.07
425
Innings: 8Average: 60.71
249
Innings: 5Average: 62.25
191
Innings: 9Average: 21.22
177
Innings: 7Average: 29.50
Top Wicket Takers
In last one year25
Innings: 10Average: 20.08
25
Innings: 14Average: 28.08
23
Innings: 8Average: 27.91
24
Innings: 9Average: 15.50
21
Innings: 14Average: 28.80
19
Innings: 13Average: 28.68
21
Innings: 9Average: 9.71
12
Innings: 8Average: 19.25
8
Innings: 4Average: 8.87